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Grand Drama A Song of Everlasting Sorrow

Dates: 3-5/07/2004

Venue: Changan Grand Theatre

Tickets (RMB): 180, 280, 380

Remarks: Playwright Zhao Yaomin spent one year adapting author Wang Anyi’s seminal novel A Song of Everlasting Sorrow. “Wang has written a mundane story with her romantic heart and pen, while I tell it with my mundane heart and mouth,” says Zhao.

Leading cast: Zhang Lu, Zhang Duo, Xu xing, Chen Jiaoying, Wu Jing, Gao Xinchang, He Ju, Lu Liang, Lu Yanfang, Zhu Yin, Zhou Yemang, Zhou Hao.

Cheek by Jowl (UK) Othello.

In English with Chinese subtitles.

Sponsor: Leisure and Cultureal Services Department (LCSD)

Tel: +8522741 7914

Fax: +852 2371 4171

Remarks: “One of the ten great theater companies of the world.” Director: Declan Donnellan (winner of the Olivier award); Designer: Nick Ormerod; Leading Cast: Nonso Anozie

Dates: 21-25/07/2004 (Wed-Sun) 19:45; 24/07/2004 (Sat) 14:30

Venue: Hong Kong City Hall (theatre)

Ticketing Agent: URBTIX (Tel: +852 2734 9009)

Tickets (HK$): 140, 280, 380

Booking Enquiry: +852 2268 7323

Solo Soul Series

Victoria, based on texts by Charles Farial, is presented by Canada’s Dulcinea Langfelder & Co. in English with Chinese subtitles.

Remarks: Protagonist Victoria loses her memory, her kitten, and her capability to control her life, not to mention bladder. However, she never loses her zest for life -- the wheelchair is her rocking chair, her cage, her tango partner and her sky-chariot.

Sponsor: LCSD

Tel: +8522741 7914

Fax: +852 2371 4171

Time: 2-4/07/2004 20:00

Venue: Hong Kong Cultural Center/studio theatre

Ticketing Agent: URBTIX (Tel: +852 2734 9009)

Tickets (HK$): 100, 160

Booking enquiry: +852 2268 7323