2020.07.09
因為疫症，全球劇場面對旅遊限制、演出取消、改期等種種未知數，何時重開亦說不準。即使疫情稍為平息，經過各種變化，如對密閉空間的憂慮，和網絡上看不完的免費演出，觀眾對重回劇場的信心、興趣和期待，跟從前是否一樣？
《一個邀請：人約吉場後》劇場錄像系列探討當劇場現場演出經歷這段未知與巨變之後，觀眾、演員和劇場這種表演藝術的關係。30位香港演員不經綵排，獨自走入當時尚未重開的自由空間大盒，站在舞台上面對空無一人的觀眾席，訴說最真實的感受。他們的憤怒、激情、直覺、思考、恐懼、期待，凝固成30條長度不一、情緒紛陳的影片。
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An Invitation: On Empty Theatre
Yau Chung-wai
Presented by: Edward Lam Dance Theatre, Freespace - West Kowloon Cultural District
Produced by: Edward Lam Dance Theatre, Freespace - West Kowloon Cultural District
Platform: YouTube
Link: https://youtu.be/TUyiw1ogQfE?list=PLqLUImFXx2jO7Q0KXUBDignnufGVV0ssv
Synopsis: Right now, the theatre industry faces an uncertain future.
Since the outbreak of the global pandemic at the beginning of 2020, closures, cancellations, travel bans and lockdowns have had a major impact on theatres, actors and industry workers around the world.
This June, Edward Lam Dance Theatre and Freespace invited 30 Hong Kong-based actors to place themselves inside an empty theatre and reflect on their relationship with the audience, and the meaning of theatre, both as a space and as an art form, in the absence of audience and performers.
There were no rehearsals. Standing alone in Freespace’s black box theatre, facing an empty auditorium, each artist produced intuitive, heartfelt, short solo videos responding to the space, and exploring the nature of theatre when live performance is impossible.
Series: An Invitation: On Empty Theatre
Art Form: Drama
Participating Artist: Yau Chung-wai
Original Concept and Director: Edward Lam
Dramaturg: Low Kee Hong
Producers: Lai Siu Fai, Bobo Lee
Associate Producers: Waisun Chung, Franco Yau
Video Director and Editor: Kenneth Yuen @ Gain
Production Cameraman: Wong Hing Hang
Creative Co-ordinators: Ho Ting Wai, Ray Leung, Darwin Ng
Co-ordinator: Meredith Wong
Subtitle Editors: Lam Kiu Yan, Lau Ka Ying, Alysa Leung, Tina Zheng, Kitty Ho, Peace Chiu, Vikki Weston, Loretta Tsang, Yolanda Cheng, Guk Yu
Technical and Production: Annie Yim
