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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.
Colombian dance company Sankofa Danzafro will bring their piece “The City of Others” to Hong Kong’s Tai Kwun heritage arts centre as part of the Hong Kong Performing Arts Expo 2026. The expo’s new co-director, Anne Chan, explains how it aims to attract visitors, including international delegates, and achieve the same success as the inaugural biennale event in 2024. Photo: Instagram/sankofadanzafro
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Ralph Vaughan Williams’ majestic A Sea Symphony was given a stunning showcase by Tarmo Peltokoski and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.

With Tarmo Peltokoski conducting, soprano Chen Reiss (left) and bass-baritone Andre Schuen (right) on stage with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and three choirs for Ralph Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre on July 3, 2026. Photo: HK Phil/Keith Hiro
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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.

Time (in-)Linear composer Alice Yeung (second from left) on stage with conductor Christoph Poppen (left), jazz pianist Daniel Chu (second from right) and CY Leo (right) after the world premiere of Yeung’s concerto for chromatic harmonica, jazz piano and orchestra, on June 27, 2026. Photo: Hong Kong Sinfonietta
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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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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.

Russian pianist Yulianna Avdeeva performs Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, conducted by Andris Nelsons, at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall. The orchestra impressed over two evenings on June 2 and 3, 2026. Photo: LCSD
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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.

Ye Feifei performs as Princess Aurora and Davi Ramos as Prince Desire in the premiere of Vladimir Malakhov’s Sleeping Beauty by Hong Kong Ballet at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre on May 29, 2026. Photo: Tony Luk
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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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A scene from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the musical. The long-running production that has enjoyed success on London’s West End and Broadway will debut in Hong Kong on November 4, 2026.
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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.

Hong Kong actress Mandy Wong (right) rehearses a scene from Tang Shu-wing’s Cantonese adaptation of Shakespeare’s Othello. Photo: Lee Wai-leung, courtesy of Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio
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Hong Kong-born Elim Chan becomes first woman to lead San Francisco Symphony

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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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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.

Marie Gautrot (centre) as Carmen in Opera Hong Kong’s fourth production of Georges Bizet’s masterpiece, at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, in Tsim Sha Tsui, on May 7, 2026. Photo: Opera Hong Kong
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American drag queen Manila Luzon performs at Fa Gai in Central, Hong Kong. She reflects on her career, Asian representation in drag, pushing boundaries on television, and giving others a platform through the reality TV show Drag Den. Photo: Jonathan Wong
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Yo-Yo Ma, Gustavo Dudamel among stars of HK Phil’s 2026-27 season

Nobuyuki Tsujii and Eric Lu also feature in a top line-up for Tarmo Peltokoski’s first season as the Hong Kong Philharmonic’s music director.

Yo-Yo Ma will perform Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 with the HK Phil at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre on January 25, 2027. The American cellist is one of the big names in the star-studded line-up for HK Phil’s coming concert season. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
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The ‘brutal, horrific’ thrills of Tarmo Peltokoski’s HK Phil concert

Shostakovich’s Symphony No 11 was brought to life in ways that left listeners in a state of shell-shock.

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Incredible works of Wu Guanzhong reimagined in Hong Kong dance crossover

Featuring music by Cantopop star Ivana Wong, the Hong Kong Dance Company’s new cross-disciplinary production explores Wu’s visual language.

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