Jointly presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the British Council, The Will to Build also celebrates the 60th anniversary of the British Council in Hong Kong. An acclaimed Hong Kong-based theatre company, Theatre du Pif, collaborates with BURST TV, a London-based collective of multi-media artists, and Liam Hurley, an aspiring British dramaturg, in a provocative piece of "verbatim theatre" that aims to stimulate debate about the value of Hong Kong's built heritage.
Exploring five key elements - space, pace, functionality, spirituality and identity, The Will to Build examines the past, present and future of Hong Kong's relentless cycle of construction and destruction, and its effects on the bodies, hearts and minds of the city's inhabitants.
This powerful drama skilfully weaves together verbatim transcripts of Theatre du Pif's interviews with real people who are intimately involved in and affected by our city's obstinate will to build: property tycoons, construction workers, architects, planners, preservation activists, politicians, Feng Shui masters, former colonial dignitaries, cage-dwellers.....
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