Hong Kong Film Festival – Project HK (Golden Village)
Bamboo Theatre (+ 30mins Q&A)
戏棚
Language
Cantonese with English & Chinese subtitles
Synopsis
Bamboo Theatre is a makeshift, open-air and bamboo shed theatre, which is built and fixed by plastic straps, without any heavy-duty materials. During festivities in Hong Kong’s villages, Chinese opera troupes are invited to perform ritualistic operas in the temporary theatre constructed in front of the temple, to express their gratitude to the Chinese gods they worship. Spirits and gods are the primary audiences. This film follows ritual practices in various villages and remote islands of Hong Kong for two years. It is the portrait of this traditional cultural space, its way of building and dismantling, also the collaborative work of troupes’ performers, stage managers and wardrobe. It allows the audience to observe multiple corners of the space, and the variety of ways in which people make use of it.
There will be a post-screening Zoom Q&A in the theatre.