A bustling city is like a gorgeous dress. While a beautiful dress is made by cotton spinning and yarn weaving, a prosperous place is formed by the intertwining stories of every ordinary person. Throughout the years, The Mills has witnessed the development of Hong Kong and Tsuen Wan, where many heart-warming stories took place. The Memory of Herb is an adaptation of a short novel written by Ms Chan Wai-yee (Chan Wai). It depicts an average modest woman who struggles to make a living at a weaving factory. Through her experience of joy, anger, sorrow and happiness, we see the picture of her life, and also different kinds of changes that took place in Tsuen Wan under economic growth. The production is conceived and curated by renowned theatre director Olivia Yan. Under the spell of fabric by stylist Kay Wong from Fashion Clinic, The Mills is transformed into a music performance stage. Together with Veronica Lee and Lily Hong from a local girl band Arm Charm, singer-songwriter Olga Chung, as well as theatre actor Fung Chi Yau, the team presents a retro-yet-original Cabaret-style light comedy. In the finale performance of “Threading Through Time”, audience will see the hints of connection between all four stories.
華衣麗服由紡紗織布而來，如同一個地方的繁華由每一個平凡人的故事交織所成就。南豐紗廠見證著香港和荃灣的種種變遷，這裡盛載的是許多細膩的生命故事。 《香草織》改編自陳慧的同名短篇小說，故事講述一個平凡謙遜的製衣女工在時代巨輪中如何掙扎生存，從她微小的喜怒哀樂看她的人生，也看荃灣這平凡小市鎮在經濟發展洗禮下的人事變遷。 是次創作邀請了著名舞台劇導演甄詠蓓策劃並構思，Fashion Clinic黃琪施展布藝魔法將紗廠變身為音樂舞台，再加上流行音樂女子組合Arm Charm――李端嫻及康子妮、唱作歌手鍾宛姍和劇場演員馮志佑，聯手打造一齣既懷舊又創新的公廠Cabaret式音樂輕喜劇！作為《我們之間》之壓軸表演，它更隱藏了四個故事之間的聯繫，有待觀眾去發現！
January 2020.
