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After Life

  • Hong Kong City Hall Theatre
  • 22.05.2026 - 07.06.2026

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s celebrated classic
Rebuilding memories, beholding life at this moment
 
If memories must be measured palpably, are they two or three grams of feather? A bouquet of flowers? Or a hundred-ton ship?
 
If only a single memory can be replayed, how much should it weigh? Time with family or leisurely moments alone? After adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing—two or three grams for cuddling, several dozen for a passionate romance, a hundred tons for dialogue and murmurs—what else is left? After death, one must stop briefly at a transit station en route to Heaven. At this layover, guides help revive a precious memory for the deceased. Would it be about attachment or separation, something important or frivolous?
 
What if you… are me?
 
Olivier Award-winning Playwright Jack Thorne adapted Hirokazu Kore-eda’s classic film After Life, which opened at London’s National Theatre in 2021. The HKRep Cantonese version that premiered in the 2024‒25 season was a blockbuster. This season we remount After Life, continuing to ponder memory and experience, laying bare our true feelings to the audience as we contemplate life and death.

 

“A vignette with a light touch about life and death, [After Life is] built on the premise of the deceased looking back, contemplating what was most precious, most valuable in life…”—Dr. Kevin Yau, Ming Pao
Ticketing

Performance Date & Venue

  • Hong Kong City Hall Theatre
  • 7:45pm 22-23, 26-30.5.2026
    2:45pm 23#, 30-31#.5.2026

    7:45pm 2-6.6.2026
    2:45pm 6-7.6.2026
  • $450 (Limited VIP Tickets) / $420 / $320 / $240
  • #With post-performance talk
  • Presented in Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles

Ticketing Info

For HKRep Pals Members

15% discount (applicable to VIP tickets)

For HKRep Green Pals Members

*Not Applicable to VIP Tickets
 
30% discount

Other Ticket Discounts

* Not Applicable to VIP Tickets
 
50% discount for
Full-time Students (limited offer)
Senior Citizens aged 60 or above (limited offer)
People with disabilities & the minder. For purchase of each concessionary ticket for people with disabilities, the customer can purchase one ticket of same concession for a minder.
 
10% discount for (only valid for regular priced tickets available at URBTIX)
Members of CCDC Dance Inspirations
Club Bravo members of Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Zuni’s Friends
Friends of The Hong Kong Ballet
Friends of Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
Friends of HK Dance Company Classic / Prestige Member
Chung Ying Theatre “Energy Fun Club” members (max. 2 tickets)
 
10% discount for (only valid for regular priced tickets available at URBTIX outlets upon presentation of valid membership / staff cards)
Members of HKAPA Alumni Association
Members of Hong Kong Chinese Civil Servant’s Association
FANCL Club Members
Staff of Shun Hing Group
Members of Hong Kong Arts Administrators Association
Members or Staff of Broadway Photo Supply Limited
Members of CCDC Student Dance Inspirations
Members of Hong Kong Association of Theatre Technicians & Scenographers
Members of Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil)’s Young Audience Scheme

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Cast & Production Team

Original Hirokazu Kore-eda
Playwright Jack Thorne
Translator Kwok Wing Hong
Director Fong Chun Kit
Cast Kalok Chan
ManMan Kwok
Angus Chan
Wong Hiu Yee
Chan Kiu
Chow Chi Fai
Karrie Tan
Wu Lui Fung
Cheung Ka Ying
Ng Ka Leung
Luk Ka Ki
Chu King Hei
Set Designer Wong Yat Kwan*
Costume Designer Cindy Ho
Lighting Designer Yeung Tsz Yan
Composer & Sound Designer KingKong Fung
Video Designer Dan Fong*
*With the kind permission of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
AFTER LIFE
by Jack Thorne
adapted from the film by Hirokazu Kore-eda
concept by Bunny Christie, Jeremy Herrin and Jack Thorne