Current & Forthcoming
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Xiqu Centre Guided Tours (English)
16.07.2019 to 22.08.2019, Xiqu Centre
Supplemented with multimedia elements, this 60-minute guided tour helps you explore the Xiqu Centre facilities and discover fascinating facts about our new venue, and the culture and stories behind the art of xiqu
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Xiqu Centre Guided Tours (Cantonese)
16.07.2019 to 24.08.2019, Xiqu Centre
Supplemented with multimedia elements, this 60-minute guided tour helps you explore the Xiqu Centre facilities and discover fascinating facts about our new venue, and the culture and stories behind the art of xiqu
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Tea House Theatre Experience
17.07.2019 to 29.09.2019, Tea House Theatre, Xiqu Centre
Presented by our Tea House Rising Stars Troupe, this 90-minute narrated performance is specially designed to introduce new audiences to Chinese traditional theatre. To recreate the atmosphere of Hong Kong’s early 20th century tea houses, audiences are also served traditional tea and dim sum during the show
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Jiangsu Kunqu Opera Theatre
19.07.2019 to 21.07.2019, Grand Theatre, Xiqu Centre
Featuring an award-winning and renowned veteran cast, this series of performances by the Jiangsu Kunqu Opera Theatre highlights the elegant charms of Nankun (Kunqu of the Southern school) with a full rendition of The Mistake Caused by a Kite and two classic excerpt programmes showcasing the broad emotional range of the genre
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Xiqu Centre Guided Tours (Mandarin)
22.07.2019 to 15.08.2019, Xiqu Centre
Supplemented with multimedia elements, this 60-minute guided tour helps you explore the Xiqu Centre facilities and discover fascinating facts about our new venue, and the culture and stories behind the art of xiqu
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Cantonese Opera Concert
23.07.2019, Grand Theatre, Xiqu Centre
This performance is presented by Tang Fung Cantonese Opear Society. Full description is available in Chinese only
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The Fragrance of Chrysanthemums and Orchids – A Close Encounter of Peking Opera and Kunqu Opera: Jingkun Theatre and Shandong Peking Opera Theatre
02.08.2019 to 04.08.2019, Tea House Theatre, Xiqu Centre
Staged in the intimate setting of the Xiqu Centre Tea House Theatre, the three performances in this mixed programme offer audiences a unique experience of two of the most prominent xiqu genres – Peking opera and Kunqu
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Concert Of Cantonese Operatic Song
06.08.2019, Grand Theatre, Xiqu Centre
This performance is presented by International Association of Cantonese Operatic Song. Full description is available in Chinese Only
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The Legend of Mulan
11.08.2019 to 24.08.2019, Grand Theatre, Xiqu Centre
Fung Cheung Hung Troupe’s production of the familiar classic The Legend of Mulan blends traditional Confucian concepts with contemporary dramatic elements. Opening with a war between good and evil that is resolved by Mulan’s love for her country, the story conveys an important message of world peace
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GuoGuang Opera Company “Dowager Xiao-Zhuang and Dorgon”
30.08.2019 to 31.08.2019, Grand Theatre, Xiqu Centre
Based on Qing dynasty folklore, GuoGuang Opera Company’s royal tragedy explores the depths of the human condition and reflects the new aesthetics of Peking opera in Taiwan
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Music and Cantonese Opera Concert by Huang Ziliang
02.09.2019 to 03.09.2019, Grand Theatre, Xiqu Centre
This performance is presented by Ngao Cheong Cantonese Opera Club
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Showcase of Classic Cantonese Opera Excerpts
06.09.2019 to 07.09.2019, Grand Theatre, Xiqu Centre
Over two evenings, celebrated Cantonese opera troupes from Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong and Macau stage a selection of classic excerpts from their distinctive repertoires
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Back to the Golden Age: An Evening of Spirited Cantonese Music
08.09.2019, Grand Theatre, Xiqu Centre
Under the artistic direction of Sammi Yu, this concert presents a selection of iconic works of spirited Cantonese music – a style rooted in Cantonese opera, traditional tunes, and with influences from western jazz – that flourished in the first half of the last century
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Passing Down the Legacy: Cantonese Opera Showcase
15.09.2019, Grand Theatre, Xiqu Centre
In this special tribute showcase, stage veterans and emerging talent perform side by side in two Southern School classics known for their spectacular action sequences, Wu Song and The Hero’s Blood on Mount Pipa
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Kunqu: Gu Yanwu
21.09.2019 to 22.09.2019, Grand Theatre, Xiqu Centre
Full description is available in Chinese only
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Boomabliss 31st Anniversary Presentations
26.09.2019 to 03.10.2019, Grand Theatre, Xiqu Centre
Established in 1988 by Dr. Law Ka-ying and Dr. Liza Wang, Boomabliss Cantonese Opera Troupe celebrates our 31st anniversary and we are proud to present a series of Cantonese opera. Main cast includes Law Ka-ying, Liza Wang, Leung Siu-ming, Chan Wing-yi, Yau Sing-po, Liu Kwok-sum, Sun Kim-long and Wan Yuk-yu
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Experimental Kunqu Opera "The Chairs" by the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe
27.09.2019 to 28.09.2019, Xiqu Centre Studio 1
Adapted from Eugène Ionesco’s 1952 play Les Chaises, this experimental Kunqu production blends Chinese traditional theatre with Theatre of the Absurd in a reflection on the meaning of life, love and loneliness
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Experimental Cantonese Opera “Farewell My Concubine” (New Adaptation) by Xiqu Centre, West Kowloon Cultural District
01.10.2019 to 12.10.2019, Xiqu Centre Studio 1
Blending traditional Cantonese opera techniques with contemporary stage and lighting design, this groundbreaking production reinterprets the legendary story of the downfall of Xiang Yu, the self-proclaimed “Overlord of Western Chu”
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Experimental Yue Opera “Destiny of Rebirth” by the Shanghai Yue Opera Group
18.10.2019 to 19.10.2019, Xiqu Centre Studio 1
Based on a romantic lyrical poem from the 1700s, this experimental Yue opera looks at female identity in the modern world, blurring the boundaries between men and women, and performers and audience, in a fully immersive encounter
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The Lotus Lantern
20.10.2019, Grand Theatre, Xiqu Centre
The performance is presented by Fai Ying Opera
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"Li Yaxian" and A Master Selection of Sichuan Opera Excerpts by Chongqing Chuanju Theatre
15.11.2019 to 17.11.2019, Grand Theatre, Xiqu Centre
Three-time Plum Blossom Award winner Shen Tiemei leads the Chongqing Chuanju Theatre in a full-length production of Li Yaxian and a master selection of excerpts showcasing some of the distinct characteristics of Sichuan opera
