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Guests get to be part of ghoulish splash at Ocean Park Hong Kong Halloween festivities this year

For HK$666, they can sign up to be costumed performers at the theme park event

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Allan Zeman channels the creepy at a Ocean Park Halloween press preview. Photo: David Wong

Performers donning bloody masks and spooky costumes have long been the main draw for Ocean Park’s Halloween festivities, but this year visitors will have a chance to be part of the action along with the park’s top brass, with a tailor-made role-playing experience.

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Starting October 2, visitors can sign up for the Dead Looker Workshop, a three-hour session which covers training, make-up and chances to perform in the park.

Veteran instructors from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts will guide participants on how to interact with visitors safely, while Hollywood make-up artists will transform ordinary faces into wacky ghouls to match their flashy outfits.

Joining the fun will be the theme park’s chairman Leo Kung Lin-cheng and his deputy Lau Ming-wai, the property tycoon who was appointed park vice-chairman in 2014.

Former chairman and flamboyant entrepreneur Allan Zeman, known for a variety of characters he had portrayed at the park’s Halloween festivities over the years, will also make a comeback appearance.

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Participants will get to strut their stuff in two 10-minute performance stints at the park’s busy Waterfront Plaza.

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