2025-26 Extended Deadline for Selected Programmes
The deadline for 2025/26 Undergraduate and Post-secondary Programme offered by the Schools of Chinese Opera, Dance and Film and Television has extended to 12 Jan 2025.
Grab the last chance to apply!
Small Theatre Big Dreams
Apart from offering free programmes to promote performing arts to secondary school students, HKAPA is dedicated to advocating for education and appreciation of performing arts in the community, and to encouraging the public to take arts as a lifelong pursuit. In recent years, more intimate, non-commercial, non-profit-oriented, and reform-minded entertainments were produced by small-scale local theatre companies. The Academy has arranged a radio interview series to introduce the mission of these talented producers and playwrights who are passionate about making a difference for the Hong Kong art scene.
Small Theatre Big Dreams
Radio Station/channel: Metro Info (FM99.7)
Date : 18 Dec 2024 - 15 Jan 2025 (Wednesday)
On-air time: 5:30pm - 6:00pm
The radio programme is sponsored by Chinachem Group and conducted in Cantonese.
| Date | Guest | Content |
| 18/12 | Olivia Yan (Drama) Winner of Hong Kong Arts Development Awards | Children mental health enhancement through immersive experience of performing arts in nature |
| 25/12 | Desmond Tang (Drama) Best Director (Comedy/Farce), Hong Kong Drama Award | Fringe theatres in Hong Kong - History, development, and importance in drama creation |
| 1/1 | Naomi Chung (Theatre and Entertainment Arts) 40 Most Influential Experimental Theatre in China | Experimental Theatre of Cantonese Opera – the creation, its development, and future challenges |
| 8/1 | Mandy Yiu (Drama) Artistic Producer of Actors’ Family | Touring of Hong Kong musicals in GBA and beyond |
| 15/12 | Rebecca Kong Representative of Nina Park, Chinachem Group | How local corporation contribute to supporting performing arts development |
Celebrated Cantonese Opera Pearl Bay Returns
Pearl Bay, a celebrated Cantonese Opera Performance, will rerun during 16-18 Jan 2025.
An original Cantonese opera written by the Academy’s instructor, Pearl Bay is a pioneer and innovative production in many ways. Unlike many traditional Cantonese operas that are romantic and heroic stories about men and women in the past, it is ecologically themed to depict people’s interdependence with the ocean based on a creative core of environment protection and conservation. In order to create a stronger sense of theatrical drama in the mythical story, vocal are also creatively designed with adaptation from the traditional melisma.
In 2024, the production had received financial support from the China National Arts Fund in recognition of its innovative approach for the sustainable development of traditional heritage. As part of the Academy’s 40th Anniversary Celebration, the rerun will be held with free admission.
Date and Time
16 Jan 2025 (Thur) 7:30pm
17 Jan 2025 (Fri) 7:30pm
18 Jan 2024 (Sat) 2:30pm
Don’t miss the chance to appreciate how innovative ideas infuse life into traditional performing arts.
Please reserve your tickets via email