Nitehawk
Theatre
Description
Description
Little do we know that by burying secrets, we are letting our minds become buried by them.
What is hidden should never be revealed, yet in the depths of our hearts we look may forward to secrets seeing the light of day. Stella (Gladys Liu), a seamstress, has a compulsive urge to refurbish her old home time and again so as to sew up a new life in between the old and the new. Her husband, Joe (Kenson Chan), harbours a secret that he regards as taboo – one that he would not reveal even in his confessionals. As a result, every time he prays, he hears a nighthawk’s cries. Their son, Jing (Joe Wong), who has cerebral palsy, meanwhile finds a new world through his camera lens.
This is just an ordinary family – one you can find anywhere, one that talks but never communicates, one whose members keep on wishing time would pass quietly so that when the end comes, they can bowl over everything and start all over again. And yet, every night, the nighthawk’s cries outside the window stir up the sleeping, repressed cells in their bloodline. Stella has an affair with Bill (Donovan Chan), who is doing their renovations. Myra (Winki Lai), Stella’s younger sister who has been out of touch for many years, suddenly appears at their doorstep. Instead of welcoming her, Joe turns her away. Then things begin to happen: Jing discovers that the ants in the back garden are making strange moves, Joe’s key to the chests in the attic has mysteriously disappeared, and Stella is suddenly willing to sell her beloved house to Myra. The old house that has quietly nestled among the tall, new buildings for so long is opening up, and the ground is overturned slowly to uncover each person’s secrets. Overhead, the nighthawk slowly flies by, so slow that it is as if it is keeping track of what goes on.
Playwright：Yu Hon Ting
Director：Yu Hon Ting
Cast：Gladys Liu; Kenson Chan; Joe Wong; Winki Lai; Donovan Chan
Production Manger：Lawrence Lee
Set Designer：Goretti Cheung
Lighting Designer：Eva Yan
Sound Designer：Matthew Ma
Costume Designer：Kim Ma
Note：This event record is compiled from "Hong Kong Drama Yearbook 2012" published by International Association of Theatre Critics (Hong Kong).
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$120
$180
Indoor
Local
