Background of co-organiser
What is Choice Theatre?
Choice Theater is an interactive theater art. The audience are to, under the Host’s (or Traveler’s) guidance, make choices that would have direct impact on the plot during the performance. Each audience can cast a vote by raising one light-emitting Choice Stick in their hands: the green one represents a YES and the red one represents a NO. The plot develops according to the simple-majority choice of the audience.
甚麼是選擇劇場？
選擇劇場是一種互動劇場藝術，觀眾需要在演員演出期間，在主持人（旅行者）的帶領下，作出直接影響劇情的選擇。在場每一位觀眾都能夠參與決定，方法是將自己手上的發光選擇棒舉起，綠燈代表支持、紅燈代表反對。劇情會根據較多觀眾投票的選擇繼續發展。
What Can Choice Theatre Bring About?
Like many other forms of interactive theaters, such as “Playback Theater” and “Forum Theatre”, the audience are involved in the entire theatrical performance; their level of participation is quite high. One feature of Choice Theatre is that each audience holds identical power to influence the plot. Not only does it raise the audience’s enjoyment of the performance, it also provokes the audience’s reflection and expression on various sensitive issues. This indeed is an ideal stimulator for ‘theatre education’ and ‘express art’. It is particularly suitable for civic education in the community, schools and social institutions.
選擇劇場可以帶來什麼效果？
和其他許多形式的互動劇場(如「一人一故事劇場」、「論壇劇場」等)一樣，觀眾被包括在整個戲劇演出當中、參與度亦甚高。選擇劇場的特色是每一位觀眾對劇情有同等的掌控力及影響力，除了使他們的投入感更大之餘，亦可以讓觀眾透過戲劇就不同敏感議題作出反思和表達。這對「劇場教育」和「表達藝術」有著非常良好的催化作用，特別適合在社區、學校、和社會機構推行。
Choice Theatre in Action in Hong Kong
The Choice Theatre originated in Hong Kong. The debut performance of the Choice Theatre was hosted by the Hong Kong Youth AIDS Education Association. It was officially staged at the Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre on December 8, 2017. The performance was realised by a creative team of 16, with 200 audiences. The performance received widespread high regards and encouraged further development of the Choice Theatre around the globe.
選擇劇場在香港的推行狀況
選擇劇場起源自香港，選擇劇場的首演由香港青少年愛滋教育協會承辦，於2017年12月8日於西灣河文娛中心正式公開演出。演出由十六位朋友組成的創作團隊合力完成，共有二百位觀眾參與。是次公演回響甚廣，從而鼓勵創作者到世界不同地方推動選擇劇場發展。
Project details
In this new production, Choice Theatre will bring their audience to reflect and express on the topic of school bullying in response to the recent incident.
In this project, participants will:
- Observe the role-play and scene-play by actors and actress during the rehearsals, and give comments in the debriefing sessions,
- Lead a 15-minute debriefing session after the show as audience; they have to observe the audience’s reaction during the show for debriefing and reflection purposes,
- Give an evaluation report in the form of a survey to the organization for future production.