The Furies Variations Gallery
Yau Fuk Wing embodies the fragmented spirit of justice in this key visual for The Furies Variations.
Yau Fuk Wing embodying the scales of justice in 'The Furies Variations': 'By what principle are we to continue choosing justice, and not choose the greatest injustice?'
Michelle Li manipulates light to cast the ensemble’s shadows, embodying the haunting realization: 'In the cave there are people who have been imprisoned there from birth.'
Actors stand amidst the stark interplay of light and dark, echoing the realization: 'And the shadows that she has seen all her life are merely caused by them.'
Michelle Li embodies the weight of separation as she confronts the shadow of Agamemnon: 'Agamemnon must leave behind his wife, Clytemnestra.'
Michelle Li channels the frustrations of the stage as she exclaims, “Ai ah! This Menelaus is really troublesome.”
Chou Henick, Lung Jes, and Yau Fuk Wing explore the tension between reality and artifice. 'Aren’t there two kinds of story, one true and the other false?'
Chan Wing Shuen explores the power of literature in this intense moment from 'The Furies Variations'. 'Why are books so important to you?' she asks.
Chan Wing Shuen and Michelle Li perform the harrowing moment where Agamemnon must sacrifice his eldest daughter, Iphigenia.
Yau Fuk Wing performs a solemn ritual in The Furies Variations, echoing the haunting plea: 'Father into your hands, I commend my spirit.'
Chan Wing Shuen performs a harrowing invocation, reciting: 'The countless fleet of the Greeks arrived at the beach at Aulis.'
Chan Wing Shuen embodies the powerlessness of the Greek army. 'The host of the Greek army watches in silence. They feel powerless.'
Chan Wing Shuen interrogates mortality in this haunting scene: 'Death. It is one of two things, don’t you think?'
Yau Fuk Wing embodies the weight of conviction in this intense sequence from The Furies Variations: 'I was tried for blasphemy and sentenced to die.'
Yau Fuk Wing embodies a soul in torment, crying out: "God knows, God knows I want to break free."
On the industrial stage, the figure of Clytemnestra confronts her circumstances: as a victim of oppression, is she not allowed to resist?
Yau Fuk Wing finds a haunting quietude in the rehearsal of 'The Furies Variations' as he delivers the domestic invitation: 'I'll get your bath ready, take a bath and then have dinner.'
Chan Wing Shuen and Chou Henick confront the weight of a violent history: 'He went as far as killing her husband and baby in front of her.'
Yau Fuk Wing questions the nature of leadership in this pivotal moment from The Furies Variations: 'How is he a good king?'
Reflecting on the distortion of memory and loss: 'Mourning becomes… Electra.'
Michelle Li commands the industrial stage with the haunting line, 'My plug in baby, crucifies my enemies.'
Chou Henick commands the stage in The Furies Variations, delivering the chilling ultimatum: "It is you that has brought this fate upon yourself, not I."
Chou Henick contemplates the claustrophobic weight of the city, musing: 'Pylades, this city is a prison. A goodly one / In which there are many confines, wards, and dungeons.'
The ensemble, including Chou Henick and Wong On Ting, confronts the haunting burden of their actions: 'Endlessly humiliating, cursing, reminding you / Of your sin of killing your mother.'
Lung Jes and Chan Wing Shuen explore tension through movement in Rooftop Productions' 2018 performance, The Furies Variations.
Yau Fuk Wing, Wong On Ting, and Chan Wing Shuen channel ancient justice through shadow puppetry. As the piece explores the legacy of Greek tragedy, it reflects on how 'fifty years after the Oresteia, the Athenian court convicted Socrates of blasphemy.'
The cast and ensemble evoke raw atmospheric energy, singing, 'Come on you stranger, you prisoner, you martyr, and shine!'
Lung Jes captures the raw, visceral intensity of the performance in this promotional portrait for The Furies Variations.
Yau Fuk Wing captures the raw, visceral intensity of The Furies Variations in this striking promotional portrait.
Chan Wing Shuen captures the raw, visceral intensity of The Furies Variations. Promotional photo of Chan Wing Shuen for The Furies Variations.
Wong On Ting embodies the visceral intensity of The Furies Variations in this striking promotional portrait.
Maggie Chu channels the raw, visceral intensity of The Furies Variations in this promotional portrait. This image captures the fierce spirit of the production's central themes.
Chou Henick captures the raw emotional intensity of his character in this promotional portrait for Rooftop Productions' The Furies Variations.
Michelle Li captures the raw, visceral energy of The Furies Variations in this promotional portrait.
Ivor Houlker captures the manic intensity of The Furies Variations in this avant-garde promotional portrait.
Actor Sham Chung Tat embodies the raw emotional intensity of The Furies Variations in this promotional portrait.
Yau Fuk Wing embodying the scales of justice in 'The Furies Variations': 'By what principle are we to continue choosing justice, and not choose the greatest injustice?'
Questioning moral ambiguity through Plato’s lens: 'What principle should we follow to continue choosing justice without resorting to the greatest injustice?'
This promotional leaflet for The Furies Variations outlines our intertextual exploration of justice, law, and morality.