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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.
Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and other cast members perform during a scene of the hit musical at the 2016 Tony Awards in New York. Producer Crossroads Live says that an upcoming global tour will visit Asia, while social media posts point to a possible Hong Kong stop. Photo: Invision/AP
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Could hit musical Hamilton be coming to Hong Kong in 2027?

Crossroads Live UK is recruiting for a tour of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, while social media posts point to Hong Kong as one stop.

Hong Kong culture

Hong Kong Ballet to move to city’s first dedicated dance venue in 2027

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The inspiring story of Hong Kong dancer who started at 48 after leaving Apple

Hong Kong

‘Far too slow’: Hong Kong theatre legend on boosting city’s performing arts

Fredric Mao has launched a new foundation to strengthen Hong Kong theatre as mainland China’s arts scene grows at ‘incredible speed’.

Fredric Mao attends the launch of the Mao Chun-fai Performing Arts Charity Foundation at the Hong Kong Arts Centre on September 3, 2026. The performing arts veteran set up the foundation to strengthen and expand Hong Kong’s theatre ecosystem – the development of which he says has been “far too slow”. Photo: Mao Chun-fai Performing Arts Charity Foundation
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Review | Benjamin Grosvenor joins Hong Kong Sinfonietta for a memorable night

Norwegian Radio Orchestra conductor Holly Hyun Choe led proceedings on an evening starring Grosvenor playing Brahms’ ‘Piano Concerto No 1’.

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Review | Pianist Eric Lu brilliantly reflects Chopin’s genius in HK Phil concert

Lu’s terrific rendition of Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor was bookended by Yao Chen’s panda-themed waltz and Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite.

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Profound enlightenment: a ballet’s spiritual journey into China’s Mogao Caves

Choreographers Ricky Hu and Mai Jingwen reveal their new production for Hong Kong Ballet inspired by the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang.

Promotional image for “Dunhuang: In Search of Light”, a new production by Hong Kong Ballet choreographed by the award-winning duo Ricky Hu and Mai Jingwen. The premiere will take place from October 16-18, 2026 (Image courtesy of Hong Kong Ballet)
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Remembering Lau Siu-ming, pioneering Hong Kong dancer and revered actor

From wartime refugee to classically trained dancer to on-screen villain, Ming Sir’s artistry and mentorship have shaped generations of actors.

Hong Kong culture

Late Hong Kong dance pioneer Lau Siu-ming remembered for outstanding achievements

Culture minister among those paying tribute to late performer, known as Ming Sir, for his artistic contributions to sector.

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Review | CCOHK’s Space Fantasy is a visual spectacle great for the whole family

What the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong’s original family musical lacked in narrative coherence, it compensated for in visual splendour.

Miles Brown plays the theremin during the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong’s original family musical Space Fantasy at Tseun Wan Town Hall. Photo: courtesy of CCOHK
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Older, wiser and happier? What happens when seniors take the stage in Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Creative Aging Arts Festival will feature more than 40 performances highlighting the healing power of the arts for the elderly.

Lucy Siu (left), 76, a retired university lecturer, and Bobby Chow, 67, a former TV actor and retired businessman, are pictured at the launch ceremony of the second Hong Kong Creative Aging Arts Festival, in which they are both taking part, at Lok Fu Place on August 6, 2026. Photo: Nora Tam
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Review | Chinese violin virtuoso Zhang Aozhe, 18, makes magical Hong Kong debut

The Premio Paganini winner played Beethoven, Mozart, Vivaldi and more with flawless technique in a show that deserved a higher turnout.

Art

Anne Imhof on love, LGBTQ visibility and control ahead of her Hong Kong show

Award-winning artist talks about her ballet-infused work at Tai Kwun, challenges of working in Hong Kong and how falling in love inspired her.

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The audience are players in this ‘board game theatre’ project in Hong Kong

Audience members write their own script in Jing Wong’s gods-versus-human theatre production that plays out alongside in-character performers.

Audience members take part in theatre director Jing Wong’s latest project, When the World is Your Enemy, at The Room at the West Kowloon Cultural District in March 2026. An “epic edition” of the production, which fuses game mechanics with live performance, will be staged at WestK’s The Box in September and October 2026. Photo: WestK
Food and Drinks

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.

(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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What not to miss at the 2027 Hong Kong Arts Festival

The 55th Hong Kong Arts Festival mixes the familiar and the eclectic, with a virtual Yuja Wang and Shakespeare renditions among highlights.

Hong Kong Jockey Club

Art de vivre? Why the French are such a cultural force in Hong Kong

A potent mix of diplomacy, luxury commerce and cross-cultural collaborations explains France’s outsized presence in Hong Kong’s arts scene.

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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
Art

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.

Art

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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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.

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre artistic director Cheng Tsung-lung at the Xiqu Centre in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District, where the Taiwanese dance troupe is performing its original production Lunar Halo from July 10 to 12, 2026. Photo: Elson Li
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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.

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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.

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.

Music

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.

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