The Overcoat
Performance
Oct-Nov 2015
A new adaption for school tour
Feb 2007
Drama Centre, Singapore (Re-run)
Jan 2007
Hong Kong Fringe Club (Re-run)
Sep 2004
Sha Tin Town Hall (Re-run)
Feb-Mar 2004
Hong Kong Fringe Club (Re-run)
Aug 2001
A community theatre production at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
May-Jun 1998
Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Studio Theatre
Team
Devisers
Bonni Chan, Sean Curran
Dramaturg
Stella Kao (1998)
Director
Bonni Chan
Performers (1998)
Sean Curran, Victor Pang, Jacob Chan, Bonni Chan, Wilson Chik
Performers (2004)
Sean Curran, Hofan Chau, Peter Jordan, Lee Kar-fai, Candice Moore, Victor Pang, Thomas Tse, Adrian Yeung
Performers (2007)
Sean Curran, Hofan Chau, Lee Chun-chow, Lee Kar-fai, Leung Hiu-tuen, Victor Pang, Adrian Yeung, Mandy Yiu
Performers (2015)
Sean Curran, Anne Tam, Karen Chan, Dorothy Chu, Tomas Tse, Luke Lai
Visual & Graphic Designer
Sylvia Chan (1998 & 2004)
Costume Designer
Cheng Man-wing (1998, 2004 & 2007)
Lighting Designer
Gabriel Fung Kwok-kee (1998),
Lau Ming-hang (2004 &2007)
Sound & Music Designer
Wong Sun-keung (1998)
The Overcoat (1998)
The Overcoat is a theatrical adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's humourous and touching tale. It tells of a lonely clerk and the effect a new coat has on his life. Theatre du Pif first presented The Overcoat in 1998.
The Overcoat 2001 Community Production
Theatre du Pif collaborated with Edinburgh based arts groups, Whale Arts Agency and Movin…
Awards
Five star reviews and was nominated as the CRITICS CHOICE at 2001 Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Critics
"Where others have failed, The Overcoat truly pays homage to the Fringe's international character. When the fat lady sings, this is neither a Russian play, nor a Scottish production. It is a wonderful synthesis of the two."
"A wonderful production, The Overcoat truly pays homage to the Fringe's international character."
— Matt Warren, The Scotsman Theatre Critic
"a joyful, uninhibited production"
— Edith Terry, South China Morning Post
"Where others have failed, The Overcoat truly pays homage to the Fringe's international character. When the fat lady sings, this is neither a Russian play, nor a Scottish production. It is a wonderful synthesis of the two."
— Matt Warren, The Scotsman, 12 Aug 2001