Central Hong Kong City Hall | Chinese Culture Festival 2026: HKRep: The Diary of Song 2026

Description

Wu Song returns after a 10-year hiatus
Discovering a hero among the pages in the diary

“Our entire generation is trapped by fate. We all share a troubled past…”
 
Do people still write diaries? Yes. It is rumoured that a Diary of Song has been circulating widely, that the author—Song—is both an intellectual and a warrior. He has a unique perspective recording the minute details of life. Not only did he once kill a tiger, he also hit flies, and every page of that diary is filled with blood and sweat. But now he is unemployed, peddling sesame cakes, witnessing all of life’s absurdities. Despite all that, he still possesses dreams, poetry and that vision of a faraway desert.
 
The Diary of Song premiered in 2017, receiving Best Original Script and Outstanding Production of the year at the 27th Hong Kong Drama Awards. Starting in 2022, its screen version has played in multiple cities, becoming a best-kept secret among theatre aficionados. This new version helmed by Poon Wai Sum assembles heroes from China’s great mountains, accompanied by Chan Wai Fat’s brand-new music and songs that capture their dilemma—whether to go forth or turn back—so aptly in words and in action, crafting a new classic of a movable diary.
 
Playwright & Director: Poon Wai Sum
Associate Director: Lee Kwok Wai

Cast: Yau Ting Fai, Chan Kiu, Yu Hon Ting, Angus Chan, Poon Tai Ming, Dee To, Mercy Wong, Kiki Cheung, Wong Hiu Yee, Ng Ka Leung, Trickle Choi, Karrie Tan
 
Set Designer: Yuen Hon Wai
Costume Designer: Ainsley So
Lighting Designer: Lau Ming Hang
Composer & Sound Designer: Chan Wai Fat
Movement Designer: Xie Yin
Video Designer: Benny Leung

Date & Time: 
18, 21-25, 28-31.7.2026　7:45pm 
19^, 25^-26.7.2026　2:45pm 
1-2*.8.2026　2:45pm 

^With post-performance talk

＊2.8 is an Accessible Performance with Audio Description (Cantonese)
(Please call 2777 1771 to reserve the audio description device in advance) 
Additional Information
Presented in Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles
No latecomers will be admitted until a suitable break

A Programme of the Chinese Culture Festival 2026

HKRep reserves the right to change artists/performers, performance schedule and seating arrangement