We Are Gay: Candace Chong and Tony Wong’s Dark New Collaboration

Molly GroganOctober 27, 2022

Two Hong Kong theatre heavyweights pull no punches in their new play about a love triangle gone awry...

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GayBird and Ata Wong Hack Our Technological Future

Molly GroganOctober 27, 2022

One of Hong Kong’s most enigmatic composers and performers teams up with Ata Wong for an unusual performance ...

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Home is a Plural Word: Playwright Pat To Yan’s Creative Evolution in Germany

Molly GroganOctober 12, 2022

Known for intimate, immersive works in Hong Kong, Pat To Yan’s time in Germany has led to a new series of ambitious plays exploring dystopian futures...

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The Troubled State of Performing Arts in Hong Kong

Molly GroganJune 23, 2022

As the government reorganises its approach to culture, prompting fears of overt censorship, what does the future hold for performing arts in Hong Kong?...

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Reimagining Hong Kong in Theatre Without Animals

Molly GroganJune 14, 2022

Young theatre collective Ima Collab explores imagined communities in a new Cantonese version of Jean-Michel Ribes' droll 2001 play...

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The Vanishing City: Tit Hong Lane and the Future of Hong Kong

Molly GroganMay 13, 2022

On and On Theatre Workshop director Chan Ping-chiu looks back at his childhood home in Central to understand how Hong Kong is changing...

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To Be A Machine: Is Hong Kong the Last Place Where Lockdown Theatre Has a Place?

Molly GroganMarch 17, 2022

Dublin’s Dead Centre explores transhumanism in the final performance of a provocative virtual production...

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Ontroerend Goed’s Mischievous Optimism

Molly GroganMarch 2, 2022

A Belgian theatre company uses interactive performances to investigate the appeal of magical thinking in a time of crisis...

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Shakespeare’s Sonnets Hit the Hong Kong Stage

Molly GroganDecember 17, 2021

Ata Wong spent years developing #1314, a thoughtful, startling interpretation of the bard’s poems...

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Toolbox Manoeuvre: The Beat of Hong Kong on Stage

Molly GroganNovember 23, 2021

A percussion-based musical group is bringing together other artistic disciplines to channel the city's ethos into their work...

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The People Speak: A Remarkable Moment in 100% Hong Kong

Molly GroganNovember 4, 2021

Twice delayed, 100% Hong Kong hit the stage in a remarkable moment of theatre that tapped into the heart of what makes this city so special....

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Two Productions of The Plague Push the Boundary of Theatre

Molly GroganMay 19, 2021

The Hong Kong Arts Festival has simultaneously commissioned two provocative productions of Neil Bartlett’s The Plague, an adaptation of Albert Camus’ famous novella...

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Larger Than Life: In Love With an Android at Le French May

Molly GroganMay 6, 2021

Le French May's new Cantonese version of a play by Martial Courcier explores the role artificial intelligence plays in our lives....

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