「隨心所欲的是夢想，滿途荊棘的才是理想。」《留守太平間》劇本節錄

榮獲五屆香港舞台劇獎最佳劇本獎得主的編劇莊梅岩，擅長刻劃人物個性及角色衝突。於她筆下，與觀眾呼應的除了是人性、愛情，更有社會思辨，其不少得獎作品至今仍為人津津樂道，包括以無國界醫生為題的《留守太平間》、真相越辯越不明的《法吻》、探討新聞自由的《野豬》以及懸疑心理劇《聖荷西謀殺案》等；而《短暫的婚姻》更從電視劇搬演為舞台劇，深切演繹相戀相守之愛與痛。

今年拉闊文化與香港藝術節青少年之友合辦「名人聚」，有幸邀請到莊梅岩與香港浸會大學人文及創作系唐睿博士進行對談，訴說編劇背後的苦與樂；亦會分享2020年香港藝術節委約新作《我們最快樂》背後的創作歷程，更會進一步探討舞台劇作品可如何回應社會。

如對舞台劇及編劇有興趣，今次名人聚絕對不容錯過！

[節目將進行現場錄音。]

[活動前30分鐘可於大堂享用茶點。表演場內不准飲食。]

Candace Chong, five-time winner of Hong Kong Drama Awards (Best Script), is renowned for constructing in-depth characterization and intense conflicts between characters. She doesn’t confine her works to one particular theme for they always come across discussion of humanity, romance and social ideologies: Alive in the Mortuary (2002), The French Kiss (2005), Murder in San José (2009) and The Wild Boar (2012), among others. Her famed television drama, My Very Short Marriage (2017) digs deep into love and the pain of marriage and was later adapted into a play in 2019.

This year, Cultural Literacy Programme co-presents “Star Chat” with Young Friends of the Hong Kong Arts Festival. Candace Chong will meet with the moderator, Dr Tong Yui from Department of Humanities and Creative Writing, to share her struggling and joyous moments as a playwright, as well as the creative process of her latest play We are Gay (2020) commissioned and produced by the Hong Kong Arts Festival. She will also talk about how we can respond to society through theatre.

The talk is not to be missed by anyone interested in theatre arts and scriptwriting!

[Live recording during the event.]

[Light refreshment will be served 30 minutes before the event at the lobby. No drinking or eating is allowed in the auditorium.]