“The Sound of Music” is one of the most popular Broadway musicals, winning five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and a GRAMMY Award for Best Show Album. The film adaptation, starring the magnificent Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, also received critical acclaim, winning five Oscars, including Best Picture, and is a truly beloved family classic. […]
The Hong Kong Cantonese Opera Troupe (HKCOT) was founded in 2023, established by Dr Ina Ho Chan Un-chan with enthusiastic inheritors of Cantonese opera. HKCOT is dedicated to the heritage and development of Cantonese opera and nurturing the outstanding young generation of Cantonese opera with a number of performers and musicians. HKCOT also aims at […]
Presented by the YING Kamsha Chinese Opera Troupe, the performance “In memory of Mr Gu Zhaoshen: Kunqu “Peony Pavilion” aims to commemorate the renowned Hong Kong poet and writer, Mr Gu Zhaoshen. Not only was he a prolific writer, but he also dedicated himself to preserving, researching, and promoting traditional Kunqu opera. He has previously […]
After a hugely successful premiere in September 2022, the original Hong Kong production The Impossible Trial – a musical returns for a highly anticipated rerun at the Xiqu Centre this December. Conceived, created and staged by an all-star local team, the riveting tale of redemption showcases music by Leon Ko, lyrics by Chris Shum, script […]
When the fresh-faced and irresistibly charming swim coach Sheng (Yau Hawk-sau) walked into the life of young, ambitious lawyer Philip (Leung Chung-hang), they found in each other unlikely but steadfast partners. Now they’ve been asked to look after a flat in one of Hong Kong’s most upscale housing developments, and things seem like they couldn’t […]
A rare opportunity to see four of the great Sun Ma Sze Tsang’s signature Cantonese operas, interpreted in the spirit of the master by Hong Kong’s brightest emerging talent. Sun Ma Sze Tsang (1916-1997) was one of the brightest stars and greatest innovators in the history of Cantonese opera. An early supporter of the HKAF, […]
Fong Tong Geng, Guangdong’s most prominent advocate, is known for his greed and malice. But at the height of his career heaven deals him a blow and his reputation and wealth are lost overnight. Haunted by the bitter ghost of a childhood friend, Fong fights his way back to the magistrate to right his wrongs […]
Internationally renowned choreographer Helen Lai is staging an exquisite performance that blends poetry, dance, drama, music and rituals, with an award winning team of masters: Tan Dun – Composer, Grammy and Oscar winner; Tim Yip – Set and Costume Designer, Oscar and British Academy of Film and Television Arts award winner; Leo Cheung – International […]
One hundred Hong Kong citizens, chosen to reflect the demographics of the city, come together in the Grand Theatre at the Xiqu Centre. As performers, as people, as percentage points, they respond live to a series of questions, reconfiguring a series of ever-changing statistical groupings on stage and bravely revealing their joys and sorrows, hopes […]