Current & Forthcoming
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Traditional Music Notation in Kunqu and Cantonese Opera
14.01.2020 to 13.10.2020, Seminar Hall, Xiqu Centre
Over three talks, Lee King-chi and Chan Chi-kong of The Gong Strikes One provide demonstrations of how to read gongche music notation and talk with experts in the field to offer insight into various aspects of this traditional notation form
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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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Using Confucian Texts and Ancient Classics in Cantonese Opera
28.07.2020 to 04.08.2020, Seminar Hall, Xiqu Centre
Talk 1: Using the Analects and Confucian Thought in a Cantonese Opera Script and Talk 2: Using the Records of the Grand Historian in a Cantonese Opera of Using Confucian Texts and Ancient Classics in Cantonese Opera due to take place 28 July 2020 (Tuesday) and 4 August 2020 (Tuesday) have been tentatively rescheduled to 27 October 2020 (Tuesday) and 3 November 2020 (Tuesday). Details will be announced on the West Kowloon Cultural District website www.westkowloon.hk in due course
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Musical Theatre Appreciation Series
29.07.2020 to 30.09.2020, Seminar Hall, Xiqu Centre
In this series of three talks, award-winning composer and music director Cynthia Wong Chi-wing offers a short history of musical theatre, discusses iconic and upcoming UK and US productions, and looks at Hong Kong’s blossoming musical theatre scene
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M+ Online Hackathon—City of Objects
01.08.2020 to 15.08.2020
M+ Online Hackathon—City of Objects invites students, designers, artists, technologists, and cultural enthusiasts to embark on a journey that explores the concept of objects through different lenses—everyday life, personal and cultural identities, and virtuality
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Screening: “Your Face” – Tsai Ming-liang
09.09.2020 to 10.09.2020, The Room, Freespace
Part documentary, part fiction, Tsai Ming-liang’s award-winning experimental film presents a series of close-up portraits of faces touched by time. Painted with light, love and gentle reflection, the subjects are slowly revealed through observation, silences and speech. Featuring original soundtrack by Ryuichi Sakamoto
