Theatre Ronin — Theatre is Touken
In the Mood for Red (2022) Photo by Fung Wai Sun
Theatre Ronin is founded by its artistic director Alex Tam Hung Man in 2006 and is currently a recipient of Hong Kong Arts Development Council’s three-year grant.
Theatre Ronin forges its touken (sword in Japanese) by bestowing the vastitude of fine sceneries in the human realm; through the use of highly romantic imageries on stage, it endeavours to preserve the world’s reminiscent beauty before its aurora vanish in the New Media Age.
Dedicated to exploring contemporary theatrical language and the aesthetics of ‘Theatre of Imagery’ and creating a distinctively imaginative performing style, Theatre Ronin’s theatrical works stemmed from varied source materials, as well as the culture and literature of Hong Kong and the world, creating thought-provoking theatrical works with humanistic concerns. Many of its works are invited to various arts festivals in Argentina, China, France, Taiwan and U.K.
Past Production:
2023
Love & Samsara (3rd Run, Hong Kong)
Love & Samsara (2nd Run, Taipei)
Vinyāsa。 Śūnyatā (Cantonese operatic Theatre)
2022
Beyond This Time
Love & Samsara (1st Run, Taichung)
Theatre Movie: A Many-Splendoured Thing (Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Melbourne-Fringe Festival)
Burmese Days
Immersive Literature Theatre: XiXi Maria
Theatre Movie: Hoichi the Earless 2.0
2021
Theatre Movie: Hoichi the Earless2.0 (Urban Festival)
In the Mood for RED (Theatre Ronin 15th Anniversary production, Narrative Music theatre)
Theatre Movie: Practice of ZEN (2021; Hong Kong premiere and was one of the “Highly Commended shortlist of finalists” of Asian Arts Award in 2021 Edinburgh Fringe Festival)
2019
Narrative Music theatre: Aquamarine (2019)
Hoichi the Earless (4th Run, 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival)
Fallen (Re-Run)
Wilderness of Soul 2.0 (2nd Run, Urban Festival)
2018
A Many-Splendoured Thing (Tai Kwun project, Hong Kong)
Hoichi the Earless ( 2nd Run in Hong Kong, 3rd Run on Festival Off d’Avignon Arts Festiva)
Playing with XiXi (3rd Run)
2017
Hoichi the Earless (1st Run)
Fallen (1st Run)
Playing with XiXi (2017 Hong Kong premiere; won 2017 Taipei Fringe Festival Best Space Award)
Forget him/her/it (M+, Hong Kong)
Bear-Men
2016
Nature (adapted from Androgyny by Dung Kai-cheung; 2016 Hong Kong premiere and 2016 Kuandu Arts Festival re-Run)
Silent Scream – Mother Courage & her Children on the Beach (2016 Taipei)
Landscape in the Mist (adapted from The Fog by Shu Hong Sing; 2016 International Performing Arts Festival Bahia Teatro)
2015
Sentimental K (adapted from Hong Kong Trilogy by Chan Koon-chng; 2015 Hong Kong premiere and 2015 Theatre Works of Outstanding Youth, Beijing)
A Girl Like Me (2015 8th Taipei Fringe Festival)
Wilderness of Soul 2.0 (1st Run, Urban Festival)
2014
Sew & Soul
Memorandum: 10 years. Han. Xiao
Landscape in the Mist (2014 1st China City Theatre Festival in Shenzhen)
2013
P.E Period 2.0
The Mariana Trench (3rd Run, Beijing)
2012
Landscape in the Mist (2012 Beijing Fringe Festival)
2011
The Mariana Trench (Re-Run)
2010
Landscape in the Mist (2010 Hong Kong premiere)
2006
The Mariana Trench (Hong Kong premiere)
……etc
Organizational Structure
Artistic Director: Tam Hung-man, Alex
Executive Director: Lam Pik-chi, Jessie
Administrative Assistant: Lam Wai-Fan
Consultant
Dramaturg: Dr Lin Kehuan
Literary Consultant: Dung Kai-cheung
Hong Kong Culture consultant: Prof. Chu-Yiu Wai