Alice Theatre Laboratory (Hong Kong)
Franz Kafka, devised by Alice Theatre Laboratory
Chan Hang-fai Andrew
Chan Shui-yu, Wong Wing-man
Tse Man-chun, Cheung Hing-fong
Tam Ho-him*
Lee Chun-ying
Chong Hiu-ting
Mo Ka-man
Micro Cheng
Pang Chun-Kit
Reeve Tang, Achievis Bow
Charlie Luciano@Salon Go Ahead
Chiang Ho-wai
Ko Fung, Ko Lai
Dr Lo Wai-luk
*The Arts Administration Internship Scheme supported by Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Chan Shui-yu, Cheng Ka-chun, Kan Lap-keung, Lai Ho-yin Desmond, Wong Yee-mun, Yuen Wai-ying, Chan Xi-yong Andrew
Cantonese with Polish and English surtitles
2008
146 minutes
12+
About the performance
On 3 June 1924, Marx Brod’s good friend Franz Kafka passed away.
My will is simple – I want you to burn everything I leave behind.
Brod is distressed by his friend’s will…
The story depicts the struggle within Max Brod when Kafka asks him to destroy seven boxes of his works with a flame before he dies. In front of these seven boxes containing the literature legacy of Kafka, Max Brod wonders what to do. Betray a best friend or his faith in literature? Seven Boxes Possessed of Kafka gathers a full range of Kafka’s creative ideas and he is outlined 3-dimentionally through Devising Theatre with the help of multi-media technology, experimental music, vigorous visual impact on stage and powerful performing style. What is presented to the audience is a multi-layer version of this avant-garde literature writer.
Premiered in 2008, Seven Boxes Possessed of Kafka was awarded Best Director (Tragedy/ Drama), Best Sound Design, Best Make-up Image and Top 10 Most Popular Productions Award at the 18th Hong Kong Drama Awards; the production was also awarded Best Play Script, Best Director, Best Leading Actress, Best Stage Effects and Best Ensemble at the 1st Hong Kong Theatre Libre. The show was rerun in 2009 & 2017 with full houses of audience. Upon invitation, the show toured to Shanghai, Beijing, Macau and Taipei. It was well received with critical acclaim.
Alice Theatre Laboratory
ATL is a Hong Kong theatre company, registered as a charitable organisation, that receives three-year grant from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. ATL is devoted to experimental performances. In the previous seasons, Seven Boxes Possessed of Kafka (Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Macao, Taipei and 2017 Edition), Fear and Misery of the Third Reich (Hong Kong and Beijing), Beckett on Stage II: Reminiscence & Traces, The Maids, 1001 Nights of Pasolini, One Hundred Years of Solitude (Hong Kong and Beijing), Endgame (Hong Kong and Shanghai), Once the Muse Speaks (Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taipei and Beijing), Hamletmachine (Hong Kong and Wuzhen) and The Hong Kong Three Sisters (Hong Kong, Edinburgh and Taipei) were critically acclaimed and nominated for and received a number of awards for the Hong Kong Drama Awards and the Hong Kong Theatre Libre. CNNGo has acclaimed ATL as one of the five most watchable Hong Kong theatre companies. ATL is also a pioneer in Drama and Theatre Education. Promoting Drama in Education and Drama as a subject, ATL has been producing Theatre-in-Education programmes that suit the local education system since 2002. In Hong Kong Arts Development Awards 2016, ATL received the Award for Arts Education (Non-School Division) Certificate of Merit.
CHAN Hang-fai Andrew
Artistic Director of the Alice Theatre Laboratory. Andrew graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) with a BFA (Hons) in Directing and was awarded Outstanding Director from the Academy for his graduation production Woyzeck. In 2009, he was awarded Best Director (Tragedy/Drama) in the 18th Hong Kong Drama Awards and in the 1st Hong Kong Theatre Libre with Seven Boxes Possessed of Kafka. With 1001 Nights of Pasolini, he was also nominated for Best Director in the 3rd Hong Kong Theatre Libre. In 2013, Andrew was awarded Best Director in the 5th Hong Kong Theatre Libre with Endgame. He is recently nominated for the Best Director (Tragedy/Drama) in the 27th Hong Kong Drama Awards with The Hong Kong Three Sisters.
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