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The latest production by Prospects Theatre, Rose Love Letters, will be staged in October. The theatre work will feature the romantic life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the author of The Little Prince.
Born to a French aristocratic family, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was an aviator, adventurer, author, poet and national hero all in one. During World War II, he joined the air force at the "old" age of 44, but suddenly disappeared in a reconnaissance mission over the Mediterranean Sea. His wife Consuelo, a Latin American, was famous for her beauty. Their marriage has been likened to a relationship in the eye of a storm, at once passionate and tumultuous. Consuelo was Saint-Exupéry's muse, a woman he could not live with but could not do without. Rose Love Letters tells the moving story of Saint-Exupéry and Consuelo's marriage, his life as an adventurer, the insights of a poet and the sentiments of a patriot.
The production has Hardy Tsoi serving as the playwright and director and a cast that includes Tang Wai-kit, Cherry Tsang, Mac Tu, Yu Sai-tang, Lo Wai-luk, Choi Man-hin, Chung Po-keung, Wong Choi-li, Pansy Wong, Chan Wai-sin, Chau Kee-chee and Story Koo.
Presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Rose Love Letters (to be performed in Cantonese) will be staged at 7.30pm on October 3 and 4 (Friday and Saturday) and at 2.30pm on October 5 (Sunday). Tickets priced at $180 and $120 are now available at URBTIX. 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 group booking packages. Please refer to programme leaflets for details of group booking discounts.
The programme contains adult content. For programme enquiries, please call 2268 7325, or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/theatre/program_614.html. For ticketing enquiries, please call 3761 6661. For credit card telephone bookings, please call 2111 5999. For Internet bookings, please visit www.urbtix.hk.
Ends/Friday, August 8, 2014
Issued at HKT 10:00
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