The Hong Kong Arts Development Council (HKADC) is a statutory body set up by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in 1995 to plan, promote and support the broad development of the arts.HKADC has participated in PAMS 2015 and 2016 respectively and attained satisfactory results. In its third year of participation, HKADC proudly presents the works of outstanding local artists and arts organisations in PAMS 2017.

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HON Seon was praised as the “soldier transcendent” and the “god of war”. He was a renowned combat tactician in ancient China, winning every battle! Without HON Seon, perhaps the "Overlord of Co" HONG Jyu would not have gone so far as to part his concubine and throat-cut himself, nor would LAU Bong have created a dynasty of prosperity. Once the Hon dynasty had been  securely established, were HON Seon’s days counted?

That was a case of injustice over two millennia old. It would not be possible to dig out all the facts, let alone redress the injustice. This story on stage, inevitably a mixture of facts and fiction, traces HON Seon’s footprints in the last 24 hours of his life. When the two met face to face, would the “god of death” give the “god of war” a way out?

Performers
홍　해 HONG Hai as HON Seon (Pinyin HAN Xin)
등미령 TANG Mi-ling as Empress LEOI (Pinyin LÜ)
정영매 Susanna CHENG as Lady JIU (Pinyin YAO)
완덕장 Johnson YUEN as Overlord of Co (Pinyin Chu)
여홍광 LUI Hung-kwong as SIU Ho (Pinyin XIAO He)
부수왕 FU Shu-wang as LAU Bong (Pinyin LIU Bang)
막화민 MO Hua-min as ZUNG-LEI Mut (Pinyin ZHONGLI Mo)

PAMS2017

Set out

HONG Hai as HON Seon
Susanna CHENG as Lady JIU

TANG Mi-ling as Empress LEOI

HONG Hai as HON Seon
Johnson YUEN as Overlord of Co

HONG Hai as HON Seon