Windmill Grass Theatre strongly presents
BENT
They will only bury love with more crime
Director: Alex TAYLOR (UK) / Playwright: Martin SHERMAN (USA) / Main cast: Joey LEUNG, Edmond TONG, Feuillade LEUNG
Other actors: LEE Kwok-wai, Mill HO, Guthrie YIP, Cliff HUEN*, Anthony CHEUNG
*With support and kind permission of the City Contemporary Dance Company
About Alex Taylor (director):
Currently the programme director of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (Acting), Taylor was the former Head of Department at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (School of Drama) in Hong Kong. His directing works include Dangerous Liaisons, Widows, Mouth To Mouth, Pygmalion and the 2000 production of Bent starring Joey LEUNG.
About Martin Sherman (playwright):
Written in 1979, Bent was Sherman’s breakthrough work, which won him the Hull-Warriner Award of the Dramatists Guild of America, and nominated at the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Awards. The 1997 film adaptation was also a success, winning the Award of the Youth at the Festival de Cannes. As a Jew, most of his works dive into the discrimination and marginalization of the minorities of society, including women, people with disabilities, queer people and people of colour.
Synopsis:
Under the ruling of Nazi Germany in the WWII, prisoners in concentration camps are given a patch on their uniform: a yellow six-pointed star represents Jews; a red triangle represents political prisoners; and a pink triangle represents gay men, who are placed at the bottom of the hierarchy, as soldiers and even other prisoners are allowed to humiliate and torture them. In this world where no one could protect themselves, demanding for human rights, dignity and love will only bring you damnation… Max (played by Joey LEUNG), a promiscuous gay man, was captured by Nazi soldiers while escaping Nazi Germany with his lover. On a train to the concentration camp, Max and his lover were in danger due to the mockery of Nazi soldiers. Horst (played by Edmond TONG), another prisoner in the same car, already understands the wisdom of keeping oneself to oneself, and told Max the cruel truth: “you are not eligible to admit who you love in here, because you will die from telling it!”
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