Play Reading: Try again. Fail better【SPOTLIGHT: A Season of Performing Arts 2026】Tai Kwun

Play Reading is Tai Kwun's all-new platform that breaks away from conventional staged readings, exploring different spaces to create site-specific performances throughout the historic site. Outstanding texts selected from three disciplines – namely film, theatre, lifestyle and culture – are presented to support emerging theatre makers while offering the audiences a fresh theatrical experience.

Li Chi-tat, winner of the Taipei Literature Awards First Prize (Stage Play Script Category), continues with his exploration of "the body as a battlefield for power" in the work Try again. Fail better. From the individual and society, he broadens his discourse to human "fragments" as well as animal ethics, touching upon topics like freedom, autonomy and moral order. In this Tai Kwun presentation, the actors will move from confinement to freedom, echoing the interplay between space and text at the historic former Victoria Prison.

Programme 2: Try again. Fail better
Date : 7-9.4.2026 (Tue-Thu)
Time : 7pm – 8pm
Location : Site-wide

Remarks
Try again. Fail better
• Duration: approximately 1 hour without interval
• Audience is required to walk around various locations during the performance. Comfortable clothing is recommended and please assess your physical condition if it is suitable for participation
• In Cantonese without surtitle
• Latecomers will only be admitted until a suitable break arranged by venue staff
• Recommended for ages 6 and above
• Free seating on a first come first serve basis
• Programmes are subject to change without prior notice. Tai Kwun reserves the right to make the final decision regarding the arrangements.