George Orwell’s classic comes to life as a musical at the hands of Theatre Noir, featuring 30 originals songs in English and Cantonese, as well as creative dances with music by composer Frankie Ho and lyricist Benjamin S. Robinson.
Theatre lovers get a wide variety of performances coming through town from scrappy upstart local companies to big international festival acts, but this show defies definition: it appears to be benefitting from both in a big way. With some premium talent on board like acclaimed Australian director Frank Howson and music director Warren Wills, and with the talented Michael Pickering and about-to-break quadruple-threat Celina Jade in the leads, audiences are treated to a uniquely Hong Kong...