What’s On
Here’s are some of our upcoming events, workshops, festivals and readings.



Pangu and Nüwa, Creators of the World
An exciting new piece of outdoor theatre suitable for all the family, created to celebrate the opening of the Beijing Olympics.

Running the Silk Road
Exhilarating, refreshing and richly visual, Running the Silk Road blends East and West, telling a modern story mixed with Chinese myths.


The Nightingale
A visually exciting production of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Nightingale for family audiences using dance, music and video. Developed in association with Half Moon Young People’s Theatre and co-produced by Hong Kong Arts Festival in association with Chung Ying Theatre Company, in partnership with the British Council Hong Kong.


Festival for the Fish
A glimpse into the dark underbelly of modern life in Japan. The estranged members of a working class Japanese family gather for the youngest son’s funeral. His diary reveals a deeply scarring Oedipal experience.

Lear’s Daughters
What happened to the three daughters of King Lear before they made their entrances in Shakespeare’s classic?

The Butcher’s Skin
A bittersweet Vietnamese comedy of mistaken identity, The Butcher’s Skin tells the story of Truong Ba, a gentle gardener accidentally struck off the Book of Life by careless gods.



Play to Win
Play To Win is a contemporary, accessible and thought-provoking story which shows the temptations and perils every adolescent faces in school today.

Blue Remembered Hills
Innocent nostalgia is shattered in a playfully anarchic staging of Potter’s classic tale. Performed by a multiracial ensemble in a highly physical European style on a set of old, discarded mattresses.

The Whisper Of A Leaf Falling
Commedia meets Beijing Opera style in a strong piece of stylised storytelling.

Behind the Chinese Take Away
Multi-media exploration of the British Chinese diaspora during the 1997 Hong Kong handover back to China.

New Territories
Bittersweet rites-of-passage story following the progress of a teenager from rural Hong Kong to public school in England.