2008 Hong Kong Arts Festival Commissions, Asian and World Premiere Programmes

16 October 2007

NEW WORKS

1.

Music:

ExxonMobil Vision: Pius Cheung Marimba Recital – Zhou Tian’s new work

2.

Music:

Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra – Music About China 2 (new works by Zhang Haofu, Bongani Ndodana-Breen and Tang Lok-yin)

3.

Musical:

Hong Kong Repertory Theatre – Family Protection Unit (FPU)

4.

Theatre:

The Shape of Things*

5.

Theatre:

Titus Andronicus*

6.

Theatre:

Danny Yung Experimental Theatre – Tears of Barren Hills**

*Commissioned by the Hong Kong Arts Festival
**Co-commissioned by the Hong Kong Arts Festival and Zuni Icosahedron

WORLD PREMIERE TOUR

1.

Dance:

Marie Chouinard – Ode to Joy L.I.V.E. (provisional title)

ASIAN PREMIERES

1.

Opera:

Teatro Regio di Parma – Rigoletto

2.

Theatre:

Fragments

3.

Theatre:

National Theatre of Great Britain – Chatroom + Citizenship

4.

Theatre:

American Repertory Theatre – Orpheus X

5.

Dance Theatre:

Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal – Vollmond

6.

Dance:

Hungarian State Folk Ensemble – Hungarian Concerto

Due to health reasons, Charlie Haden has had to cancel his concert with his Quartet West in Hong Kong on 3-4 February 2012. Ticket holders can obtain a refund in the following ways:

REFUND IN PERSON (Cash) Please visit the URBTIX outlets at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre or Hong Kong City Hall between 29 December 2011 and 22 January 2012 (10:00am–9:30pm daily) with your unused tickets to the Charlie Haden Quartet West concert for immediate cash refund.

REFUND BY POST (Cheque) Please click here to download the refund form, then complete and return it by post with your unused tickets to the concert to: Hong Kong Arts Festival Society, 12/F, 2 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong before 29 February 2012. Refund requests take approximately four weeks to process from the date of receipt.

For enquiries, please call 2824 2430.