In this production, Peter Sau revisited 4 characters he had played previously and created another one: Brandon the taxi driver(from Cooling off day), Daniel (A language of their own), Mosquito Man (Nothing), Mother (House of Sins) and newly created Gaga Peterina.
In the first part, the 5 characters had encounters with the actor separately. In the second part, the various characters interacted with each other.
One needs not understand the original setting of the play the characters were based on to appreciate this performance. However, as the characters are quite diverse in background, it was a challenge fitting them together.
Performance wise, Peter Sau's portrayal of the 5 characters was good. But as a production, I do not know what he wanted tell the audience, except that it was a "stocktake" of his artistic journey for the past decade or so, and of course, he refered to the late Kuo Pao Kun a few times in the house programme and also quoted texts such as "Descendants of the Eunuch Admiral".
My view: I like segments of the performance but do not appreciate the intent of the whole production.
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