表演場雙週刊第八期 - 封面故事 The Art Venue Bi-Weekly Issue 008 - Cover Story (20190620)
大館劇場季 2019
四齣本地歐洲作品 風格迴異共冶一爐
大館是香港其中一項最重要的歷史古蹟活 化計劃。建築群內包括三項法定古蹟—前 中區警署、中央裁判司署和域多利監獄。 大館剛剛於五月底慶祝開幕一週年，而踏 入七月，將會舉行第二年的劇場季。去年 劇場季的演出，一票難求，引來本地及海 外藝術愛好者搶票。我們找來了負責大館 表 演 藝 術 節 目 的 錢 佑( E d d y )， 分 享 一 下 大館的表演藝術節目發展以及今年劇場 季有甚麼精彩內容!
表:大館開幕一週年，過去一年，在表 演藝術方面，有甚麼重點工作?
錢:我們做兩方面的重點工作，第一方 面為公眾在沒有壓力的情況下，提供免 費接觸高質素的表演藝術節目;另一方 面，為表演藝術界發展出不同類型的季 度節目。兩者同時並行，而且得到非常 正面的反應。
記得在大館開幕之前，我們花了很多時 間，帶超過一百位本地及海外藝術家來 參觀，一同發掘如何利用這裡的空間。 經過與不同人溝通，及考慮到附近居 民和公眾的需要，我們現時除了有定 期的免費演出，另外每年四月有知識 的轉移系列、七月有劇場季、九月至 十月之間有舞蹈季、十二月至一月之 間有當代馬戲表演季。
表:今年的劇場季將於七月上演，有甚 麼精彩內容?
錢:今年的劇場季主題，仍然是我最關 心的，我們身處的這個城市。我們就以 劇場元素將當下城市的境況刻劃，以多 種形式的劇場手法讓觀眾參與，並了解 劇場其實與我們的生活息息相關!
今次的劇場季有四個風格各異的演出， 包括兩個本地創作《TRI 家仔》和《核 爆後的快樂生活》、英國的《童話研究 所》、以及瑞士的《被告哈姆雷特， 請回答》。
《TRI 家仔》是由舞壇才子伍宇烈與音 樂人盧宜均及劉榮豐三位共同創作的作 品，唱出香港獨特的兩文三語文化，並 以港式歌廳cabaret形式演出。港式歌 廳曾在香港盛行，大的有海洋皇宮大酒 樓，大歌星如梅豔芳、張學友等等都曾 在這踏台板，小的有在不同地區的大酒 樓。充滿香港風情的表演形式，由七位 來自不同背景的朋友創作文字，用廣東 話、英語及普通話唱出香港百態，是 會令香港人有共鳴的演出。今次演出 是《TRI 家仔》的首演，不容錯過。
另一齣本地作品是再構造劇場《核爆後 的快樂生活》。此劇由德國慕尼黑 Residenztheater委約創作，並於2018 年6月在德國以德語首演。作品的編劇 甄拔濤是首位獲柏林戲劇節劇本市集獎 的華人，今次將夥拍剛獲得香港藝術發 展獎年度藝術家獎(舞蹈)的黃大徽創 作出全新的粵語版本。故事環繞兩個來 自核爆地區的人，他們如何開始新的生 活。今天在世界上的不同角落都面對著 社會問題的衝擊，衝擊過後，人們如何 面對前面的路?大家或許能從這個作品 中，體會到面對衝擊之後的新生活，是 一種如何複雜的心理狀態。
Lewis Gibson《童話研究所》將會為觀 眾帶來不一樣的閱讀童話書歷程，是適 合不同年齡人士的節目。透過閱讀經典 童話，利用科技，將無限的想像變化成 眼前的景像，引導觀眾進入沉浸式劇場 體驗。作品於今年一月在英國首演，非常受到歡迎。
Yan Duyvendak x Roger Bernat《被告 哈姆雷特，請回答》借著名莎劇《哈姆 雷特》中的一個重要情節，就是哈姆雷 特殺死情人歐菲莉亞的父親波洛涅斯， 發展出一個與觀眾互動的當代劇場作品， 將經典殺人案，穿越時空，帶到今天的 「法庭」上進行聆訊。哈姆雷特、歐菲 莉亞、以及哈姆雷特的母親葛簇特都會 出庭，而庭上的法官、律師、檢控官， 均為現實中的相關專業人士，聆訊中會 在現場找七至九位觀眾擔任「陪審團」， 一起作出最後裁決。作品已經在歐洲巡 迴演出超過180場，備受注目，來到香 港，我們也找來香港的專業法律執業人 士參與今次演出，四場演出都由不同人 演出，所以每一場都不同，都是非常獨 特的劇場體驗。
表:謝謝Eddy，為讀者介紹了非常精 彩的大館劇場季，非常期待觀賞這幾個作品!
關於大館劇場季：http://bit.ly/2Kc5WVe
Tai Kwun Theatre Season 2019
Four local and overseas productions with diverse perspectives and ways of presentation
Tai Kwun is situated in the restored Central Police Station compound, one of the most significant revitalization projects in Hong Kong, comprising three declared monuments—the former Central Police Station, Central Magistracy and Victoria Prison. Following its 1st anniversary celebration, its 2nd Theatre Season will be held in the coming July. The last Theatre Season was a huge success and the tickets were in great demand. Let's hear Eddy Zee, the Head of Performing Arts as he tells us about his work and the coming Theatre Season.
Eddy told The Art Venue that the performing arts team had two major achievements in the first year of the operation of Tai Kwun. They provided high quality programmes for free so that the general public could enjoy them without burdens. On the other hand, they have developed different thematic seasons for the performing arts sector. The two aspects of work keep going in parallel and have received very positive responses.
Every year, Tai Kwun organises Shifting by Knowledge Transfer series in April, Theatre Season in July, Dance Season in September and October, and Contemporary Circus Season in December and January, besides other regular programmes.
As for the upcoming Theatre Season, Eddy told us that there are four productions and they are Tri Ka Tsai(Hong Kong), Happily Ever After Nuclear Explosion (Hong Kong), The Day I Fell Into A Book (UK), andPlease, Continue (Hamlet)(Switzerland).
He furthered, “Tri Ka Tsai is co-created by the multi-talented artists Yuri Ng,Anna Lo and Rick Lau, it’s an originalHong Kong style cabaret performanceto examine this city’s bittersweetrelationship with Cantonese, English and Putonghua. Hong Kong style cabaret performance was once very popular. For example, Ocean Palace Restaurant was one of the biggest stages for cabaret performance and super stars like Anita Mui and Jacky Cheung also performed there. Tri Ka Tsai is a performance for us all Hong Kong people. Don’t miss! As forHappily Ever After Nuclear Explosion, it was commissioned and produced by the Munich Residenztheater and premiere in June 2018 with its German version. This will be the premiere of its Hong Kong version and the playwright and director Yan Pat To is working with the winner of Artist of the Year (Dance) of Hong Kong Arts Development Award 2018, Dick Wong to create this Hong Kong version. It’s a story of a manand a woman from the nuclear contaminated areas to examine how mankind moves forward after traumaticincidents.”
The other two programmes are overseas productions and they are The Day I Fell Into A Book (UK) by Lewis Gibson, and Please, Continue (Hamlet)(Switzerland) by Yan Duyvendak x Roger Bernat which will bring extraordinary theatrical experience to the audiences. Eddy explained withexcitement, “audiences of The Day I Fell Into A Book will enjoy an exciting experience of reading classic fairy-tales. Through specific technology, unseen imagination will become the reality in the theatre. The production was premiered in London in the January just past and received overwhelming responses. In Please, Continue (Hamlet), audiences areinvited to take part in a “trial” of Hamletfor the murder of Polonius. Real-life legal professionals will be in theperformance. The “cast” of each showwill be different and a group of 7-9audiences will form a “jury”, so thetheatrical experience will be unique. Over 150 performances have been toured in Europe, the production is verywell received.”
About Tai Kwun Theatre Season: http://bit.ly/2Kc5WVe