performing arts in Hong Kong Archives

Hong Kong violin virtuoso Paloma So on why young people ‘should go for classical music’ and juggling a career and studies

Now 18 and studying economics and music on a full scholarship at Harvard University and the New England Conservatory, the Hong Kong-born virtuoso has played with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, …

Japanese puppetry helps tell the story of a gay teenager’s trauma in 1970s Quebec in dazzling Robert Lepage production at Hong Kong Arts Festival

by Haddis Thomas

Canadian director Robert Lepage entranced audiences in Hong Kong with his autobiographical 887 five years ago, a solo performance aided by his masterful use of toy-size props. For this year’s …

Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar as Peking opera: why Taiwanese actor Wu Hsing-kuo hopes adaptation can help ‘renew the value’ of his beloved art form

by Haddis Thomas

Wu, a Taiwanese theatre actor, will present Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” as a Peking opera in Hong Kong. Photo: Hong Kong Arts Festival Society Wu, who is the production’s artistic director, …