「香港演藝學院導演碩士畢業作品選」 -《備忘錄》 The Memorandum by Vaclav Havel

One day, the Director of a certain institution in a certain city receives a memorandum which changes his entire career path. The memorandum is written in Ptydepe, a newly invented high-level language. The senior official is deeply puzzled when faced with the lengthy and unfathomable new language. To comprehend and understand the memorandum, he goes through every part of the organisation and inadvertently finds that in this large institution, classes are obvious, things well-organised and talents abundant. Everyone, however, is busy with pseudo-working and duty-shirking, which is really ridiculous! Every corner of the office is under covered surveillance and it seems that there is a greater purpose behind the Ptydepe…

Czech writer Václav Havel was born in Prague in 1936. Most of his plays mocked the contemporary society and politics. With these absurd plays, he spoke out for the people and encouraged them to "fight lies with facts". In 1989, the Velvet Revolution was successful. Havel, who had already become a spiritual leader, was elected as the President of Czechoslovakia to lead the people to true democracy step by step. Chu Pak Him, a former social worker, has devoted himself to drama for more than a decade and heals the soul in an alternative way. He believes that in addition to laughter, the more significant function of comedies is to bring reflection and understanding to the audience.