Les Chants de Maldoror | Trailer | YPAM Fringe

Alice Theatre Laboratory presents
LES CHANTS DE MALDOROR

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Fictional but more truthful than reality? A surreal and provocative fairy tale that exposes human desires and fears!

“Everyone has some ulterior desires or fears deep inside, right?”

Y, an accountant, agrees to become a tutor for Hong, the son of his boss Simon. But as soon as he enters the house, a bizarre journey begins. Y learns that Hong is a hermaphrodite, Simon’s wife Catalina is tragically possessed by a black cat, and Simon is a lunatic obsessed with making dolls. Y even performs a head-cutting ceremony for a cultured person…

Andrew Chan, winner of Best Director at the Hong Kong Drama Awards and the Hong Kong Theatre Libre, depicts modern people’s desires and fears. Adopting the method of devising theatre, he leads 8 actors to create a surreal fairy tale for adults. Inspired by classics of surrealist literature and cinema, the creative team innovates gorgeous imagery and portrays weird relationships to make it like a ritual. It’s like Suehiro Maruo’s comic book characters appear on stage. As the dreamlike and grotesque fictional world mirrors more truthfulness than reality, the audience is invited to break free from social constraints and search for an emotional truth. In a story where reality and fantasy blur, actors and spectators navigate the treacherous waters of human nature.

Yokohama Doll Museum Akaikutsu (Red Shoes) Theatre
2024.12.13 (Fri) — 2024.12.15 (Sun)
¥1,200 — ¥2,500

Performed in Cantonese | English and Japanese surtitles, translated scripts for sale

Director: Andrew Chan Hang-fai
Playwright: Andrew Chan Hang-fai & devised by Alice Theatre Laboratory
Actors: Chan Shui-yu, Chau Ka-fai, Kan Lap-keung, Lai Ng-leung, Yuen Wai-ying, Lee Yiu-ki, Ho Sui-man, Chan Tsz-fung

This project is financially supported by the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

The content of this programme does not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Hong Kong Arts Development Council supports freedom of artistic expression. The views and opinions expressed in this project do not represent the stand of the Council.