PIP A Midsummer Night's Dream

We are so proud of you, Jim and Olivia!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Since Theatre Ensemble's beginnings,
15 years ago. It has been a lot of hard work and effort, and today you have formed PIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We were so honoured to be there on the FIRST performance of PIP.

We are extra extra proud of you, to hear you, Olivia tell us how you felt about the performance in such a humble way. You told us, how after seeing Pina Bausch and Peter Brooks performances, you felt that there is so much more you can improve on. You told us how the great masters in the world create theatre pieces that is like the spine of the body. Your team thinks the performance is great, but you are aiming at world top class performers, choreographers, directors.

The thing is, there will always be room for improvement, but we think this theatre piece is world class! It is miraculous that you have struck such a great balance between art and commerce, and to have created this passionately humourous interpretation of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. We loved the judo outfits of the lovers, the set, Jim's role in the piece, the music, and of course all the performers!!!!!!!!

It was very touching to read in your booklet, " Standing before classic plays, one becomes very small, and will learn how to learn through modesty and being humble. We forget how big the world is, people become arrogant. There is this Chinese proverb about the frog who lives at the bottom of a well, and thinks they know about the world. In a rootless place like Hong Kong, we have always neglected the importance of history and culture......."

If you haven't seen this performance, and you're in Hong Kong, you NEED to go get tickets now!!!!!!!! it is ending this Sunday!

22/4-27/4/2008 7:30pm
26-27/4/2008 2:45pm
Hong Kong Arts Centre, Shouson Theatre

it's impossible not to mention Ju Ling Ling, the young collaborators with PIP in this piece. OR Juicy Ning, their official English name. They have added such a great twist to the piece, and has such a strong character of their own. WE LOVE YOU TO BITS! everybody loved you, you know that?