Learning to Live: Two New Plays Examine Hong Kong’s High-Pressure Childhood
New plays by Tang Chi-kin continues an exploration of Hong Kong's rigid educational system....
Elle Kwan
Fredric Mao Blasts Away Convention in a New Cantonese Opera
A classic Cantonese opera gets a contemporary makeover...
Tisa Ho, the Maestro Behind the Hong Kong Arts Festival
As the Arts Festival prepares for its 2018 edition, executive director Tisa Ho reflects on its role in Hong Kong....
Life is Love in A Modern Take on an Ancient Chinese Folktale
Hong Kong Dance Company’s Yang Yuntao finds love eternal in a very personal retelling of the Legend of White Snake, one of China's Four Great Folktales....
A 160-Year-Old Pirate’s Ballet Makes Its Asian Debut in Hong Kong
Celebrated Canadian choreographer Anna-Marie Holmes talks about her bombastic version of Le Corsaire, a tale of pirates and passion making its debut at the Hong Kong Ballet....
I, Wu Song: A One-Man Cantonese Opera – Without Song or Words
What happens when a Cantonese opera removes all speech? ...
On Stage This Month: Romantic Ghosts That Will Not Rest
A new re-staging of acclaimed play L'Amour Immortel explores the myths of Chinese ghost women, who began their search for love hundreds of years ago – and are still at it today....
A Contemporary Carmen: Bold and Ambitious, Yet Vulnerable
A Chinese and Japanese choreographer team up to put a new, made-for-2017 twist on the classic ballet Carmen....
Hong Kong Opera Singer Amanda Li Returns Home for “Dream of the Red Chamber”
A last-minute change has brought opera singer Amanda Li back home to Hong Kong for her first major performance in a new interpretation of a classic Chinese story....
Hong Kong’s Turbulent Times on Stage in Loong Hong-man’s A Floating Family
Award-winning playwright Loong Hong-man examines Hong Kong society on stage in a trilogy staged for this year’s Arts Festival....
Hong Kong Actor Gabby So Brings Her Struggle to the Stage – in New York
As she prepares to take the stage in New York, Hong Kong writer, producer and actor Gabby So recalls how she fought to bring her dreams to the stage....
Sparks Fly: When Martial Art Meets Dance
A peek into Storm Clouds, the latest production of the Hong Kong Dance company that catches the audience off guard....
Code Red for Sacred Thread: Inside the Hong Kong Ballet’s Costume Department
How the Hong Kong Ballet's costume designer Bridget Steis finds her inspiration....
When Does Hong Kong Become Home? Martin Booth’s Gweilo Takes the Stage
Micah Sandt takes the stage as a newcomer to Hong Kong in the first stage adaptation of Martin Booth's memoir, Gweilo. ...
Double, Double Toil and Trouble? Shakespeare’s Macbeth in Hong Kong
Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most challenging plays to stage in English, so how on earth do you go about it in Cantonese?...
Treading A New Path: Ancient Chinese Court Dances on a Hong Kong Stage
Why it has taken decades of devotion to bring China’s ancient court dances to stage....
Stages of Enlightenment: Theatre in Hong Kong
From improv in blackbox theatres to huge wonders of hypnotic circus, curtains are lifting on amazing theatre in Hong Kong. So where are these secret stages?...
The Ins and Outs of Solitude
Breaking through Hong Kong’s Noise with Choreographer Helen Lai...
Elle Kwan
Writer
After earning a degree in drama, Elle Kwan thought she might spend a life playing others but soon discovered writing about people was even more satisfying than speaking their lines. Since moving from London to Hong Kong almost a decade ago, she has been writing about artists, performers, culture and creatives for stories that have appeared in magazines and newspapers including the South China Morning Post, Prestige Hong Kong, Tatler and Travel and Leisure, and she remains an avid fan of the performing arts.