Yau Ma Tei Theatre Venue Partner Program "Cantonese Opera Young Talent Showcase 2022 – 23" tickets for the second performance will be on sale soon

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Yau Ma Tei Theatre Venue Partner Program - "Cantonese Opera Young Talent Showcase 2022 – 23" tickets for the second performance will be on sale soon

The second performance of "Cantonese Opera Young Talent Showcase 2022 - 23" will be released to the public on July 6

"Cantonese opera Rookie Performance Plan 2022 - 23" is about to kick off in July, and we will provide you with a series of good shows. Tickets for the first performance are now on sale. At the same time, preparations for the second performance period are in full swing, and will soon bring 6 exciting plays to the audience, with a total of 12 performances. This performance period includes Mr. Law Ka-Ying and Ng Chin-Fung respectively. Mr. Wu, Ms. Wu Meiying and Ms. Chen Jiaming serve as artistic directors. The performances include "The Golden Medal of Survival", "The Dragon Order", "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance", "Bixi in the Flower Field", "Butterfly Shadow and Red Pear Story" and "The Righteous Sister-in-law Makes a Wife". Tickets will be on sale at the URBTIX box office starting from July 6 (see attachment 1 for program details).

Famous popular comedy to welcome the new season with laughter - "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance"

I believe everyone is familiar with the play recommended in this period. It can be enjoyed from the Cantonese opera stage to the big screen of the movie. It is the pioneering work "" written by the famous screenwriter Tang Disheng in the 1950s.Tang Bohu lights up autumn fragrance》. Mr. Ng Chin-Fung serves as the artistic director of this play, leading emerging talents such as Huang Chengbin, Qiong Hua Nu, Ruan Deqiang, Jiang Yinghong, Jian Lin and Su Yongjiang to present this light-hearted and humorous comedy to everyone. The content tells the story of the romantic and talented Tang Bohu who fell in love with Qiu Xiang with three smiles in the temple. In order to pursue Qiu Xiang, he gave up his identity as Jieyuan and sold himself as a writer's slave in Washington. Faced with Tang Bohu's hard pursuit, Qiu Xiang never agreed. In the end, how did Tang Bohu win the beauty back?

In addition, artistic director Ms. Chen Jiaming also brought to the audience Ms. Deng Biyun's famous play - "The Righteous Sister-in-law Makes a Wife". This play is performed for the first time in this project. The story tells the story of Xu Cunyi's love and hatred between his family and his country. Guest director Mr. Law Ka-Ying will also lead rookies Huang Kerou, Chen Xiyu, Liu Yufeng and Wang Xiling in this performance period to perform two plays, "The Golden Medal of Survival" and "The Order of Panlong". Theater fans should not miss it!

Family Fun Cantonese opera: Sun Wukong's "Havoc in the Dragon's Palace"

I believe you are already quite familiar with "Journey to the West". This time we will rehearse "The Dragon's Palace" adapted from "Journey to the West". We will follow Sun Wukong into the Dragon Palace, fight with shrimps, soldiers and crabs, and then outwit the Dragon King to seize the weapons. Can Sun Wukong successfully return to Huaguo Mountain with the weapons? In addition to the performances, the program also includes guided tours, allowing audiences of all sizes to learn basic performance elements such as singing, acting, chanting, and playing with emerging actors, allowing the whole family to enjoy opera together and spend a pleasant weekend. The event dates are August 20 (Saturday), 21 (Sunday), 27 (Saturday), and 28 (Sunday), 2022. The performance time for the Saturday performance is from 2:30 to 4:00 pm, while the performance time for the Sunday performance is from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. Tickets are also on sale at the URBTIX box office starting from July 6, priced at $40 (half-price discount for students and senior citizens). For details, please visit the program website:https://bit.ly/3HFlKvp。

About 「 Cantonese Opera Young Talent Showcase 」

Taking Yau Ma Tei Theatre as the cradle of new talents, we will comprehensively cultivate Cantonese opera's successors both in front of and behind the scenes. The plan has seven Cantonese opera world-famous actors as artistic directors (Wan Fei-Yin, Wong Chiu-Kwan, Ng Chin-Fung, Wu Meiying, Chen Jiaming, Sun Kim-Long, Lung Koon-Tin). Together with the guest artistic director Law Ka-Ying, he has taught hundreds of emerging actors and passed on the profound art of Cantonese opera to the new generation. Cantonese opera Actor. Through more than a hundred Cantonese opera performances each year, guided lectures, special performances for students and multiple promotional activities, the plan is to demonstrate the capabilities of Hong Kong's Cantonese opera emerging actors to the audience, and to attract more young audiences, allowing young audiences to appreciate the truth, goodness and beauty of this traditional Chinese art, and to carry forward this local intangible cultural heritage.

As the program enters its eleventh year, in order to cooperate with the second phase of the construction project of Yau Ma Tei Theatre, the performance will be temporarily moved to Ko Shan Theatre to continue to present the most exciting programs to the audience.

" Cantonese Opera Young Talent Showcase " is funded by Cantonese Opera Development Fund and Leisure and Cultural Services Department.

"Cantonese Opera Young Talent Showcase" website:www.hkbarwoymt.com

appendix:

1. "Cantonese Opera Young Talent Showcase" 2022-23 performance schedule and ticketing details for the second period

2. 「 Cantonese Opera Young Talent Showcase 」 2022-23 performance schedule

3. Selected stills from the second performance period

Hong Kong Eight Harmony Association

June 27, 2022

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