2016香港藝術節新劇本選 Hong Kong Arts Festival New Play Selection 2016 This original play examines the psyche of Hong Kong’s millennial generation. Especially relevant after the recent “Umbrella Protests”, Chinese Lesson looks at Hong Kong students and their responses to the issues facing their city. This is a classroom drama about a Chinese language teacher and his six final year students who are about to take their university entrance exams. The play draws its material from workshops and interviews with actual secondary school and university students in Hong Kong. Playwright Tang Chi-kin creates a no-holds-barred portrayal of youth and how they see the future of their city, history, literature, culture and authority. 當麻辣中文老師遇上六個即將面對DSE的中六生,補課課堂上教授的不只是中文與歷史知識,而是伸延至人生、社會的當下議題,六位學生對議題的立場各異,老師朱栢謙會如何與他們探索這些爭議性課題背後的真理?他們最終是格物致知,還是欲辯已忘言,越辯越迷失? 鄧智堅與多名中、大學生,以工作坊、遊戲形式探討一連串社會事件,用最真實及最新鮮的素材創作劇本,以黑色幽默及荒誕手法表達。