Freespace Weekly Gigs June 2024

Lau Bak Livehouse, Freespace, West Kowloon Cultural District

Join us at Lau Bak Livehouse every Friday and Saturday night to wind down and relax with live music, drinks and food. Our weekly gigs showcase musicians from all walks of Hong Kong’s diverse music scene – jazz, rock, city folk, classical, electronica, experimental and more. Drop in for the music, craft beer and tasty […]

Puccini’s La Rondine (The Met: Live in HD 2023/24 Season)

Various locations

Puccini’s bittersweet love story arrives in cinemas with soprano Angel Blue starring as the French courtesan Magda, opposite tenor Jonathan Tetelman as Ruggero, an idealistic young man who offers her an alternative to her life of excess. Maestro Speranza Scappucci conducts Nicolas Joël’s Art Deco–inspired staging, which transports audiences from the heart of Parisian nightlife […]

$290

French May Talk : A Passion for Silk

Alliance Francaise Jordan Centre Library, 52 Jordan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong

On the occasion of the exhibition dedicated to silk at CityU’s Indra and Harry Banga Gallery, Alliance Française will hold a talk with renowned shawl collector Romi Lamba. Through his collecting journey, Lamba discovered that a gift from Napoleon to Josephine launched a European fashion trend for wearing Indian shawls over dresses and even imitating […]

Great Violin Concertos: Liya Petrova Plays Sibelius

Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, Central and Western

Conductor: Catherine Larsen-Maguire Violin: Liya Petrova Narrator (In Cantonese): Leon Ko (HKS Artist Associate 2018-2019)* Programme Charlotte Bray Where Icebergs Dance Away (2021) (Asian première) Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 47 Alexander Goehr The Master Said, Op 99 (2016) (Asian première) * For Narrator & Chamber Orchestra

$200 – $480

Verdi’s La Forza del Destino (The Met: Live in HD 2023/24 Season)

Premiere Elements 2130, 2/F, Fire, ELEMENTS, 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon, 油尖旺

Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s grand tale of ill-fated love, deadly vendettas, and family strife, with stellar soprano Lise Davidsen as the noble Leonora, one of the repertory’s most tormented—and thrilling—heroines. Director Mariusz Treliński delivers the company’s first new Forza in nearly 30 years, setting the scene in a contemporary world and making extensive […]

$350

Part to Part (Hidden Life of Forms) by Ola Maciejewska

The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai

In 2024, Dance Reflection by Van Cleef & Arpels continues to pursue its commitment to transmission and education and is once again organizing workshops in collaboration with the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. As a result, students of the Academy will have the opportunity to attend a two weeks long course led by Ola Maciejewska. […]

(in/off) FRAME

The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai

How does the image of the body transform from stage to screen? Christian Rizzo, director of the International Choreographic Institute in Montepellier, moves towards answering this question in a two-week workshop with local dancers. Using two cameras and a screen, they will create a simultaneous double-fiction of dance onscreen and onstage. The idea is to […]

Joyce DiDonato and il Pomo d’Oro: EDEN

Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall 5 Edinburgh Plaza, Central

Following her immensely successful and sold-out production of “In War and Peace” in 2019, the operatic luminary Joyce DiDonato returns to Hong Kong with her new production “EDEN.” “EDEN” is an awe-inspiring fusion of music, theatre, and movement. Featuring four centuries of music from Gluck, Handel, and Cavalli to Mahler, Ives, and a new composition […]

$180 – $1280

Kosuke Ajiro: Sally Dynasty

Quiet Gallery Landmark Atrium, 15 Queen's Road, Central and Western

Quiet Gallery proudly presents a solo exhibition by Japanese artist Kosuke Ajiro: " Sally Dynasty ". Kosuke Ajiro is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist. In addition to painting, he is also a graphic designer, animation creator, music composer, and craftsman, showcasing his diverse talents. Ajiro's creations are inspired by the remnants of European medieval times, mythology, […]

Free

Hannah Ho: The Cloud That Was Grounded

Yrellag Gallery Yrellag Gallery, 13 Prince's Terrace, Central and Western

Yrellag Gallery is honored to present The Cloud That Was Grounded”, a solo exhibition by Hannah Ho. "Escape and Confine" is a rhetorical expression that combines two contradictory ideas like an oxymoron.This is an observation since last year - a desire to be both present and absent. The objects are codependent and at the same […]

Abby Lee: When turning into Night

Touch Gallery Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Rd, Central and Western

This year, Abby Lee presents a series of paintings that capture the diverse scenes of the city's streets, buildings, and people at night under the theme of "When Turning into Night". Night time is her favourite and most relaxing part of the day, as the pace of the city slows down and the surrounding environment […]

Henry V Man and Monarch

The Room, Freespace, West Kowloon Cultural District Freespace, Art Park, West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong

A man with a paper crown recites Henry V’s legendary speech in a room, while toying with a paper solider – is he the honoured English warrior king on the eve of the battle of Agincourt, or just a madman imposing as the monarch? A one-man show directed by Philip Parr, Director of the York […]