Arts | Cultural exchange program ends with ‘Embraces’

The monologue “Embraces” will take three young local actors and a veteran from Hong Kong to the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) and will run in five performances from 6 to 8 November.
The production stages a series of monologues, telling four unusual and intimate personal stories. The audience will hear Maggie Im’s experience growing up as the fat girl – hilarious and heartbreaking by turns – while Simon Lou tells the audience of the struggles emerging from his similarity to a famous Hong Kong comedian. In the third monologue, Caroline Lam describes her passion for the performing arts as the actress reveals her desire to change the world through acting, while Mak Pui Tong will compare his professional experience as an actor with a side job he took as a shrimp breeder.
The performance concludes the “Monologue Diaries”, a cultural exchange program that took local performers Maggie, Simon and Caroline up to an artistic residence at Chung Ying Theatre, one of Hong Kong’s most esteemed theatre companies.
According to CCM, after completing an intense four-week program of rehearsals and performances, the trio will return to Macau for the premiere of “Embraces,” which will be performed in Cantonese.