L’Orphelin 2.0 is devised based on The Orphan of Zhao, one of China’s oldest plays and the first to be translated into a European language.

 

Described as the Chinese Hamlet, it is a luminous reinvention of an ancient legend. In the story of the orphan of Zhao, Zhao Shuo, the highest general in the Dukedom of Jin was framed up by Tu’an Gu, his political enemy. Tu’an Gu killed Zhao Shuo and all his 300 family members except Zhao’s orphan Zhao Wu, who was hidden and secretly brought up by Zhao Shuo’s loyal retainer Cheng Ying.

 

 

When Zhao Wu had grown up 20 years later, the Duke rehabilitated his family and allowed Zhao Wu to kill Tu’an Gu to revenge his father’s death.

As with any classic, several versions exist. It first appeared in Zuo Zhuan, the well-known Commentary of Zuo on The Spring and Autumn Annals and then described by the great historian Sima Qian in his Records of the Grand Historian.

But is there a ‘true’ version?

Creation and Director: Ata Wong Chun Tat
Producer: Lei Yuen Hung
Costume Designer: Cheng Man Wing
Lighting Designer: Coco Chung
Sound Designer: Fung Chin Lung
Performers: Suen Chi Hung / Lai Cheung Leong / Wang Yao / Li Tengfei / Liao Shuyi
Graphic Designers: Ho Man Po / Hoho Lam

 

 

Artistic Director: Ata Wong Chun Tat
Ata Wong Chun Tat is a director, choreographer, actor, and physical theatre director and instructor. He graduated from the School of Dance in Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and later on studied at École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris, France. Ata was one of the few Chinese artists that completed the two-year program and the courses in Le Laboratoire d’Etude du Mouvement. 

 

 

Ata formed the Théâtre de la Feuille in 2010 and led as director and artistic director. His latest directorial works with the company include Sonnets, Papa, Zheng-he, L’Orphelin, I Want Euthanasia, and L’Orphelin 2.0.

 

He choreographed Chater Road and Tres leger for the Hong Kong Jockey Club Contemporary Dance Series in the Hong Kong Arts Festival.

 

 

Théâtre de la Feuille
Founded by Ata Wong Chun Tat in 2010 in Paris, Théâtre de la Feuille is a physical theatre which creates with Western methodology from Jacques Lecoq along with Eastern artistic traditions. While the theatre is now based in Hong Kong, it has presented on different global stages upon tours and invitations, including France, Italy, Croatia, Taiwan and China.

 

These actors are physically expressive and creative while receiving custom-made long-term training in the combination of traditional Chinese martial arts and Lecoq from the company, they become a strong and unique ensemble in Hong Kong and Asia.