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Performing arts in Hong Kong
For news and reviews of the performing arts in Hong Kong - ballet, contemporary dance, opera, theatre, musicals and more - and interviews with key players from Hong Kong performing arts groups and visiting troupes, this is your page. Read about the productions of Hong Kong Ballet, Opera Hong Kong, Hong Kong Repertory Theatre, City Contemporary Dance Company, Zuni Icosahedron, Hong Kong Dance Company, Chung Ying Theatre Company, as well as original commissions by the Hong Kong Arts Festival, New Vision Arts Festival, Chinese Opera Festival and the World Cultures Festival.
(From left) Windmill Grass Theatre’s Joey Leung, Luna Shaw, Edmond Tong and Kearen Pang perform in a scene from A Taste of Home, a production centred on Hong Kong food culture and history, at the Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre. Photo: courtesy of Windmill Grass Theatre
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Review | A Taste of Home is a wonderful, bittersweet tribute to Hong Kong’s food culture

Rousing, tear-jerking and laugh-out-loud hilarious, Windmill Grass Theatre’s new production is peak Hong Kong food nostalgia.

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Review | Hong Kong pianist Colleen Lee dazzles in celebration of Bach keyboard concertos

Colleen Lee and the New Hong Kong Philharmonia played variations of violin and oboe concertos in an energetic and elegant presentation.

Colleen Lee performs with the New Hong Kong Philharmonia in “Colleen Lee Plays Bach’s Keyboard Concertos” at the Hong Kong City Hall on July 27, 2026. Photo: NHKP
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Hong Kong artist channels Leslie Cheung film Farewell My Concubine for live show

Berlin-based Isaac Chong Wai’s all-male Hong Kong show An Intimate Surrender draws on the 1993 gender-fluid romance to explore vulnerability.

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Can Hong Kong ‘mega’ arts event HKPAX 2026 meet targets in tough times?

Hong Kong Performing Arts Expo’s co-director Anne Chan talks about slashed entry fees and fresh acts ahead of October’s HK$40 million event.

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World of performing arts

Review | How does Taiwan’s legendary Cloud Gate Dance Theatre look under new director?

Cloud Gate’s first show in Hong Kong under director Cheng Tsung-lung brought familiar high-level dancing and energy, but lacked innovation.

Teh beginning of “Lunar Halo” sees a single male body dissolving into a swaying line of men. This performance by Taiwan’s Cloud Gate Dance Theatre took place at the Xiqu Centre in Hong Kong on July 10, 2026 (Photo: Eric Hong @ Moon 9 Image Courtesy of West Kowloon Cultural District Authority)
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Taiwan’s Cloud Gate Dance Theatre head on why they are ‘more manic’ than ever

Artistic director Cheng Tsung-lung shares why movement is vital in the AI era ahead of the troupe’s first performance in Hong Kong since 2019.

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Review | Tarmo Peltokoski’s Hong Kong Philharmonic, absent Jing Wang, takes sea journey

Ralph Vaughan Williams’ majestic A Sea Symphony was given a stunning showcase by Tarmo Peltokoski and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.

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How Asia’s women DJs are turning the tables in a male-dominated world

From Manila to Mumbai to Hong Kong, female DJs are teaming up to overcome gender stereotypes and fight for equal opportunities.

Camille Banzon from the Philippines is a pioneering bass DJ and founder of the Continuum Bass collective. Photo: courtesy of Camille Banzon
World of performing arts

Horse show spectacular to bring ‘magical’ equine energy to Hong Kong

Blending music and equestrian arts, Cavalluna – Gate to the Otherworld will gallop into Kai Tak Arena in September for the Year of the Horse.

A scene from Cavalluna – Gate to the Otherworld, which will be performed at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Arena from September 8 to 13, 2026. The production blends dance, music and equestrian arts in a “thrilling” story about a sorceress who can make drawings come to life. Photo: Cavalluna
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Hong Kong Sinfonietta deliver Alice Yeung’s new concerto in style

The orchestra was joined by pianist Daniel Chu and the harmonica star CY Leo for the electrifying world premiere of Yeung’s Time (in-)Linear.

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K-Stage Festival to give Hong Kong a dose of Korean culture beyond BTS

Starting June 25, the festival will mix new and old in stage shows designed to show a different side of South Korea’s eclectic culture.

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12 must-see Hong Kong shows and arts events in 2026

From the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory musical to a show from Taiwanese dance company Cloud Gate, there’s lots on from now until December.

The Hong Kong premiere of Lunar Halo by Taiwan’s legendary dance theatre Cloud Gate will take place at the Xiqu Centre in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District on July 10, 2026. Photo: WestK
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Deerhoof perform on stage during the Womad Festival 2024 in Malmesbury, England. The band will play a gig in Hong Kong this Friday. Photo: Getty Images
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Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra pack a punch in back-to-back Hong Kong concerts

The German ensemble performed Beethoven, Schumann, Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich works over two nights at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre.

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5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, June 5-7

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Hong Kong society

‘King Sir’ Chung King-fai, titan of Hong Kong theatre, dies aged 89

Nephew confirms death on TVB social media page, saying Chung died peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday morning.

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Theatre veteran “King Sir” has died aged 89. Photo: Handout
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Update | Superb first half let down by second in Hong Kong Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty

Strong dancing was marred by a rushed and confused second-half narrative in HKB’s production of Vladimir Malakhov’s The Sleeping Beauty.

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory stars on bringing the musical to Hong Kong

The Broadway musical’s lead actors Daniel Plimpton and Oliver Wong talk about adapting Roald Dahl’s story to the stage ahead of its Hong Kong debut in November.

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Review | Hong Kong Dance Company’s ode to Wu Guanzhong paints a confusing picture

‘In Between – Wu Guanzhong’s Ink Odyssey’ might celebrate the great Chinese painter but provides little inspiration to discover his works.

The “Spirit of Trees” scene from “In Between - Wu Guanzhong’s Ink Odyssey”, a Hong Kong Dance Company performance that premiered at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre on May 22, 2026 (Photo: Henry@S2 Production; Mak Cheong Wai; Kenix Chan)
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‘I am hungry’: Elim Chan on taking the lead at the San Francisco Symphony

The Hong Kong-born conductor shares why she’s excited to lead the ‘velvety, warm’ SFS and how San Francisco feels ‘a bit like’ her home city.

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Hong Kong-born conductor Elim Chan will start as the San Francisco Symphony’s music director in 2027. She is the first woman appointed to the role in the orchestra’s 115-year history. Photo: Cody Pickens
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Hong Kong Shakespeare festival offers fresh takes on the Bard’s classics

The nine Shakespeare adaptations include a Cantonese version of Othello starring TVB actress Mandy Wong and a story of Hamlet’s Ophelia.

World of performing arts

Hong Kong-born Elim Chan becomes first woman to lead San Francisco Symphony

Rising maestro emerged as a surprise choice and will begin her six-year term at the famed orchestra in September 2027.

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Chinese culture

East meets West in melodic concert blending the suona with the organ

Organist Eric Chan will make his Hong Kong debut in a programme that marries the Western pipe organ with the suona, a Chinese woodwind.

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Organist Eric Chan (second left) and suona players Guo Yazhi (left) and Chrysoberyl Chan (right) are joined by Kerry Stevens, chairman of the Auckland Town Hall Organ, before a performance at the New Zealand venue under Chan’s “Pipe Organ Through East and West” programme in May 2026. Photo: courtesy of Eric Chan
World of performing arts

Review | Soprano-pianist Rachel Fenlon wows in dexterous Hong Kong debut

Fenlon was the epitome of coordination in a near-flawless self-accompanied performance of Schubert’s Winterreise at Hong Kong City Hall.

Canadian soprano and pianist Rachel Fenlon performs Franz Schubert’s “Winterreise” at Hong Kong City Hall on May 12. Photo: Premiere Performances of Hong Kong
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Review | East meets West as Opera Hong Kong’s Carmen takes place in 1970s Hong Kong

Opera Hong Kong’s bold Hong Kong-set Carmen reimagines Bizet’s classic with triad gangsters, Cantonese lines and electrifying performances.

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5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this Mother’s Day weekend, May 8-10

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