Ramesh Meyyappan Scotland-based Singaporean, renowned theatre-maker, director and actor, presents a poignant tale of love, loss, memory and longing, for those who struggle to understand and be understood. Harry has dementia. He also uses sign language. As he moves into a new carehome, he is accompanied by memories that dance like ghosts around him. Events […]
The Whistler is Fred Radix – a comedian, musician, and uncanny whistling talent who brings offbeat humour and jaw-dropping musicianship to every show. In his Hong Kong debut, he performs a sweeping canon of beloved classics, from Bizet to Mozart to Singing in the Rain. He'll charm you into whistling along through his masterful music, […]
The Whistler is Fred Radix – a comedian, musician, and uncanny whistling talent who brings offbeat humour and jaw-dropping musicianship to every show. In his Hong Kong debut, he performs a sweeping canon of beloved classics, from Bizet to Mozart to Singing in the Rain. He'll charm you into whistling along through his masterful music, […]
As a singer, dancer, and actress with a dazzling personality and unique talent, Marie-Elise Gabrielle Claire pursued a career as a stage artist over a bourgeois marriage to achieve freedom and financial independence. From her early days at Parisian venues like Parisiana, Alhambra, Cigale, Folies Bergère, and Moulin Rouge, she swiftly ascended the ladder of […]
As a singer, dancer, and actress with a dazzling personality and unique talent, Marie-Elise Gabrielle Claire pursued a career as a stage artist over a bourgeois marriage to achieve freedom and financial independence. From her early days at Parisian venues like Parisiana, Alhambra, Cigale, Folies Bergère, and Moulin Rouge, she swiftly ascended the ladder of […]
Hong Kong is an open, transnational city. Of the countless overseas nationals who've settled here, French nationals have historically made up a large percentage. Before the pandemic, French Hong Kong residents represented the largest French community in Southeast Asia. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, French people have been making their way to live […]
Despite their differences, science and arts are linked by a common thread of creative thinking. The Absolutely Fabulous Theatre Connection (AFTEC) will showcase the outcomes of Vitruvian Bridge: Arts x Science Minds, a practice-as-research project to the public on May 18 to 19 (Saturday to Sunday) at the Sheung Wan Civic Centre. Using DNA as […]
Inspired by the changing seasons of nature, exploring life’s prosperity and decline, circular natural rules, and revealing the mystery of life, the sought-after contemporary dance artist and choreographer Kelvin Mak Cheuk Hung is bringing his new piece——"Re Four Seasons", along with his dancers, dare to challenge the visual scale with their naked expression. Vivaldi's "Four […]
Inspired by Martin Booth's Gweilo. Renowned novelist Martin Booth came to settle in British colony Hong Kong in the 50s when his father was assigned here by the British army. His childhood coincided with how this city grew to be one of the most prosperous metropolises in the world. He has a direct experience of […]
A bilingual drama training programme that focuses on both performance as well as the analysis and understanding of plays, in line with AFTEC’s continuous emphasis on process and debate. Schools can select from 10 original plays written by playwrights from overseas and Hong Kong and also choose to perform it in English or Cantonese. The […]
digiAFTEC® Serendip will launch the second module in June, all about making sense of shapes and patterns with in-person workshops which link directly with the 5 online videos. Starting with a dot and a line and expanding into shapes and patterns that occur in nature, in music and dance movements and even theatre, the arts […]
In 2023, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels co-presents with French May Arts Festival, Bombyx Mori by Ola Maciejewska at the Sheung Wan Civic Centre as part of a Dance Festival in Hong Kong. In this work for three dancers, Ola Maciejewska draws inspiration from Loïe Fuller’s signature invention, the Serpentine Dance. She brings the iconic legend face to face with her […]