Past Events
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On & On Theatre Workshop – Waking Dreams in 1984
09.01.2021 to 11.01.2021
This new adaptation of Chan Ping-chiu’s acclaimed tale of identity and idealism features original cast member Leung Tin-chak plus Lau Chun-him and Cecilia Choi in the lead roles. Named Best Play at the 2016 Hong Kong Drama Awards
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Memorial Talk Series Commemorating Wong Yuet-sang, Maestro of Cantonese Music Culture
20.11.2020 to 08.01.2021, Seminar Hall, Xiqu Centre
Commemorating our teacher and the bygone days in Memorial Talk Series Commemorating Wong Yuet-sang, Maestro of Cantonese Music Culture due to take place 8 January 2021 has been tentatively rescheduled. Details will be announced on www.westkowloon.hk in due course. Ticketing enquiries: (852) 2200 0022
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Our hands-on workshops are inspired by different elements of Chinese traditional theatre and regional cultural heritage, and offer interactive experiences for children, families and art lovers of all ages and abilities
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CCDC in Residence 2020 ── Mr Blank
27.12.2020 to 30.12.2020, The Box, Freespace
CCDC in Residence 2020 ── Mr Blank due to take place on 27–30 December 2020 (Sunday–Wednesday) has been cancelled. The organiser will present an online version of the work. Full details to be announced. Ticketing enquiries: (852) 2200 0022
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23.12.2020 to 30.12.2020
This Christmas, CCDC partners with Freespace to bring over specially curated online dance events. Social Distancing Theatre Joyeux Noël is a self-choreographed solo dance piece by the resident artist Noel Pong. Director Designate Yuri Ng also curates the free live streaming event The Pandora Studio, which enables the public to view artists’ rehearsals
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24.11.2020 to 30.12.2020, Xiqu Centre
Xiqu Centre Guided Tours due to take place from 2 to 30 December 2020 have been cancelled. Ticketing enquiries: (852) 2200 0022
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CCDC in Residence 2020 ── Social Distancing Theatre “Joyeux Noël”
25.12.2020
A self-choreographed solo dance piece by CCDC resident artist Noel Pong. There will be two specially curated online live performances, which bring us completely different audience experiences
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19.12.2020 to 20.12.2020, Grand Theatre, Xiqu Centre
PAT Music Over Rainbow 雷有輝音樂會 due to take place on 19-20 December 2020 (Saturday to Sunday) has been rescheduled. Programme enquiries: (852) 2200 0022
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19.12.2020 to 20.12.2020
Join internationally acclaimed DJ Kid Koala for this one-hour, family-friendly event. While Kid Koala plays a live DJ set via Zoom, let your creativity run wild as you build your own robot suit, then put it on and hit the dance floor
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18.12.2020 to 20.12.2020, The Box, Freespace
Encountering Ryuichi Sakamoto due to take place from 18 to 20 December 2020 (Friday to Sunday) has been cancelled. Ticketing Enquiries: (852) 2200 0022
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09.12.2020 to 14.12.2020, Grand Theatre, Xiqu Centre
Dream to Republic due to take place 9-14 December 2020 (Wednesday to Monday) has been cancelled. Programme enquiries: (852) 2856 0161 / 6338 3281, sunbeam.chinese.club@gmail.com
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HKDC in Residence 2020: VR Video
08.12.2020 to 13.12.2020, The Studio, Freespace
HKDC in Residence 2020: VR Video due to take place from 8 to 13 December 2020 (Tuesday–Sunday) has been cancelled. Ticketing Enquiries: (852) 2200 0022
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The MET: Live in HD 2020 – The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
01.11.2020 to 13.12.2020, Seminar Hall, Xiqu Centre
“The MET: Live in HD 2020 – The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” due to take place on 13 December 2020 (Sunday) has been cancelled. Ticketing Enquiries: (852) 2200 0022
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11.10.2020 to 13.12.2020, Freepace
A three-month encounter of live and online dance and movement events, featuring a new online performance and VR video from Hong Kong Dance Company, a showcase of works by choreographer and multidisciplinary artist Hiroaki Umeda, and an original cross-genre performance directed by Kenny Leung and co-curated with Freespace that blends battle and theatrical performance
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12.12.2020, The Box, Freespace
The Battle due to take place on 12 December 2020 (Saturday) has been cancelled. Ticketing Enquiries: (852) 2200 0022
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Children's Workshop: Musical Storytelling with Uncle Hung
28.11.2020 to 06.12.2020, The Studio, Freespace
Children's Workshop: Musical Storytelling with Uncle Hung due to take place from 5 to 6 December 2020 (Saturday–Sunday) has been cancelled. Ticketing enquiries: (852) 2200 0022
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Surreality • Live Vicky Fung 2020
27.11.2020, The Box, Freespace
In Surreality • Live, Vicky Fung will take us on a subconscious journey, travelling through lust and fear and immersing us in our constantly changing emotions, while experiencing light and dark. Push open the door to the space between reality and consciousness, discover the distance of the nuances among reality, imagination and surreality
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Giant Steps – Jazz Rhythms for Kids
14.11.2020 to 22.11.2020, The Room, Freespace
In this 90-minute workshop, young participants work with local musicians to learn about simple jazz rhythms and improvisation through rhythm clapping, movement games and dance, and join an impromptu finale performance with tap dancers and the band
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“The Detective House of Agatha Christie” Series: Verdict
12.11.2020 to 22.11.2020, The Box, Freespace
“The Detective House of Agatha Christie” Series: Verdict is presented by Theatre Space Foundation Limited on 13-22 November 2020
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Experimental Cantonese Opera "Farewell My Concubine" (New Adaptation) – Xiqu Centre
06.11.2020 to 13.11.2020, Studio, Xiqu Centre
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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Freespace Jazz Fest: Angelita Li Sings Billie Holiday – Feat. Patrick Lui Jazz Orchestra
07.11.2020 to 08.11.2020, The Box, Freespace
Veteran singer Angelita Li teams up with award-winning musician Patrick Lui and his orchestra in a tribute to the legacy of iconic jazz legend Billie Holiday, with performances of classic Holiday songs and images and stories from her life
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06.11.2020 to 08.11.2020, Freespace and Art Park
This November, Freespace Jazz Fest returns to West Kowloon with a programme of music and art events celebrating the innovation and diversity of one of the world’s most popular forms of music
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Freespace Jazz Fest: Ted Lo and Eugene Pao
07.11.2020, The Box, Freespace
Freespace celebrates two of Hong Kong’s finest jazz musicians in a one-night-only master performance of fusion, classics and original compositions – with Pao and Lo joined by a line-up of top local artists
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Freespace Jazz Fest - Jazz Imaginarium
06.11.2020, The Box, Freespace
In this multi-sensory collaborative event, jazz musicians and media artists merge improvised and recorded music and digital imagery to create an immersive meditative experience
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Cantonese Opera – A Thorn Hairpin
04.11.2020 to 05.11.2020, Grand Theatre, Xiqu Centre
This riveting drama of unwavering love through separation and reunion will be performed by on-and-off-screen couple Law Kar-ying and Liza Wang, alongside a star-studded cast of veteran Cantonese opera artists. This version preserves the poignant, dramatic tension of the script and recalls the indelible original production from 2003
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Experimental Cantonese Opera "Wenguang Explores the Valley" – Xiqu Centre
22.10.2020 to 27.10.2020, Studio, Xiqu Centre
The Xiqu Centre’s second experimental Cantonese opera production, this adaptation of an ancient tale of the legendary Yang generals combines traditional and contemporary theatre practices, and presents Wenguang’s contemplation of his family legacy as a metaphor for the preservation and innovation of Cantonese opera in the modern era
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HKDC in Residence 2020: Convergence
18.10.2020 to 24.10.2020
Presented as an online screening, Convergence is the culminating work of an inter-disciplinary study on Chinese martial arts and dance that captures the transient state between stillness and exuberance and offers new perspectives on dance, movement and the fluidity of expression
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Mike Orange The Gutter Original Soundtrack LIVE IN CONCERT
16.10.2020 to 17.10.2020, The Box, Freespace
Due to the government’s latest direction under Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance, special seating arrangements will be implemented for this event. We will contact affected customers individually via Email before 12 October 2020. Ticketing enquiries: (852) 2200 0022, ticketinfo@wkcda.hk
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11.10.2020 to 17.10.2020
Internationally acclaimed choreographer and multidisciplinary avant-garde artist Hiroaki Umeda joins us live from Tokyo for a specially curated online exploration of his work, featuring real-time and screened performances, talk and sharing session
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Ryuichi Sakamoto feat. Shiro Takatani: dis·play
11.09.2020 to 12.09.2020, The Box, Freespace
Ryuichi Sakamoto feat. Shiro Takatani: dis·play due to take place on 11 and 12 September 2020 (Friday and Saturday) has been tentatively rescheduled to December 2021. Details will be announced on www.westkowloon.hk in September 2021
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JOCKEY CLUB New Arts Power - Bel Canto Singers "When Mozart Meets Da Ponte"
04.09.2020 to 05.09.2020, The Box, Freespace
JOCKEY CLUB New Arts Power - Bel Canto Singers "When Mozart Meets Da Ponte" due to take place 4 and 5 September 2020 (Friday and Saturday) has been cancelled and instead will be streamed for free online on 5 September 8pm (Saturday). Please visit JCNAP's website or Facebook for further information and updates
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Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe: The Outburst of a Shrew
29.08.2020, Grand Theatre, Xiqu Centre
Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe Presents Three Classics due to take place 26-29 August has been rescheduled. Details will be announced on www.westkowloon.hk in due course. Ticketing enquiries: (852) 2200 0022
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Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe Presents Three Classics
26.08.2020 to 29.08.2020, Grand Theatre, Xiqu Centre
Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe Presents Three Classics due to take place 26-29 August has been rescheduled. Details will be announced on www.westkowloon.hk in due course. Ticketing enquiries: (852) 2200 0022
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Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe: The Story of the Jade Hairpin
28.08.2020, Grand Theatre, Xiqu Centre
Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe Presents Three Classics due to take place 26-29 August has been rescheduled. Details will be announced on www.westkowloon.hk in due course. Ticketing enquiries: (852) 2200 0022
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Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe: Ringing the Palace Bell
26.08.2020, Grand Theatre, Xiqu Centre
Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe Presents Three Classics due to take place 26-29 August has been rescheduled. Details will be announced on www.westkowloon.hk in due course. Ticketing enquiries: (852) 2200 0022
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Children's Workshop: Musical Storytelling with Uncle Hung
25.07.2020 to 15.08.2020, The Studio, Freespace
Children's Workshop: Musical Storytelling with Uncle Hung due to take place on 25 July and 1, 8, and 15 August 2020 (Saturday) have been rescheduled. Details will be announced on www.westkowloon.hk shortly
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Aerial Arts Academy Student Showcase ‘The Movie Night’
08.08.2020, The Box, Freespace
Aerial Arts Academy Student Showcase ‘The Movie Night’ due to take place 8 August 2020 (Saturday) has been rescheduled. Programme enquiries: (852) 2375 8088
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Lecture-recital: Everlasting Cantonese Music - East meets West in the 1930s and 1940s
26.07.2020, Tea House Theatre, Xiqu Centre
Lecture-recital: Everlasting Cantonese Music - East meets West in the 1930s and 1940s due to take place 26 July 2020 (Sunday) has been cancelled. Ticketing enquiries: (852) 2200 0022
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