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The mime performance "Blind Photographers" by Heiquan Theatre will be staged for the third time this August. The latest production will transform the theatre work from a solo performance into a show for two actors. The new version is set to be deeply touching with each flash and capture of the camera.
Art critic Dr Cheung Ping-kuen expressed the following on the theatre work: "The emotional and enjoyable scenes accurately and strongly revealed the meaning of blind photography. That was so touching."
The story is about two photographers, one born blind and the other losing his eyesight after an accident. They don't know each other, but they share one thing in common: using their cameras, they want to put their hopes into that smooth surface called a photograph, an object which holds a bright world that would forever live in their hearts. They want to use their cameras to tell what they have gone through, something they have never shared before. As scene after scene appears on photosensitive paper, stories appear to warm your heart, make you thankful, give you joy and make you sigh.
Concept creator, director and actor Chiu Kin-tong will collaborate with actor Danny Chan in the production, and Idy Law is serving as the producer.
Presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), "Blind Photographers" (Take 3) by Heiquan Theatre will be staged at 8pm on August 2 and 3 (Friday and Saturday) and at 3pm on August 4 (Sunday) at the Multi-Media Theatre, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity. Tickets priced at $160 and $120 are now available at all URBTIX outlets, on the Internet and by credit card telephone booking. Half-price tickets are available for senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and their minders, full-time students and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients (limited tickets for full-time students and CSSA recipients available on a first-come, first-served basis). A maximum discount of 20 per cent is offered for the group booking package. Please refer to the programme leaflet for details.
For programme enquiries, please call 2268 7325 (LCSD) or 9420 1150 (Heiquan Theatre); for ticketing enquiries, call 2734 9009. For credit card telephone bookings, call 2111 5999. Internet bookings are available at www.urbtix.hk. For more information, visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/theatre/program_286.html.
Ends/Friday, June 28, 2013
Issued at HKT 12:18
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