SOCIAL COMEDY
Pygmalion, the masterpiece written by George Bernard Shaw, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1925), will be staged by drama students of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
The story deals with the issues of gender and equality and revolves around a Cockney flower girl who wants to improve her social standing. She goes about learning to speak and behave like a lady with help from phonetics professor Henry Higgins. The popular musical My Fair Lady by Alan Jay Lerner is based on this classic.
The Cantonese play, translated by drama students Yeung Siu-wo, Fung Chak-yan and Lai Kin-fat, is directed by Alex Taylor. It will be performed from today until Saturday at 7.45pm, with a Saturday matinee at 2.45pm. Tickets priced $90 (adults) and $45 (students) are available through HK Ticketing at 3128 8288.
DIGITAL INSTALLATION
Nicole and Norbert Corsino, the couple from Marseilles known as N + N Corsino, are former choreographers who now use digital technology to explore body movement.