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This is the section that is all about HK. We're going to be posting up blogs, interviews with local artists, previews, running features, our confessions series, op-eds and much more!
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CoLab Launches in Hong Kong6-3-15
Actors and artists looking for a new way to reach new talent pools beyond meetup, alivenotdead and facebook can rejoice, because local artist, Stephanie Lown has found a new way to promote Hong Kong's art scene. CoLab is a free collaborative platform and talent directory dedicated to connecting talent worldwide. Members can profile their skills, post notices on the notice board and find other members to ‘Connect, CoLaborate and Create’ with using the unique clipboard functionality.
Audience Members Booed at HK Arts Festival for Clapping4-3-15
In one of the oddest arts stories of recent note, at the opening concert at Hong Kong Arts Festival, there was an incident where audience members clapped too early in the piece. (Everyone knows... HK audiences love to clap!)
Preview-Thinner Than Water-Aurora Theatre3-3-15
“Martin is deep in debt, addicted to gambling, pissed as hell, and dying. His three estranged children couldn't care less. As the world around them crumbles, they argue with each other and with everyone around them in a desperate struggle to do the right thing and mend their rapidly deteriorating lives.” That sounds like a hilarious piece of theatre to take the whole family to, right? Local theatre company, Aurora Theatre, hopes you think so.
Starlit Voice Drama Program Raises Bar 27-2-15
A lot of mommy readers in Hong Kong come to me with questions about what drama classes, I recommend. I was a teacher in Hong Kong for four years and over that time, learned a lot about Hong Kong's art education system and the plethora of options that parents have when it comes to arts education.
Upcoming Art Events For You!24-2-15
Love walking through galleries and giving long glances at canvases? Here's 5 upcoming art events that might tickle your Thalamus. (The part of the brain that appreciates music/art/the aesthetically pleasing.)
Preview-Love Letters-Brave Heart Theatre23-2-15
Fans of A.R. Gurney’s work will be proud to hear that his award-winning and much loved play Love Letters is coming to Hong Kong. The play centers on two characters, Melissa Gardner and Andrew Makepeace Ladd III. Using the epistolary form sometimes found in novels, they sit side by side and read notes, letters and cards spanning their 50 year relationship, outlining their hopes and ambitions, dreams and disappointments, victories and defeats...
Kung Hei Fat Choi!19-2-15
Kung Hei Fat Choi from HKELD!
One Billion Rising Today!14-2-15
Have a desire to dance in the streets for equality?
Is Online Ticketing Right For You?13-2-15
Traditional ticketing in Hong Kong has its limits. There are expensive fees to pass onto your audience members. The red tape to get through the process as an organizer is arduous. They put limits on what can and cannot appear on your posters. The websites for traditional ticketing in Hong Kong are not very user friendly and most importantly it can up to three months to get your money back as an artist from the event. (How are you supposed to make a living with that?)
Audition Nightmares11-2-15
My friend Camber is an actress in NYC. She's trying to "make it big" as we might say. I'm very proud of her but more importantly I'm happy that she has a lot of fantastic stories to tell me about all the weird shit that goes down in the Big Apple. I'm sure you all know the hit TV show, Smash
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