Esplanade - Titus Andronicus 2.0 泰特斯2.0

SYNOPSIS

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Titus Andronicus, Roman general, returns after 10 years of war with the Goths, victorious and with prisoners-of-war – Tamora the Queen of Goths, her three sons and her slave-lover Aaron the Moor – in tow.

But his triumph doesn’t last long. For his sacrificial killing of Tamora’s eldest son to his own dead sons sparks off a horrifying cycle of vengeance and carnage…

Drenched in blood, featuring murder, dismemberment, cannibalism and other grisly abominations, Titus Andronicus was Shakespeare’s most harrowing play, controversial in its time and still today. More than 400 years later, minimalist theatre practitioner and director Tang Shu-wing revisits that infamous play with Titus Andronicus 2.0, a work at once bold and revolutionary.

Focusing on the very essence of theatre – bringing actors before spectators – with just a bare stage, live music, seven chairs and seven actor-narrators who switch between narrating the action and embodying the characters with intense physicality, Tang's reinterpretation leads audiences through the black hole of the human psyche into a world of primal energy, boundless imagination, self-reflection, self-discovery and cathartic peace.

Post-Performance Talk (in Mandarin and English)
4 & 5 Feb 2011, Fri & Sat (evening performances only)

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ADVISORY

General Late Seating Advisory

You are strongly advised to be seated 15 minutes before the performance start time.
No admission will be allowed into the venue once the performance has commenced.
Exceptions may be made at Esplanade's discretion depending on the nature of the performance.

Road closures around Esplanade â Theatres on the Bay on 20 May 2012

In conjunction with the Cold Storage Kids Run that will be held on Sunday, 20 May 2012, certain roads around Esplanade will be closed.

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SYNOPSIS

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历经10年战火，罗马将军泰特斯.安德洛尼克斯大败哥特王国，凯旋之际俘虏了哥特王后塔摩拉，王后的3 个儿子，以及她的黑奴情人艾伦。

然而，战胜的喜悦却是短暂的。泰特斯以残酷手法处决塔摩拉的长子，以祭拜自己战死的儿子，没想到却引发了一连串血腥暴力的复仇与残杀……

《泰特斯.安德洛尼克斯》是莎士比亚400多年前创作的首个剧目，内容极度血腥，触及了屠杀、谋杀、肢解、食人等残忍情节，时至今日依然还备受争议。

而今在不同的时空，香港简约剧场导演邓树荣以崭新、大胆的剧场手法，挑战莎士比亚的这部剧作，带来了让人耳目一新的《泰特斯2.0》。

该剧将焦点回归剧场核心——让演员直面观众——剥去所有不必要的舞台元素，只留下空的舞台与简洁的灯光，现场伴奏，7张椅子，配搭7名身份特殊的演员。他们时而跳出来，成为冷静的说书人；时而又跳进去，以激烈的肢体语言化身故事角色。邓树荣要带领观众去探索人类心灵的黑洞，进入一个充满原始力量及无限想象的空间，踏上一段自我反省、自我觉醒及净化心灵之旅。

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