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除了粵語舞台劇，我也演過英語舞台劇。
第一次演出的英語舞台劇是 1996 年的〝Fault Lines〞〔中譯：裂縫〕。
〝Fault Lines〞是列治文市區劇院 Gateway Theatre 與 Green Thumb Theatre 聯合製作的 Jessie Richardson Theatre Award 〔Significant Artistic Achievement〕得獎喜劇。由 Patrick McDonald 導演，華裔劇作家 Betty Quan 原創編劇。
全劇只有五個演員。我和林小湛飾演一對新移民夫妻，和白人鄰居因為文化背境不同而鬧出不少誤會和笑話。
這齣舞台劇連續演出 21 場，是 Gateway Theatre 96/97 季度的 World Premiere 主打劇。
連結博文：http://robinleung.blogspot.ca/2010/01/blog-post_19.html
連結博文：http://robinleung.blogspot.ca/2010/01/blog-post_19.html
7 comments:
Robin:
請问在那裡可以找到这錄影帶?
我記得，我都有去睇啊！！
Dear Robin,
Thank you for refreshing my memory about Fault Lines. I was at the opening night and enjoyed the play. I must say that this play was not only an outstanding comedy but a great opportunity for local Canadian to understand people coming from Hong Kong. Playwright Betty Quen won an award for Achievement in Community Outreach because of it.
Here I want to share a writeup from publisher/columnist Dave McCullough of Snapshots:
“If the ability to laugh at your fears means you've overcome them, then Richmond's two biggest ethnic groups - the English and the Chinese - have gotten over their fear of each other.
The stereotypes were all there Thursday at the opening night of Fault Lines, the production that is kick-starting Gateway Theatre's new season. All the things that not-so-long-ago seemed the stuff of real confrontation - the monster homes, the Chinese-language store signs and even the white BMW spray-painted with racist slogans - were on stage for us to fret over. But we didn't fret. We laughed, in the manner of people who look back on their youthful indiscretions and wonder how they could have been so shallow.
Had playwright Betty Quan compiled such an exhaustive list of prejudices a year ago, her work might well have been greeted with outrage. Fault Lines is, after all, a not-so-subtle poke at the generalizations too many of us have cherished for too many years.
In that sense, the new production may have arrived on the scene a little late. We could have used this tonic earlier this year when emotions were running high over help-wanted ads that gave preference to candidates who speak a Chinese language.
Set aside that quibble and be prepared to overlook the fact that Quan's characters are one-dimensional. See it anyway, for Fault Lines ranks among those exceptionally rare cultural events that are worth seeing not only for their entertainment value, but also because they have something really important to say to us and about us.
Fault Lines is an important event in Richmond because it wrestles with the issue that's nearest to the hearts of so many Richmond residents. It tells us something about ourselves and our neighbors, and it challenges us to examine our core beliefs about people whose skin happens to be a different color. It demands our attention. That it does these things with grace and intelligence is a bonus.
Fault Lines plays at Gateway Theatre until Nov. 2. Don't miss it.”
A Theatre Lover
「裂縫」是林小湛回流香港發展前的最後一次舞台劇演出？
先多謝 A Theatre Lover 君對 Fault Lines 的詳盡介紹。原來您和 Bessie 都有到戲院捧場，感激啊！我知道 Gateway Theatre 是有錄影的，不過只是用作紀錄用途，基於版權問題，不會對外公開。至於晨曦的問題，1996 年我和小湛演出 Fault Lines 之後，1997 年 3 月我們在麥秋導演的虎度門又再踫頭。這一次小湛做米雪的媽媽，我做謝雪心的丈夫。 小湛是 1997 年回港發展，虎度門應該是她回歸前演出的最後一次舞台劇吧。
演評話網主哥哥做得好惹笑，好入戲，現場觀眾拍晒手掌！睇張相就好溫馨囉，如果有影碟播嚟欣賞就好嘞!!!
毛毛蟲
多謝毛毛蟲捧場：）
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