Steve Hui (aka NERVE) : Trial: Noise Steve Hui (aka NERVE) : Trial: Noise Steve Hui (aka NERVE) : Trial: Noise

Sound is everywhere in our lives. Perhaps noise is too—whether chaotic and unruly, or strangely ordered and repetitive.

Steve Hui, also known as NERVE, is a cross-disciplinary artist whose practice spans electronic music, theatre, and sound art. His work often inhabits the space between structure and disorder, allowing sound to exist not as a fixed entity but as something constantly crossing boundaries.

For this year’s festival, NERVE turns his attention to the question of noise and places it at the centre of the stage in Trial: Noise.

Boring. Out of tune. Nauseating. Absurd. Shrill. Abusive. Piercing.

Noise may be fragmented or coarse. It may resist classification or refuse to disappear. It enters a space, occupies the senses, and leaves us anxious, exhausted, or even repelled.

Yet what makes something noise is not the sound itself, but the way we perceive it and the names we assign to it.

Through a series of responses gathered from artists, the project seeks to collect different experiences, judgments, and understandings of noise. These responses will become part of the work itself, entering this ongoing “trial” of sound.

We invite you to experience seven performances—seven distinct intercultural experiments.

Some sing, some dance, some remain silent, and some engage in debate. From theatre back to the present moment, from exchange and performance to dialogue.

Performance 1 | Danny Yung’s  Book of Ghosts 2026

July 4 (Sat) 4:00 PM

Performance 2 | Danny Yung’s Meeting of Gods 2026

July 5 (Sun) 4:00 PM

Performance 3 | Susie Au × Xie Shu “Off the Boundary”
July 6 (Mon) 8:00 PM

Performance 4 | Steve Hui  “Trial: Noise”
July 7 (Tue) 8:00 PM

Performance 5 | Edward Lam “14 Variations on the Theme of Yi Yi (Excerpt)”
July 8 (Wed) 8:00 PM

Performance 6 | Olivier Cong “The Border”
July 9 (Thu) 8:00 PM

Performance 7 | Liu Xiaoyi “School of Thoughts 2026”
July 11 (Sat) 8:00 PM

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There will be no intermission for this programme.

Latecomers will only be admitted at a suitable break in the performance.

Children under the age of 6 will not be admitted.

Zuni Icosahedron reserves the right to make final decisions regarding changes to the programme content, performers, and seating arrangements.