After Indy Lee created the first piece of “A Better Man" in 2011, which was themed on fatherhood, manhood, personal growth, and traditions, he once again created and performed the second piece “A Better Art". 《A Better Art》 The creation is based on the protagonist Konstantin Gavrilovich Treplev (Konstantin) in the play “Seagull" by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. According to the prototype of Konstantin in the original script, exploring the world of characters outside the script, and creating characters for solo performance.
In “Seagull", Konstantin is a depressed new theater writer. His plays are incomprehensible to others, and his love for people is unmatched. The art form he cares about is like empty lines, sound but powerless. What puzzles Konstantin the most is his relationship with his mother (an excellent actress) and his views on the art of Trigorin (his mother’s lover and an excellent writer). Living under the shadow of the master, how can he break through and get out of the box? As an insignificant young man, who speaks unnoticeable, even if there are novel works? Konstantin, Chekhov, and even Stanislavsky, characters and real people are looking for the way of art, that is, we are in the 21st century, similarly, experienced a way of creating in the theater, once lost and complacent , motivated, loss, frustration, self-deprecating… experience and understanding.
Adapted, Directed and Performed: Indy Lee / May 2015 / Black Box Theatre, Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
李俊亮繼2011年創作以父親、男人、成長及傳統為題的《男人事，男人是….》(A Better Man) 的首部曲後，再次以獨腳戲形式創作及演出第二部曲《我不是一隻海鷗》(A Better Art)。 《我不是一隻海鷗》 創作選材自俄國劇作家契訶夫的劇作《海鷗》中的主角 – 康斯坦丁•加甫利洛维奇•特烈普列夫 (康斯坦丁)，根據原著劇本中康斯坦丁就原型，發掘角色在劇本以外的故事世界，創作獨腳戲演出的人物。
康斯坦丁在《海鷗》中是個鬱鬱不得志的新派劇場編劇，他的戲別人看不懂，他對人的愛沒有人稀罕，他所關心的藝術形式，就如空洞的台詞，有聲但無力。最令康斯坦丁不解的是他跟媽媽 (出色的演員) 的關係及對特里果林 (其母的情人，亦是出色的作家) 藝術的見解。活在大師的身影下，他可以如何突破，走出框框﹖作為一個微不足道的小伙子，人微言輕，就算有新穎的作品，那又如何﹖ 康斯坦丁，契訶夫，甚至是斯坦尼斯拉夫斯基，角色及真實的人物在尋找藝術之道，就是二十一世紀的我們，同樣，經歷在劇場創作的一條路，曾有迷失、自滿、衝勁、失落、鬱結、自嘲…… 的經歷和體會。
改編、導演及演出﹕李俊亮 / 2015年5月 / 香港話劇團 黑盒劇場
INDY LEE 李俊亮 