Animal Farm: From Page to Stage (02/03/2013)
Suitable for 12 or above
It's not easy to "bring the page to the stage". What about creating a new musical based on the classic novel – Animal Farm? Yes – It's challenging!
In 2010, Theatre Noir produced the musical version of Animal Farm and won four awards in the 20th Hong Kong Drama Awards. The musical will be staged again on March 9 and 10, 2013.
Before going to see the musical, readers have the chance to hear from the Playwright - Ms. Harriet Chung, the Composer & Musical Director - Mr. Frankie Ho, the Lyricist - Mr. Benjamin S. Robinson and the Director - Mr. William Yip on 2nd March 2013 at Tsimshatsui Book Centre.
Be prepared to have a peek at the creative process and to have a fuller picture about how a musical production is created based on a classic novel.
The speakers:
Harriet Chung, playwright of Animal Farm, the musical (Revival 2013). After graduating from The Chinese University of Hong Kong with a Master of Arts in East-West Drama and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with an Advanced Diploma in Playwriting, Chung collaborates with major local theatre companies, including Hong Kong Repertory Theatre, Chung Ying Theatre Company, Perry Chiu Experimental Theatre and Hong Kong Arts Festival, in directing, playwriting and translating. Her major recent works include The Hunger Artist, I Sell Love, Age of Aquarius, Recycling Times and Animal Farm. A Kids' Story, her play about autistic children, received a nomination for Best Script in the 3rd Hong Kong Theatre Libre.
William Yip, Artistic Director of Theatre Noir Foundation, is a veteran theatre director who has directed more than 50 performances, including musicals – Animal Farm (awarded the Top Ten Most Popular Production, Best Original Music, Best Costume Design and Best Supporting Actress awards in the 20th Hong Kong Drama Awards), With Love, William Shakespeare, 13 – The Musical (the first musical that incorporated accessible measures in Hong Kong), Disney's High School Musical, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Footloose, The Wizard of Oz, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Oliver!, Annie, The King and I and The Ark.
Ben Robinson is primarily a composer and sound designer. He has written music and lyrics for a large number of theatre and film projects since moving to Hong Kong in 2003. He has worked with William Yip on countless productions ranging from Thornton Wilder's Our Town to Arabian Night (APA). He is currently working on the score and sound design for a feature film and a TV show.
Frankie Ho graduated from both the School of Music and the School of Drama of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. He has been the composer, arranger and musical director for many musicals, such as the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts' The Dream of a Young Girl; Hong Kong Repertory Theatre's Hong Kong For Sure!, Departure 00:00 and Scrooge; Theatre Space's They're Playing Our Song and Chung Ying Theatre Company's A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum.
| Date | ： | 2 Mar, 2013 (Sat) |
| Time | ： | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM |
| Venue | ： | Tsimshatsui Book Centre, Exhibition Hall, The Commercial Press Shops B1007-1010, B1/F., Miramar Shopping Centre, 132 Nathan Road, Tsimshatsui, Kln. |
| Speaker | ： | Mr. William Yip Mr. Ben Robinson Mr. Frankie Ho Ms. Harriet Chung |
| Host | ： | Ms. Christa Tam |
| Enrolment deadline | ： | 1 Mar, 2013 (Fri) |
| Enrolment is closed, thanks for your support! | ||
