The Father (Le Père)

Hong Kong Arts Centre Shouson Theatre
19.10.2017 - 05.11.2017

Molière Award for Best Play
A tug of war between reality and illusion that looks at enduring familial bonds

As her elderly father gradually loses his ability to be independent, Anne moves him in to live with her and her boyfriend, tending to daily necessities. Her father, suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, vacillates between humorous disposition and state of confusion. “Reality” gradually dissolves in his mind, creating many problems between parent and child. Shouldering filial love and her responsibility to family, Anne is under tremendous pressure. She is forced to make an “appropriate” decision. Her father struggles hard for survival, but will he be able to decide his own fate?

The Father (Le Père) is the work of one of France’s most popular young playwrights, Florian Zeller, and winner of the 2014 Molière Award for Best Play. Artistic Director Emeritus Fredric Mao plays the father, with a cast including Alice Lau and Pang Hang Ying. This tragic farce unfolds in all of its fine emotional hues and inner turmoil with such luminaries on the theatre scene.

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Performance Date & Venue

Hong Kong Arts Centre Shouson Theatre
8pm 19 – 21#, 22, 24 – 28, 31.10.2017, 1 – 4*.11.2017
3pm 29.10.2017#, 5.11.2017*
$400, $350, $300, $200
*Additional performances
# With Post-performance talk

Presented in Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles
No latecomers will be admitted until a suitable break in the programme

Ticketing Info

For HKRep Pals Members

15% discount

Other Ticket Discounts

50% discount for

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Members of CCDC Dance Inspirations
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Members of HKAPA Alumni Association
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Awards

The 27th Hong Kong Drama Awards
※Outstanding Production
※Best Director – Fung Wai Hang
※Best Actor (Tragedy/Drama) – Fredric Mao
※Best Lighting Design – Yeung Tsz Yan

※Nominee of Best Production
※Nominee of Best Leading Actress (tragedy/Drama) – Pang Hang Ying
※Nominee of Best Supporting Actress (tragedy/Drama) – Mercy Wong
※Nominee of Best Stage Design – Jonathan Wong
※Nominee of Best Sound Design – Leung Po Wing

2017 IATC(HK) Critics Awards
※Performer of the Year – Fredric Mao

Cast & Production Team

Playwright	Florian Zeller (France)
Translator	Sonia Au
Director	Fung Wai Hang
Set Designer	Wong Yat Kwan*
Costume Designer	Charfi Hung
Lighting Designer	Yeung Tsz Yan
Music and Sound Designer	Leung Po Wing
Guest Leading Cast	Fredric Mao
Leading Cast	Pang Hang Ying Ko Hon Man Alice Lau Chris Sun Mercy Wong *With kind permission of the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Art