The Absolute Task

  • Hong Kong City Hall Theatre
  • 07.12.2024 - 15.12.2024
Powerful women form a Christmas Special Force
What makes them strong yet gentle?
 
A group of valiant women gather at boot camp. Are they training for an upcoming tournament? They climb rocks and rope, enduring tremendous physical challenges, but for what? They hold fast to their convictions, overcoming challenge after challenge, but what motivates their passion? In the face of a mission impossible, these women travel to the ends of the earth in search of those most in need of Christmas gifts. Let’s see how this special task force uses the gentle to overcome the strong. Let’s uncover the tender secrets of their lives.
 
Before the Christmas season, HKRep Artistic Director Poon Wai Sum pens a brand-new script The Absolute Task specifically to highlight the company’s actresses. The Special Force will deliver unusual Christmas presents to the audience, at the same time inviting us all to look deep into our hearts.
 
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Performance Date & Venue

  • Hong Kong City Hall Theatre
  • 7:45pm 7, 10-14.12.2024
    2:45pm 8*, 14-15.12.2024
  • $380 / $280 / $200
  • *with post-performance talk
     
    Accessible Performance with Audio Description (Cantonese) on 15.12
    (Please call 2777 1771 to reserve the audio description device in advance)
  • This play is inspired in part by Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea
  • Approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes without intermission
  • Presented in Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles

Ticketing Info

For HKRep Pals Members

15% discount

For HKRep Green Pals Members

30% discount

Other Ticket Discounts

50% discount for
Full-time Students (limited offer)
Senior Citizens aged 60 or above (limited offer)
People with disabilities & the minder. For purchase of each concessionary ticket for people with disabilities, the customer can purchase one ticket of same concession for a minder.
 
10% discount for (only valid for regular priced tickets available at URBTIX)
Members of CCDC Dance Inspirations
Club Bravo members of Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Zuni’s Friends
Friends of The Hong Kong Ballet
Friends of Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
Friends of HK Dance Company Classic / Prestige Member
Chung Ying Theatre “Energy Fun Club” members (max. 2 tickets)
 
10% discount for (only valid for regular priced tickets available at URBTIX outlets upon presentation of valid membership / staff cards)
Members of HKAPA Alumni Association
Members of Hong Kong Chinese Civil Servant’s Association
FANCL Club Members
Staff of Shun Hing Group
My Book One@SUPerCard members
Members of Hong Kong Arts Administrators Association
Members or Staff of Broadway Photo Supply Limited
Members of CCDC Student Dance Inspirations
Members of Hong Kong Association of Theatre Technicians & Scenographers
Members of Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil)’s Young Audience Scheme
bcinephile members, Broadway Cinematheque (max. 2 tickets)
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Cast & Production Team

Playwright Poon Wai Sum
Director Fong Chun Kit
Cast Tunes Ting
Man Sui Hing
Wong Hiu Yee
Vivian Chan
Karrie Tan
Luk Ka Ki
ManMan Kwok
Kiki Cheung
Eva Mak
Dramaturg Walter Ng
Set Designer Wong Yat Kwan^
Costume Designer Ainsley So
Lighting Designer Yeung Tsz Yan
Music and Sound Designer KingKong Fung
^With kind permission of the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Art
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