The Oak Tree – an odyssey
Performance
Jul 1996
Hong Kong Arts Centre, Shouson Theatre
Team
Text
Paul Poon
Devisers
Bonni Chan
Sean Curran
Paul Poon
Visual & Graphic Designer
Sylvia Chan
Sound Designer
Anthony Yeung
#1996 #Performance+ #Work-in-progress Presentations
Slipping between genders, we follow a search for self-identity and love, with the magic notion of immortality evoking a sense of loss for the past (nostalgia), and a feeling of joy for the possible future.
Awards
Bonni Chan won the Best Actress Award at the Hong Kong Drama Awards (1998)
Critics
"The play was a feast of exquisite visual delicacies, and the movement of the actors was beautifully rehearsed and conveyed a poetic quality."
"Bonni Chan did an excellent job of being a man, so effective that when she resumed the role of a woman her previous manly presence consistent with the theme of the play, was still tangible. The text was lyrical and meditative and the supporting actors performed with great sincerity"
— Simon Wu, South China Morning Post, Jul 1996

























