ABOUT HALF-WAY through this show, the grotesque-looking old man on stage half addressed the full-house audience: 'Don't bring your children here, they'll be bored!'
A piece of advice that perhaps came too late for some, as already sitting among us were a handful of youngsters who probably felt as shocked as they were bored.
Theatre Ensemble's latest production The Game (Re-run) is no Oops! Belle The Witch Is Gone or Hugga Hugga Teddy Bear, the company's hugely popular children's shows.
Rather, this new adaptation of Eugene Ionesco's absurd play The Chairs is a dark, thought-provoking and, yes, absurd piece of theatre that even adults may find heavy-going.
But what a performance. Olivia Yan Wing-pui and Jim Chim Shui-man take on the demanding - both theatrically and physically - roles as two disillusioned characters trapped inside a grey world devoid of hope and love.
Life is so desperately pointless that the duo have to play the same game of pretence over and over again to keep themselves amused - until the exercise becomes unbearable.
Yet they don't seem to have much choice but to continue.