HKRep: 《聖女貞德》

About the show

A century-defining masterpiece—who decides who is saint and who is mortal? The Hundred Years' War has reached its end, and Joan of Arc is fated for the flames. Through a century of storms and clamour, the most gripping moment is when Joan seizes that innocent yet stubborn ideal of goodness. How could Irish playwright and Nobel laureate 蕭伯納的 historical classic Saint Joan stop at merely telling a tale of dramatic twists and turns? Fierce yet ordinary, wavering yet tenacious—what defines a saint? What does a saint do? Amid the currents of history, we are all searching for the truth and reflection of human strength. Hong Kong Repertory Theatre presents Saint Joan, with emerging director 朱啟軒 reinterpreting this century-old realist drama through inventive adaptation and contemporary theatrical techniques. The production preserves the spiritual core of Shaw's play, probing the blurred yet profound line between saints, heroes, and ordinary people. The Joan on stage is no longer just a martyr from ancient texts, but an ordinary person struggling to survive between absurdity and conviction, shaking fate with innocent and stubborn strength.

Synopsis translated by KinoHK — the performance itself is not in English unless stated above.