"Not even the wind from the street will enter this house…"

A tragic tale of frustration, suppressed sexuality and explosive passions within a house ruled by a tyrant obsessed with power and snobbery

"I touched her sleeping breasts and they opened to me suddenly like spikes of hyacinth. The starch of her petticoat sounded in my ears like a piece of silk rent by ten knives. The people swallow their sobbing and in the green mirrors long trails of silk move. The men kept to themselves. The women kept to themselves. And a horizon of dogs barked very far from the river" Frederico Garcia Lorca

A new adaption of Lorca's masterpiece brings together performers from Hong Kong and the Mainland in a burning fusion of contemporary dance and brilliant theatre. Lorca's play revolves around the themes of repression, conformity and sexual desire and tells the story of a tyrannical mother who keeps her five daughters confined at home until one of them makes a bid for freedom with tragic consequences. The showing present the audience with a multi-layered interpretation of Lorca's play that combines modern dance with theatre.

In 2011, following an intensive summer workshop and three weeks exploration in the rehearsal room Bonni Chan and nine dancers from the Guangzhou Modern Dance Company share their creative discoveries with a work in progress showing based around this play. Theatre du Pif further explored and developed the work to bring it on stage again in Hong Kong in 2013.