Date: 8-11 May 2019
Venue: Academy Drama Theatre
Mnemonic is a reconstruction of fragmented memories. This crossing of different orbits and timelines constructs with Virgil’s retrieving his lost love in memories and searching for an absent father. It’s at the same time coherent with the discovery of the lonely iceman in Changbai Mountain. Memory is not the truth, but fragments of connections. We reflect, explore and forge ahead in these intricate interconnections and the emptiness of daily lives. In order to battle with loneliness, we have to grabble the predecessors’ orbit to discover our identities in this lost world.
Mnemonic by Complicité, originally conceived and directed by Simon McBurney and devised by the original company.
Director: Roy Szeto
Translator: Li Wing-hong
Associate Directors: Acty Tang, Moon Yip
Set Designer: Bill Cheung
Costume Designer: Vanessa Suen Wing-kwan
Lighting Designer: Leo Cheung
Sound Designer: Smile Suen Siu-man
Video Media Designer: Rodney Ma
Production Manager: Hei Cheung
Devising Cast: Lau Oi-sze, Li Ni-shan, Luk Ka-ki, Lee Yiu-ki, Leung Ho-wai, Li Siu-tung, Wong Wa-nin, Yuen Wang-chun, Cheung Yan-ha, Mak Ching-man, Tse Tsz-kwan, Chan Chun-tung, Cheung Chi-ho, Sunny Lai, Lau Wai-yiu, Lee Sum-yu, Leung Yuk-sing, Li Siu-fung
The production was performed by School of Drama students, while the production team comprised students, faculty and alumni of the School of Theatre and Entertainment Arts.
(Performances made possible by kind permission of Complicité, London.)
Photos by Henry Wong
