Horizons Festival Celebrates 27 Local and International Performers

Description

The inaugural Horizons Festival will take place from 27 to 30 November at Tai Po Arts Centre, bringing 27 local and international creative groups together, showing 34 experimental performances and 14 interactive events.

The performances feature drama, music, dance and multidisciplinary works. Some performances to look out for include The Thirsty Ones, an Italian theatre production that has toured multiple countries, Òyìnbó, a one-woman drama show recounting Caro Chan‘s own life and Chinese-Nigerian heritage and Mine Square, a dance by two Hong Kong and Indonesian veteran dancers take inspiration from Sanskrit chants, vocals of the Tujia tribe and traditional Chinese opera.

In the afternoon of 29 November, a series of thrilling experimental performances from the SCRATCH! Fringe Creation Incubator will be shown, presenting the works that five local creative groups have been working on throughout the past two months. Workshops and freespace discussions, mostly hosted by the performers, will also be held on both 29 and 30 November.

The Horizons Festival is organised by Blank Space Studio, with the aim of providing a platform for local artists’ growing interest in fringe-style creation and global touring.