The Mariana Trench

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Theatre (performance art, contemporary)

  • Babes in arms policy: Babies do not require a ticket
  • Policy applies to: Children under 2 years

Description

Click. The story starts with a young photographer. A chance encounter reunites him with a girl he admired at school. He tries to recapture lost years through this reconnection. Click. His Ma-jie (maidservant uniquely typical to past Hong Kong) admires the man downstairs who writes letters for her and others. Click. These parallel disconnected narratives, divided by a trench of loneliness, reveal the underwater emotional currents that can drown mankind. Amid fast-paced modernised Hong Kong, Theatre Ronin’s piece, like the camera, nostalgically shows the impossibility of hanging on to the past. Performed in Cantonese, English surtitles.

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General venue access

  • Accessible entry: Stair-lift with folding seat to from foyer (requires transfer from wheelchair to stair-lift chair at ground level, then transfer back to wheelchair at first floor). Staff can carry an unoccupied small or folding manual wheelchair up the stairs while the wheelchair user uses the seated stair lift. Electric wheelchairs, heavy wheelchairs and bulky wheelchairs cannot be carried upstairs. If not taking the stair lift, the space is accessed by two half flights of stairs (handrail on one side).

    • Wheelchair access type: Not fully wheelchair accessible

  • Stairs: 11- 20
    Number of stairs is provided as guidance and is not in addition to any wheelchair access type (lift/ramp etc) stated above.

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  • Has specific seating requirements
  • Is a wheelchair user
  • Requires a complimentary personal assistant ticket to attend a performance

Jennifer Vuletic 31 days ago

Enchanting and at times enigmatic as we whirl through images and realities in disparate time space continuums. These two beautiful actors - both inherently transformational, physically and emotionally dynamic - weave the strands of love, loss, grief and hope together with their live soundtrack (supplied by the wonderful musician/foley artist) seamlessly underscoring and enhancing this poetic creation.

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Shze-Hui Tjoa 32 days ago

An incredible performance about loneliness, closeness/separation, and fantasies that we nurture regarding other people. The dialogue is funny and off-beat, but I also straight-up cried through the last 1/3 of the performance because I was so moved by its themes. My favourite thing I've seen at the fringe so far this year (and I've seen a lot!)

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Ken Bingham 32 days ago

This was a rapturous mix of poetry, dance, love, despair, but most of all hope. It's the most gorgeous piece of work I've seen at EdFringe 2024.

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