Wanchai Hong Kong Arts Centre | Black Comedy x Play-within-a-play x Mind-bending Twist x Allegory for the Social Media Age：《Reality No-show》

Description

Adapted from Reality No-Show, a popular stage play written by Tsai Pao-chang and performed by the Tainan People's Theatre – based on a true story.

Black comedy × Play-within-a-play × Mind-bending twist × Allegory for the social media age
 
A multi-layered story with twists and turns.
 
Ever-changing character settings, who knows the truth?
 
When life becomes a performance, and the performance becomes the truth, who do we believe?
 
Actor James (played by Chan Cham-man) becomes famous for playing a gay character in the situational comedy Laugh Till You Move House, but is unhappy about being typecast. During a recording, he loses control due to his disagreement with the script written by screenwriter Fu Ruoyan (played by Cheung Yuk-hin), and his career declines as a result. Later, he is accused of sexual assault by Xu Xiaoning (played by On Yau-kit), a staff member he scolded in an elevator. However, Xu's popularity rises due to the leaked video of the scolding incident. James' manager, Maggie (played by Wan Ka-yu), decides to save his career by having him participate in a reality show hosted by Diva (played by Chan Mei-lai), with Japanese actor Moriguchi Kazuma (played by Poon Chung-hau) also joining the show as a guest.
 
Meanwhile, the disheartened Fu Ruoyan meets Shao Chenye (played by Lam Tze-git) at an anonymous alcoholics' association and hears the story of his younger self (played by So Chan-wai) and a mysterious man, Casper (played by Tang Wing-hong). She decides to adapt their story into a film.
The two narrative threads intertwine to pose a question about truth – when life is edited and stories are packaged, what we see may not be reality, but another carefully crafted performance.
 
 
《True・Lie Show》

A chaotic play about truth, lies, creation, loneliness, and love.

Before the show, you may believe that you can distinguish between truth and falsehood.

But after the show, you may not be so sure.