Settle on a comfy perch and enjoy a story about the friendship between a boy and a bird – told without dialogue through beautifully crafted puppets and live music.

Puppeteer Chen Ying-ching performs free shows for children at the Xiqu Centre with live music accompaniment by Lau Chi-bun. Inspired by the children’s book Tree of Birds by author and illustrator Susan Meddaugh, the puppets bring to life the story of a boy who nurses an injured bird back to health but then is reluctant to let his new friend fly away.

Featuring a cat as narrator, and a set design inspired by traditional Japanese tea rooms, the show provides an engaging, thought-provoking experience for children and parents alike.

Yat Po Singers, Hong Kong’s first and leading a cappella choral theatre company, presents “This Victoria Has No Secrets”, a musical journey of nostalgia and hope inspired by the iconic Victoria Harbour. Famous for its world-renowned skyline, the harbour also bears witness to Hong Kong’s transformation including the disappearance of Victoria City, a small island which Lord Palmerston denounced as a “barren rock” in 1841. The musical draws the audience together to reminisce on laughter and melancholy as shaped by events, experiences, perceptions and insight. Each of these memories, rooted in a locality, embroiders an album of our memories. Initially commissioned by Tai Kwun as the Opening Programme in 2018, the show by Yat Po Singers’ founding co-artistic directors Ng Cheuk Yin, Yuri Ng, Patrick Chiu and renowned lyricist Chris Shum earned rave reviews and acclaim. It enjoyed a rerun at the Hong Kong City Hall in 2019 with Anna Lo as choral director. Making its triumphant return to Tai Kwun in 2021 with an outdoor version, the production continues to blend historical fragments of the harbour including souvenirs, languages, folklore into a performance poignantly set against the backdrop of Tai Kwun, a significant landmark packed with over a century of history.

De-islandsation
In troubled times like these, frustration and desolation crowd the mind. Wandering in darkness, we were anxious and distressed, as if we were walking across a frozen lake. We kept chasing our dreams, yet let ourselves be turned into ‘isolated islands’. In times like these, who will be left to keep watch over the wheatfield, to wait patiently together for the first rays of the sun?

WuDaoQingNian 2021 is delighted to announced its new dance theatre performance De-islandsation for City Contemporary Dance Festival. Choreographed by CCDC’s Resident Artist Noel Pong, 17 selected students will take to the stage after seven months of professional dance training. Each dancer’s body is stacked up to form islands; encouraging us to chase our dreams even during the darkest and most depressing nights. Nothing can dim the light which shines from within. Let’s pursue our dreams by joining hands and allowing our inner light to illuminate each other on the island.

Come and join us for a silent party!
Let’s get loose and cast reason, excessive speculation, and hollow meanings aside!
Come and feel the booze, relax, let go and drink till you drop!

Drink and Dance literally means to drink and to dance – imagine yourself at a party, immersed in the throbbing and excessively loud music – what is left on your mind? Perhaps it is simply a blank state, what is left is the pure joy of overindulgence.

If you’re on fire, fall.
If you’re confused, go straight.
If you drink, dance.

Hong Kong – Shenyang: A Movement Dialogue on Video

Artist Yuenjie Maru, a champion of symbiotic dance in Hong Kong, will collaborate with choreographer Lin Yingchi, a new generation Tai Chi virtuoso in Shenyang, to facilitate an exchange of video letters between two communities of different cultural contexts and different physical abilities, to explore the communicative power of movement and images.

Using tai chi motifs as a starting point, the community dancers in Shenyang will send out the first invitation-to-respond to their Hong Kong counterparts in the form of a video. The Hong Kong community dancers will “translate” their reply into physical movement, record it on camera and then send it to Shenyang. In co-creating the “video letters”, the artists will engage in a dialogue between the two cities that embraces diversity and fosters inclusiveness.

A finale performance, in which the dancers from the two cities finally meet in real-time online, is planned on-site at Tai Kwun to celebrate the connection they have built.

Are you ready to embark on a fantasy adventure to the magical island of Neverland?

Hong Kong’s largest and much-anticipated outdoor youth art event– Standard Chartered Arts in the Park is back! This year we present two days of live outdoor performances and a week-long programme of online activities at www.scartsinthepark.com – all inspired by the magical story of Peter Pan.

Now in its 21st year, the two-day carnival takes place on 6–7 November 2021 in the West Kowloon Cultural District – transforming the Art Park into a magical Neverland. The spectacular “Giant Puppet and Dramatic Costume Showcase” features 200 performers and artists, 11 four-metre-high giant puppets – including ageless Peter Pan, villainous Captain Hook and the fairy Tinker Bell – plus 130 colourful, handmade costumes. Join us at 2:30pm on 6 – 7 November 2021 (Saturday – Sunday) at the big stage in the West Kowloon Cultural District Art Park and prepare to be dazzled.

There are also 12 fun interactive art stalls, stage performances, storytelling, an installation exhibition with 9,000 artworks, and a photo area for capturing fun moments with family and friends.

Mark the dates in your diary and join Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Wendy, Captain Hook and Tiger Lily for a wonderful adventure!

Are you ready to embark on a fantasy adventure to the magical island of Neverland?

Hong Kong’s largest and much-anticipated outdoor youth art event– Standard Chartered Arts in the Park is back! This year we present two days of live outdoor performances and a week-long programme of online activities at www.scartsinthepark.com – all inspired by the magical story of Peter Pan.

Now in its 21st year, the two-day carnival takes place on 6–7 November 2021 in the West Kowloon Cultural District – transforming the Art Park into a magical Neverland. The spectacular “Giant Puppet and Dramatic Costume Showcase” features 200 performers and artists, 11 four-metre-high giant puppets – including ageless Peter Pan, villainous Captain Hook and the fairy Tinker Bell – plus 130 colourful, handmade costumes. Join us at 2:30pm on 6 – 7 November 2021 (Saturday – Sunday) at the big stage in the West Kowloon Cultural District Art Park and prepare to be dazzled.

There are also 12 fun interactive art stalls, stage performances, storytelling, an installation exhibition with 9,000 artworks, and a photo area for capturing fun moments with family and friends.

Mark the dates in your diary and join Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Wendy, Captain Hook and Tiger Lily for a wonderful adventure!