Festival Hong Kong 2019

Chung Ying Theatre Company
Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville:
A Sherlock Holmes Mystery

“Besides allowing for quick costume and make-up changes, the fast-paced farce puts the spotlight on the actors’ versatile performance in a brilliant way.”

── Hong Kong Economic Journal

“Edmond Lo and Nicole Liu stand out for their performance for each playing a dozen roles throughout the show. As they step into different personalities with marvellous eccentricity, it has the audience bursting into thunderous laughter and applause.”

── Ming Pao

The mills of God grind slowly but surely…and ridiculously?!

Hustling between a city and a country estate, 35 personalities – played by three actors – together with detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Watson, are drawn into a frightening homicide suspected to be committed by a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin. Sir Charles Baskerville was found dead on the ground of his country estate with footprints of a gigantic hound nearby. His good friend Mortimer decides to ask for advice from Holmes and Watson as he is worried about Sir Charles’s nephew and his cursed family…

Chung Ying Theatre Company’s farcical take on the famous Sherlock Holmes’s case, The Hound of the Baskervilles, rocks the stage with the actors’ brilliant movements and abundant sense of humour. It takes the audience on an intriguing ride into the baron’s country estate, where the mystery of a family curse is set ablaze with laughter. The play premiered in Hong Kong this March to great popular acclaim.

"Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery" was originally produced by McCarter Theatre Centre, Princeton, NJ. Emily Mann, Artistic Director; Timothy J. Shields, Managing Director, and Arena Stage, Washington, DC. Molly Smith, Artistic Director; Edgar Dobie, Executive Producer

Original

Conan Doyle

Adaptation

Ken Ludwig

Set Designer

Yuen Hon-wai

Lighting Designer

Maggie Law

Cast

Edmond Lo, Chau Ka-fai, Yuen Ho-yeung, Nicole Liu, Sunday Yuen

Translator

Selina Kan

Director

Elton Lau*

Costume Designer

Ainsley So Sin-yi

Music Designer

Tam Ka-wing

*With the kind permission of iStage

Co-presented by

Produced by Chung Ying Theatre Company
Sponsored by The Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government
Chung Ying Theatre Company is financially supported by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Arts Theatre,
Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre

2019.11.22 Fri 7:30pm
2019.11.23 Sat 2pm

Ticket info:

¥380, ¥280, ¥180

Approx 2 hrs and 30 mins incl an interval
In Cantonese with Chinese surtitles
Ticketing information：click here
Ticketing hotline：(86) 021 6473 0123

The presenter reserves the right to change the programme and substitute artists should unavoidable circumstances make it necessary. Latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable break or the intermission.

Fringe Activity

Theatre Workshop (Fundamental)

2019.10.19

Theatre Workshop (Professional)

2019.10.20

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