performance+
MUST I CRY
new play
'At that time, I told myself not to cry, and so I didn't.' Inspired by the writings of renowned Hong Kong author Xi Xi, whose whimsical tales became a defining portrait of a city transitioning away from British rule; and the story of the last male northern white rhinoceros, Sudan, whose death marked the end of a species on the brink of extinction. Through the interweaving of texts and narratives presented in a poetic form, accompanied by live music and projections, this performance aims to explore the themes of memory and disappearance in an ever-changing urban city.
- Performed in English
​“Coming back to Fringe this summer is a very special occasion for the company because Theatre du Pif was formed and developed in Edinburgh. And this year I am very excited to be bringing my best collaborators, my set designers who I’ve worked with for a long time, and my lighting designer, and also live musician. We're bringing one story which is really close to all of our hearts, because it's based on the city we are living in Hong Kong, and this very fast changing city. And the subject matter is also about memory and loss in a fast changing city, and how the central character can maybe find a way to transcend this nostalgia and find new strength in her daily life in the future.”
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Previews:
​Hong Kong Soul returns to Edinburgh Festival Fringe (hintonmagazine.com)
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Performance
19-25 Aug 8:45pm
Venue 152
Paradise in Augustines
- The Sanctuary
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Team
Director/ Devisor/ Performer
Bonni Chan
Devisor/Text/ Video Designer
Pun Tsz Wai
Musician/ Composer
Lau Chi-Bun
Stage Designer
Sylvia Chan
Costume Designer
Cheng Man-wing
Lighting Designer
Lau Ming-hang
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Director’s Note
Join us as landscapes meet…
in this present moment, 當下 (dong haa)
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Yet, when these words are uttered,
當下 the moment has already passed,
disappeared.
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“Must I Cry” reflects a moment in time,
encapsulating the past, present and future.
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Join us on a journey through a landscape caught between 當and 下.
An impermanent rock,
where buildings stack upon buildings,
and a father, his daughter and a white rhino,
find themselves on the verge of loss.
Fragments of words,
lights,
shapes and forms have always been here to refract the whole.
It is our enormous joy to meet in this city so far away from our own, to share this moment with you all.
Thank you.