2020.05.30
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2005年7月,倫敦從Live 8音樂會、G8峰會、成功申辦奧運的喧鬧狂喜,墮進七七大爆炸的灰飛異境。倘若同樣事情發生在未來的香港,將會是甚麼境況?
疫情拉闊了我們的社交距離,卻無阻演藝戲劇學院的師生持續創作。這是演藝戲劇學院一次史無前例的嘗試,以電視連續劇的結構,網上會議平台的聊天室及發佈技術,將英國著名編劇西門.史提芬斯的舞台劇本《禁色》改編為一連七集的直播網上劇場。於5月25日起每晚上演一集,成功登記的觀眾可觀看所有直播,亦可於限期內網上重溫全套錄影。
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PORNOGRAPHY by Simon Stephens (Online Theatre)
Episode 6: Elderly
Presented by: The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Produced by: The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Platform: Google Meet
Synopsis: In July 2005, from the euphoria of the Live 8 concerts, the G8 summit and the award of the 2012 Olympics, London was plunged into the horror of the 7/7 bombings. If the same thing happened in Hong Kong one day, what would it be like?
The coronavirus may have widened our social distance, but it does not stop the students and faculty of the Academy School of Drama from creating. Pornography marks an unprecedented attempt by the School, who has adapted this work by award-winning British playwright Simon Stephens into a seven-episode live online performance. The creative team restructures it like a television series and will present it on online videoconferencing platform. One episode per evening starting 25 May. Registered audience will be able to watch all the seven live performances, and will have access to the recordings of the full performance within a limited period of time.
Series: PORNOGRAPHY by Simon Stephens (Online Theatre)
Art Form: Drama
Playwright: Simon Stephens
Director / Translator / Adaptation: Janice Poon
Cast: Chan Chi-fung, Cheung Yan-ha, Leung Ka-ming, Leung Suet-wa, Leung Suet-yin, Tung Long-sang, Choi Ming-hong, Lam Wai-ting, Wong Hiu-lam