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Lee Wing-Sze

Be prepared to question your life after seeing Edward Lam Theatre's re-run of the production The Happy Prince.

The well-received theatre drama, which first appeared at last year's Hong Kong Arts Festival, will be staged four more times at Kwai Tsing Theatre Auditorium next week.

Tickets for the shows have been sold out in just three days.

Directed by Edward Lam Yick-wah, the performance is inspired by classic Irish writer Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince.

The story is about the personal conflicts and choices an ambitious young lawyer Daniel (played by heartthrob Daniel Wu Yin-cho) faces in life.

'In this drama, lines are not used as a story-telling tool. The audience will need to think while listening to the lines,' Lam said.

'The story is just the skeleton of the performance. What we want to illustrate is the conflict, the process of growing and making choices.'

The cast also includes veteran Taiwanese actors Chen Lihua and Ismene Ting Nai-chang.

While the script remains unchanged in the grand theatre, the presentation will be different, Lam said.

'We don't want to include too many fancy visual elements that will distract the audience. We'll only use lighting and actors' movement to create visual effects.

'It's not a make-believe theatre in which everything is very convincing, but a platform from which we keep raising questions.

'Most theatre experiences in Hong Kong are more emotional, like East Wing West Wing,' Lam said.

'In this production, we offer the audience a chance to really face themselves.'

The director was impressed by Wu's performance. 'He is an intelligent, hard-working and disciplined actor. He is also responsive, makes lots of suggestions and dares to try new ideas on how to present his role,' Lam said.

The Happy Prince. 8.15pm on December 12, 14 and 15 and 3.15pm on December 14. Auditorium, Kwai Tsing Theatre. Tickets at $180, 140, 100 and limited half-priced tickets for full-time students, senior citizens and disables are available at URTIX box offices. Booking hotline: 2734 9009 Online booking: www.urbtix.gov.hk



A show that will get the audience thinking