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SUMMARY:“The Unfettered Hour” by Tang Shu-wing (鄧樹榮)
DESCRIPTION:“The Unfettered Hour” by Tang Shu-wing (鄧樹榮)\nPresented and Produced by Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio\nSponsored by HKU School of English\n \nScript/Direction/Performance: Tang Shu-wing (鄧樹榮)\n \nPerformance date: March 5\, 2025 (Wednesday) \nPerformance times: \nSession 1: 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm (Cantonese)\nSession 2: 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm (English) \nVenue: HKU Black Box\, Room 54\, LG/F\, Centennial Campus\, HKU (Location map) \n \n\n\nRegistration\n\n\nRegistration required. Very limited seats. Please choose either Session 1 or Session 2\, but not both. No walk-in allowed. \nSession 1: 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm (Cantonese) \n\nFor HKU members (HKU Portal login is required): https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=98638\nFor non-HKU members: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=98638\n\n\nSession 2: 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm (English) \n\nFor HKU members (HKU Portal login is required): https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?ueid=98640\nFor non-HKU members: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=98640\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n“The Unfettered Hour” Solo  \n\nDuring his break time\, a radio programme host talked to his wife residing overseas in order to save their marriage. Is he courageous enough? \n\n \n“The protagonist made an incisive point about the current situation of Hong Kong.” Ting Yu\, Theatre Critic\n \n“The theatre craft of Tang Shu-wing has been growing increasingly sophisticated and significant.” Kuh Fei\, Theatre Critic\n \nTang was adept at performing solo and duo works in the 1990s\, such as “Miss Margarida’s Way”\, “Two Civil Servants in a Skyscraper”\, “Two Men on a No Man’s Land” and “Millennium Autopsy”\, which are all pioneers of physical and devising theatre. He focused on directing after the millennium and only performed in a handful of ensemble works\, yet he was able to transform deftly abstract physical expression into genuine realistic vocabularies. He even won the Best Actor in a Leading Role in the Hong Kong Drama Awards with “Sunshine Station” in 2003. Uncovering some unseen sides of Tang\, the premiere of “The Unfettered Hour” received overwhelming critical acclaim among professionals and audience alike with three sold-out performances last year. Now\, the show returns\, with an additional English version made for international audiences. This is an opportunity that comes once in a blue moon\, don’t miss it!\n \nIn Cantonese/English\n\n*Running time approximately 1 hour \n\n\nTang Shu-wing's nominations with "The Unfettered Hour": \n\n\n2022 IATC Critics Awards\nScript/ Playwright of the Year\nPerformer of the Year \n \n2022 The Hong Kong Theatre Libre\nBest script\nBest leading actor \n\n\nPhoto Highlights\n       \n       \n       \n    \n\n\n\nFor more information about “The Unfettered Hour” performance from Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio\, visit here
URL:https://hku-english.visibleone.dev/event/the-unfettered-hour-by-tang-shu-wing-%e9%84%a7%e6%a8%b9%e6%a6%ae/
LOCATION:HKU Black Box\, Room 54\, LG/F\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250307
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SUMMARY:Sonia Leung (Spring 2025)
DESCRIPTION:Sonia Leung – Black Box Writers’ Series (Spring 2025)\n \nSonia Leung reads from The Girl Who Dreamed: A Hong Kong Memoir of Triumph Against the Odds (Blacksmith Books\, 2024). This reading is a collaboration with the Hong Kong International Literary Festival (Mar 1-8 2025). \nDate: March 7\, 2025 (Friday) \nTime: 5:00pm – 6:30pm \nVenue: HKU Black Box\, Room 54\, LG/F\, Centennial Campus\, HKU (Location map) \n\nABOUT hong kong international literary festival\n\nThe Hong Kong International Literary Festival (HKILF) inspires the joy of reading by bringing the world’s writers and stories to Hong Kong’s diverse communities. A dynamic year-round programme and an annual festival offer dialogue\, entertainment and perspective\, while the Young Readers Festival (YRF) motivates students to engage with all aspects of the written word\, improving communication skills\, while nurturing the art of writing and storytelling. \nThe annual festival features established and emerging writers from around the world\, alongside local literary talents\, in a programme that includes panel discussions\, book talks\, readings\, workshops\, walks\, school programmes\, performances\, and more. \nWe are a registered charity non-profit organisation dedicated to bringing the best in the literary arts to Hong Kong. To find out more\, please visit their official website: https://www.festival.org.hk. \n\nABOUT BLACK BOX WRITERS' SERIES\nThe Series is part of the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing in English\, directed by Dr Antony Huen. \nDuring 2025 Spring Semester\, internationally acclaimed writers join us in the Black Box to read from their work and discuss their creative practice. Please refer to our poster for the schedule of the Series. \n \n\nPhoto Highlights\n       \n       \n       \n    \n\nMore information about Sonia Leung from her official website here
URL:https://hku-english.visibleone.dev/event/sonia-leung-spring-2025/
LOCATION:HKU Black Box\, Room 54\, LG/F\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
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SUMMARY:Looking Differently: Mrs. Dalloway at 100
DESCRIPTION:Anne Fernald – Fordham University (https://www.fordham.edu/academics/departments/english/faculty/anne-fernald/) \nTHIS IS AN IN-PERSON ONLY EVENT. \nAbstract\nEarly in Virginia Woolf’s 1925 novel Mrs. Dalloway\, Rezia Warren Smith implores her shell-shocked husband\, Septimus\, to look. Six paragraphs in a row begin with the command “look.” Critics of modernism have been preoccupied with looking in the sense of perception (e.g. connecting literary experiments to those in the visual arts\, exploring representations of time in narrative)\, but equally important to Woolf is the problem of attention. Shell-shocked and hallucinating in a London park\, Septimus is unable to redirect his attention to the sights around him (children playing cricket\, a few sheep)\, but the passage also calls out to us\, the reader. What are we being asked to look at? And how might we look differently? In witnessing Septimus and Rezia's distress\, we are to notice the ongoing effects of World War I; in recent years\, critics have been prolific in detailing those traces in the text. Today\, I will focus less on war and war trauma than on another of the novel’s enduring effects: its powerful attachment to beauty. After all\, Mrs. Dalloway begins with flowers and ends with a vision of a beautiful woman. This paper argues that Mrs. Dalloway responds to an early 20th century crisis in attention by teaching us how to focus in a world of overwhelming distraction. In so doing\, it reminds us how paying attention to beauty can\, in itself\, be a form of resistance and a strategy for survival. The presence of death may strike us with a shock at a party\, but the fact of beauty may equally stun us into remembering why we live. \n ||  \nBiography\nAnne E. Fernald is Professor of English and Women’s\, Gender\, and Sexuality Studies at Fordham University in New York City. She is the editor of the Cambridge University Press Mrs. Dalloway (2014) the Norton Critical Edition of Mrs. Dalloway (2021)\, and the Oxford Handbook to Virginia Woolf (2021). She is one of the editors of The Norton Reader\, a widely used anthology of essays. She was co-editor of Modernism/modernity 2019-23. She is the author of Virginia Woolf: Feminism and the Reader (2006) as well as articles and reviews on Woolf and feminist modernism. She is currently at work on a collective biography of eight modernist women writers.
URL:https://hku-english.visibleone.dev/event/looking-differently-mrs-dalloway-at-100/
LOCATION:Room 7.45\, 7/F\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
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SUMMARY:Handel's Island
DESCRIPTION:Additional Content\nHandel's Island \n\nFollowing the success of Figaro's Garden last year\, Opera Box is excited to bring Handel's Island to the HKU Black Box Theatre! Specially designed for babies and toddlers\, this immersive opera experience is created by professional opera singers\, using simple props and interactive movements to introduce little ones to the magical world of Handel's music. As part of Opera Box's groundbreaking O!Blox series\, Handel's Island combines the magic of Baroque opera with early childhood enrichment\, offering a unique and engaging experience for both children and their caregivers. \n\nFor ages 0-3 years \nDate: April 23\, 29 & 30\,  2025 (Saturday & Sundays)  \nTime: 10:00am – 10:40am & 4:00pm – 4:45pm \nPhoto Highlights
URL:https://hku-english.visibleone.dev/event/handels-island/
LOCATION:HKU Black Box\, Room 54\, LG/F\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
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SUMMARY:Pre-performance workshop on Wuthering Heights
DESCRIPTION:Additional Content\n \nAs the only novel written by British author Emily Brontë\, through powerful natural imagery\, Wuthering Heights vividly depicts complex characters and an intense atmosphere\, weaving a bold and forward-thinking narrative of love and conflict across three generations of two families. The workshop will look at the complex character of Heathcliff\, focusing on his emotions\, values\, and the consequences of his vengeful actions. Participants will also gain insights into Wise Children’s version of Wuthering Heights by understanding more about music theatre. \n  \nDate: March 25\, 2025 (Tuesday) \nTimes: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon \nVenue: HKU Black Box\, Room 54\, LG/F\, Centennial Campus\, HKU (Location map) \n\nPhoto Highlights
URL:https://hku-english.visibleone.dev/event/pre-performance-workshop-on-wuthering-heights/
LOCATION:HKU Black Box\, Room 54\, LG/F\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250327
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SUMMARY:Thriving at University: Mental Health and Wellbeing Support Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Thriving at University: Mental Health and Wellbeing Support Workshop\n \n  \nAre you finding it hard to reach out for help? Not sure where to look for support? We’re here to assist you! \n  \nWorkshop 1: Thriving at University: Mental Health and Wellbeing Support  \nDate: 27 March\, 2025 (THUR) \nTime: 15:00-17:00  \nLocation: Arts Tech Lab\, Room 4.35\, 4/F\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU \n  \nJoin us for research-based tips\, expert insights\, and shared experiences to support your mental health and wellbeing. Refreshments & Drinks provided! \n  \nDon’t miss out – use the link below or in our bio to register now! \nhttps://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=TrX5QnckukG_CXoNKoP_CQ_nfHQYDy5DvFiSFWJRjYxUNFhETDdUMUxLMldOQVgzQ0FCNDlZOU80SS4u \n 
URL:https://hku-english.visibleone.dev/event/thriving-at-university-mental-health-and-wellbeing-support-workshop/
LOCATION:Arts Tech Lab\, Room 4.35\, 4/F\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
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SUMMARY:Understanding Digital Narrative: Interpreting Configurable Stories
DESCRIPTION:Ben Horn – The University of Hong Kong (https://english.hku.hk/people/Faculty/302/Dr_Benjamin_Horn) \nTHIS IS AN IN-PERSON ONLY EVENT. \nAbstract\nThis talk discusses the challenges and potential solutions for the study of digital narratives\, particularly narrative games such as The Witcher 3. Narrative games are tricky texts to unpack due to their size – it can take upwards of 50-100hrs of play to complete a modern story game – as well as their configurability: my playthrough of the game may not be the same as yours\, and in which case\, how can we be sure we are discussing the same narrative if we attempt to analyse it? Contemporary scholarship in the nascent field of game studies has attempted to wrestle with these questions with the use of methodologies inspired by literary theory and philosophy\, in which hermeneutics has played an important role. Given the tremendous influence that games now exert over the world – with millions of players logging in daily – now more than ever it is vital to understand how these complex interactive narratives are changing the way we interact with the world. \n ||  \nBiography\nBenjamin Horn is Lecturer at the School of English. He received his PhD in Creative Media from the City University of Hong Kong in 2021. A recipient of the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme\, his thesis presents a new model for the analysis of narrative games. His research interests are interdisciplinary\, reflecting the multimedia nature of the games he studies\, and include questions relating to the interpretation of games\, the history of games\, the study of ludonarrative artifacts\, and issues of cultural localization and translation. He has previously worked as chief writer for a Hong Kong independent game studio.
URL:https://hku-english.visibleone.dev/event/understanding-digital-narrative-interpreting-configurable-stories/
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