{"id":1335554,"date":"2025-09-12T14:24:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T06:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/event\/tea-house-theatre-experience-apr-2021\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T14:24:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T06:24:44","slug":"tea-house-theatre-experience-apr-2021","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/event\/tea-house-theatre-experience-apr-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Tea House Theatre Experience (Apr 2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>he Xiqu Centre\u2019s Tea House Theatre Experience is specially designed to introduce new audiences to Cantonese opera \u2013 the local form of Chinese opera or xiqu. The 90-minute performance, presented by our very own Tea House Rising Stars Troupe, showcases a selection of short excerpts demonstrating a range of vocal and music styles. It also includes narration by an expert moderator to help newcomers gain insight into the history of the art form.<br \/>\nTo recreate the warm, authentic atmosphere of Hong Kong\u2019s early 20th century tea houses, audiences are served traditional tea and dim sum during the performance \u2013 a delicious way to learn about a heritage art form.<br \/>\nHowever much you know about Cantonese opera, Chinese culture, history or literature, the Tea House Theatre offers a new kind of experience \u2013 join us and discover for yourself!<br \/>\nPerformances run from Wednesday to Sunday every week.<br \/>\nPlease note, as we are currently unable to serve tea and dim sum we are offering a 15% discount on all Tea House Theatre Experience tickets. Audiences joining us in November will also receive a special welcome gift.<br \/>\nAs a token of thanks to all medical staff and support personnel during their hardship in this difficult time, the Xiqu Centre is now offering various medical personnel-exclusive discounts valid till 30 June 2021. They will be contacted through their organisation and given a promotional code for these discounts, or simply produce a valid staff ID card at our Ticket Office to enjoy the offer. Please refer to Tea House Theatre Experience Medical Discount Offer Terms and Conditions for details.<br \/>\nProgramme:<br \/>\nThe seasonally changing programme features songs, instrumental pieces and excerpts from a mix of popular or rarely staged romantic, comic and martial arts works, and includes:<br \/>\nNanyin (Cantonese Narrative Singing)<br \/>\nWind and Percussion Music<br \/>\nMusic Ensemble Performance<br \/>\nCantonese Opera Excerpt Performance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","location_type":[350136],"event_category":[388901,389106,373392,373316,373407],"area_type":[350138],"event_language":[],"series":[],"event_category_other":[],"class_list":["post-1335554","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry","location_type-indoor-en","event_category-paiziqu-en","event_category-music-performance","event_category-xiqu-cantonese-opera-en","event_category-xiqu-en","event_category-xiqu-nanyin-en","area_type-local","search-detail"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/1335554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1335554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"location_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location_type?post=1335554"},{"taxonomy":"event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category?post=1335554"},{"taxonomy":"area_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/area_type?post=1335554"},{"taxonomy":"event_language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_language?post=1335554"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1335554"},{"taxonomy":"event_category_other","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category_other?post=1335554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}