Presented by Tai Kwun, created a play under “A Season of Performing Arts: SPOTLIGHT 2023”.

《我最終死去的房子》百年遺城女書   莫失莫忘故事相傳

有沒有人，從年輕便開始思念未走完的一生？在灣仔百年拆遷的命運中，有間房子逃過一劫，有間旅館卻成了鬼魅傳說。祖母買下的房子，曾經燈紅窗綠、人來人去，她的媳婦說會延續房子的命，祖母卻預言「我」終將死在這房子裡……人也好，房也好，最終都會被遺忘，被遺棄的無主孤魂留低沒被記下的遺言，歷史不會記住的她（們），一個接一個的孤寂。本地編劇陳筠而與導演甄拔濤首次合作，記錄百年灣仔的鬼魂徘徊。生前房子，死後成墓，大館這所大房子亦在一刻間轉化為說書時空，道來一個關於留下來的香港女子故事，一個關於事過境遷的故事。

 

《I will die in my home》The 100-year chronicle of the lost and forgotten…continues

Is there anyone who, in his youth, already reminisce about the days not yet lived? Among the antiquated buildings in Wan Chai, one home built in the last century escaped the inevitable destiny of being demolished while a hotel becomes the subject of ghost-lore. The home bought by the grandmother used to be glitzy with visitors coming and going. The daughter-in-law promised to continue the home’s vitality. But the grandmother prophesised “my” eventual passing in this home. People, just like homes, will be forgotten eventually just like the unrecorded last words of the abandoned souls. These lonely presences, one after another, continue to be overlooked by history. Local playwright Chan Kwan Yee and director Yan Pat To joined hands for the first time to chronicle the century-old ghosts that lingered in Wan Chai. A home for the living becomes a tomb for the deceased. A narrative stage traversing time and space will be set at Tai Kwun, setting forth a story about a Hong Kong woman who stayed and a tale of bygone years.

Read more:
https://www.taikwun.hk/zh/programme/detail/i-will-die-in-my-home/1164 

 

Creative Team

Playwright:  Chan Kwan-yee

Director: Yan Pat-to

Performer: Emily Cheng, Lai Yuk-ching, Ceci Chan

Movement director and performer: Wayson Poon

Set designer: Yuen Hon-wai

Light designer: Vanessa Lee

Music and sound designer: Sze Ka-yan

Video designer: Wilfred Wong

Costume designer: Cheung Ho-yin

Producer: Felix Chan