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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.
Sze Wei in The Drunkard at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre’s Studio Theatre. The stage adaptation of Liu Yichang’s 1962 novel is directed by Sebastian Kaiser for the 2026 Hong Kong Arts Festival. Photo: Eric Hong
Hong Kong Arts Festival

Review | Chaotic, electrifying: Sebastian Kaiser’s The Drunkard is fiercely alive

Cross-cultural and gender-blind, Sebastian Kaiser’s stage adaptation of Liu Yichang’s 1962 novel stays true to its rebellious spirit.

Ballet

Review | She seduced some of the most powerful men. A ballet tries to tell her story

World of performing arts

Hong Kong group brings ancient Silk Road murals’ musical depictions to life

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US-China relations

Exclusive | Hong Kong pianist brings music – and a message of openness – to Washington

Fresh from his Cliburn win, Sham says music can bridge divides as he tours the US amid geopolitical tensions and decoupling debate.

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Hong Kong pianist Aristo Sham during his recital at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington. Photo: Handout
World of performing arts

Review | Trump is abducted by aliens and has Chinese ‘twin’ in chaotic Cantonese opera

Showing in Hong Kong, Trump on Show 4.0 combines political satire and surreal Sino-US commentary but feels like a ‘paper tiger’ with no bite.

World of performing arts

‘Unconventional bodies’: inclusive dance team’s upcoming Hong Kong show

Unusual Symptoms’ experimental dance project Harmonia challenges audience biases about the human body.

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Hong Kong society

‘Belongs to everyone’: wheelchair dancers move beyond boundaries in Hong Kong

‘Beauty isn’t about how we execute difficult moves ... but about those moments when we immerse ourselves together,’ choreographer says.

Dancers rehearse for Wayfaring Beyond. Photo: Elson Li
World of performing arts

Hong Kong concert where audience can walk around and see musicians up close

Neither audience members nor performers will be confined to their seats at the concert from the inclusive music ensemble Paraorchestra.

Hong Kong Arts Festival

How a non-Chinese-speaking director reimagined major Hong Kong literary work

‘Naivety brews creativity’ for German director Sebastian Kaiser, who has adapted Liu Yichang’s The Drunkard for the Hong Kong Arts Festival.

What to do in Hong Kong

Sabrina Ma walked out of the orchestra. Now she plays till she drops

Berlin-based Sabrina Ma discusses her move from orchestra percussionist to solo performances, where she becomes ‘kind of dead at the end’.

Sabrina Ma’s coming solo performance, “Power, Sweat & Smiles”, on February 8, 2026, is “almost like a triathlon”. She reveals why she has moved away from the orchestra towards solo performances. Photo: Sabrina Ma/Bartosz Seifert
World of performing arts

Review | HK Phil brings Mahler’s Symphony No 7 to life in energetic, eerie concert

Singaporean conductor Kahchun Wong skilfully led the rendition of Mahler’s complex work in a show brimming with soul and spooky eccentricity.

Singaporean conductor Kahchun Wong leads the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra in their performance of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 7 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre on January 23, 2026. Photo: HK Phil
World of performing arts

Review | The National Ballet of China return to Hong Kong with a dazzling Giselle

Led by prima ballerina Qiu Yunting, whose dancing was exquisite, this purists’ version of Giselle was only marred by the recorded music.

Your Perfect Week

The best things to do in Hong Kong, January 25-31

Enjoy new media art courtesy of Austria’s Ars Electronica, a sensory 8-drink menu at Quinary, and an exhibition celebrating time from Van Cleef & Arpels.

On Our Radar

Beare’s Premiere Music Festival 2026 bids farewell to Hong Kong

As the curtain falls on the city’s principal chamber music event, the stellar line-up of musicians promises to send it off on a high note.

The Miro Quartet performs at the Beare’s Premiere Music Festival in 2024. Photo: courtesy PPHK
World of performing arts

Singaporean musician living with OCD uses toy pianos to tell her story

Margaret Leng Tan talks about weird instruments and ‘the magic of timing’, following her Hong Kong performance of ‘Dragon Ladies Don’t Weep’.

Margaret Leng Tan plays a melodica during a recent performance of “Dragon Ladies Don’t Weep” in Hong Kong. The production, which combines spoken word, projected images and toy piano music, is an autobiographical portrait of a musician living with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Photo: Visual Voices, courtesy of West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
World of performing arts

Hong Kong composer’s unusual journey from finance to writing Cantonese musicals

Lora Chow’s musical Dr Clown will feature at the coming Fringe Festival in Hong Kong. We look at her eclectic career path, driven by passion.

Icons and Influencers

Q&A | High barre: a chat with dancer Roberto Bolle ahead of Caravaggio in Hong Kong

Bolle discusses how dance became his life as he prepares to bring Caravaggio to the Hong Kong Arts Festival in March.

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Your Perfect Week

Our cheat sheet for what to do in Hong Kong, January 11-17

Disney on Ice skates into town, the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon takes over, and Cristal Room hosts a star Beijing chef.

Mickey and Minnie perform during Disney on Ice, which is returning to Hong Kong at Kai Tak Arena. Photo: courtesy Disney on Ice
What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, January 9-11

Make your own instant noodle cups before it is too late, check out a street dance festival, join a run and more in Hong Kong this weekend.

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Hong Kong's music scene

Where Hong Kong’s teens and an 88-year-old share the dance floor

As Leslie Cheung and Faye Wong echo through the nightclub, a love letter to Cantopop gives the city a space for joy and belonging.

What to do in Hong Kong

New Hong Kong street dance festival aims to change ‘troubled kid’ stereotype

Hong Kong’s Flo Fest will see performances from eight emerging local choreographers as well as from Ivan Michael Blackstock and The Ruggeds.

Performers take the stage during the opening day of Flo Fest, a street dance event founded by the Hong Kong Street Dance Development Association, on January 3, 2026. Photo: Karma Lo
Classical music

7 of the best arts stories of 2025, including a new Labubu-style soft toy

From Wallis Simpson to prize-winning Hong Kong pianist Aristo Shum, here are 7 arts stories that really drew in the readers in 2025.

Hong Kong-born pianist Aristo Sham won the prestigious Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in June 2025. Photo: Jen-Pin Lin
Hong Kong culture

Explainer | Craving art, music and theatre this Christmas? Here’s what to see in Hong Kong

From The Nutcracker to ancient Egypt wonders and Waiting for Godot, the Post highlights shows worth catching this festive season.

World of performing arts

Review | Drones meet dancers in Hong Kong performance of Lucie in the Sky

The Australasian Dance Collective’s show is an imaginative combination of technology and dance but the choreography is disappointing.

World of performing arts

Review | Lucrezia Drei dazzles in Musica Viva’s Lucia di Lammermoor in Hong Kong

Despite amazing vocals, the opera by Gaetano Donizetti needs more space than offered by Hong Kong City Hall’s Concert Hall to truly shine.

Lucrezia Drei (left) and Alexey Bogdanchikov in Musica Viva’s production of Lucia di Lammermoor at Hong Kong City Hall. Photo: Titan Lam/Musica Viva
Music

Hong Kong classical concert to pay tribute to fallen Tai Po firefighter

Proceeds from the December 22 show, featuring some of Hong Kong’s biggest classical musicians, will go to the family of Ho Wai-ho.

The Cong Quartet are one of the big names who will perform at “Salute to the Brave, Soothing the Soul”, a charity concert co-organised by HK Phil’s first associate concertmaster Leung Kin-fung to pay tribute to Ho Wai-ho, the firefighter who lost his life in the Tai Po fire.
World of performing arts

Review | Lang Lang and Tarmo Peltokoski pack a punch alongside HK Phil

HK Phil’s music director designate expertly controlled an embellished orchestra as the Chinese piano star enchanted in a night of huge sound.

On Our Radar

What to do in Hong Kong this Christmas, from feasts to circus acts

Our guide to some of the events lighting up the city this holiday season – plus the best takeaway menus for Christmas dinner at home.

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