Event Details
Tue, July 01, 2025
18:30 – 20:00
LIMONAIA
Villa La Pietra
Via Bolognese, 120
50139 Florence, Italy
A contemporary theatrical adaptation of Voltaire’s Candide, which links the antagonist’s journey to modern times. Featuring whimsical characters, poetic story-telling, voyages depicted through physical and martial art movements, singing and live music, Ima Collab’s rendition of Candide aims to be an imaginative and thought-provoking examination of the human condition.
Adapted and created by Ima Collab with award-winning director Chan Chu-hei from Hong Kong, Candide premiered in Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023, and has won the Best Director Runner Up 2023 in Asian Arts Award and First Special Mention of the Jury of Spectators in the International Prize II Teatro Nudo 2024.
CAST
Scholar/ Martin – Eugene Chan
Student – Tsang Hoi-yu
Candide – Li Ka-siu
Cunegonde – Tse Bing-ying Samantha
Pangloss – Lam Leung-kit
Old woman – But Sau-in
Cacambo – Ho Chun-long
Jacques – Chan Chung-yan
Cunegonde’s Brother – Mak Chi-lok
Mother – Chan Pui-sze Dolphin
Featured Biographies
Ima Collab
THEATER COMPANY
Ima Collab was founded in 2022 by award-winning director Chan Chu-hei based in Hong Kong, China. The name of this collaborative platform signifies ‘image-making,’ ‘imagery,’ and ‘now.’ It focuses on cultivating the new generation of theatre makers by means of collaboration between veterans and aspiring actors and other theatre practitioners. Ima Collab made its début with ‘Théâtre sans animaux’ (Ribes) in French May Arts Festival 2022.