The 50th Hong Kong Arts Festival in 2022
Changes to In-Venue Programmes (Programmes in the second half of the Festival period)
Maestro Xu Zhong leads Shanghai Opera House Orchestra and Choir in Berlioz’s choral symphony Roméo et Juliette which will close the 50th Hong Kong Arts Festival
(Hong Kong, 22 Feb 2022)
In view of the uncertainty surrounding venue availability and social distancing measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hong Kong Arts Festival (HKAF) is announcing changes to the remaining in-venue programmes in the second half of the Festival period.
The following in-venue programmes will not take place as previously scheduled. Please find information, including details of ticket refunds (if applicable), below. In order to enable audiences to continue to enjoy performances by some of the world’s best artists, and to witness the artistic achievements of Hong Kong’s outstanding talent, the Festival is currently making arrangements to reschedule some in-venue programmes, and to turn selected programmes into online presentations. Details regarding the rescheduling of selected programmes will be announced in due course. Please refer to the HKAF website at www.hk.artsfestival.org for updates and developments regarding the 50th HKAF.
Free In-Venue Programme |
AΦE Company - 0AR | 16–27 March | H6 Conet | This programme will not take place as scheduled (Rescheduling arrangements to be announced) |
No Limits:Mickael ‘Marso’ Riviere – Phantoms Within | 24 – 26 March | Laundry Steps, Tai Kwun | For details and updates, please refer to nolimits.hk。 |
Paid In-Venue Programmes |
Jockey Club Local Creative Talents Series: Yat-sen Musical | 11-13, 15-20 and 22-27 March | HK City Hall | Ticket refunds available* (Rescheduling arrangements to be announced) |
Reed minds – Reimagination of sheng | 16 March | HK City Hall | Ticket refunds available* |
Tsang Yat-ho Flute Recitals – Le jardin des muses | 17-18 March | HK City Hall | Ticket refunds available* |
China National Peking Opera Company | 17–20 March | HK Cultural Centre | This programme will not take place as scheduled |
Miss Julie | 17-20 and 22-27 March | HK Cultural Centre | Ticket refunds available* |
No Limits:Chamber Opera – Por Por | 19 - 20 March | The Box, Freespace, Art Park, WKCD | For details and updates, please refer to nolimits.hk. Ticket refunds available*. |
We Are Gay | 19-20 and 22-27 March | HKAPA | Ticket refunds available* |
King’s Harmonica Quintet | 20 March | HK City Hall | Ticket refunds available* |
Shanghai Opera House and Suzhou Symphony Orchestra: Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci | 22 March | HK Cultural Centre | This programme will not take place as scheduled |
Shanghai Opera House and Suzhou Symphony Orchestra: Roméo et Juliette | 24 March | HK Cultural Centre | Changed to free online viewing as Festival Finale programme, performed by Shanghai Opera House Orchestra and Choir, from 26 March to 23 April. Registration for free viewing can be made on the HKAF website. |
Jockey Club Local Creative Talents Series: Dance Opera: Love Streams | 25-27 March | HK Cultural Centre | Ticket refunds available*(Rescheduling arrangements to be announced) |
Shanghai Opera House and Suzhou Symphony Orchestra: Wagner and Chen Qigang</p> | 26 March | HK Cultural Centre | This programme will not take place as scheduled |
Young Friends Music Special – From Literature To Music | 26 March | HK City Hall | Ticket refunds available* |
Faith, Family, Fealty - Three Cantonese Operas | 26-27 March | Tuen Mun Town Hall | Ticket refunds available*(Rescheduling arrangements to be announced) |
Festival Finale of the 50th Hong Kong Arts FestivalThe original Festival Finale performance of Wagner and Chen Qigang by Shanghai Opera The original Festival Finale performance of Wagner and Chen Qigang by Shanghai Opera House and Suzhou Symphony Orchestra will be replaced by Roméo et Juliette, a large-scale choral symphony by Berlioz, conducted by Maestro Xu Zhong and performed by Shanghai Opera House Orchestra and Choir, together with soloists Dong Fang, Yu Haolei and Shen Yang. The performance will be available for free online streaming at 20:00 Hong Kong Time on 26 March, and then from midnight on 27 March to 20:00 Hong Kong Time on 23 April. Audiences can register at go.hkaf.org/soh-romeo-et-juliette-en to view for free. Please refer to the HKAF website for details regarding the change of artists.
The Festival Finale on 26 March is sponsored by ICBC (Asia).
Additional Online Programme! Two Classics of Molière Produced by Paris’s Odéon-Théâtre de l’EuropeIn celebration of the 400th anniversary of the birth of the great French playwright Molière, the HKAF is proud to present radical interpretations of Tartuffe and The School for Wives––filmed at the Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe in Paris, and directed by renowned Molière specialist Stéphane Braunschweig––for free viewing on the HKAF website for a limited time only, from 18 to 25 March. English and Chinese subtitles will be provided.
*Ticket RefundPatrons who have purchased tickets for these programmes may apply for ticket refunds through the HKAF website.
Patrons who have bought tickets to performances at the West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) and the HKAPA may seek refunds via the following respective channels:
WKCD: ticketinfo@wkcda.hk | 2200 0022
HK Ticketing: premier.hkticketing.com | 31 288 288
Online ProgrammesAn exciting selection of online programmes are on offer at the 50th HKAF:
• The Festival Opening programme, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Paris Opera Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet , will be available for free online viewing at 20:00 Hong Kong Time on 25 February, and then from midnight on 26 February to 20:00 Hong Kong Time on 4 March.
• The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra –– three concerts, live-streamed from the orchestra’s hometown, featuring works by Smetana, Bruckner and Mahler (4, 9 and 12 March). The Bamberg Symphony will also present a family concert featuring Saint-Saëns’s The Carnival of the Animals and Georg Friedrich Haas’s Little I-Am-Me (11–25 April).
• Ontroerend Goed (Belgium) presents the live interactive one-on-one experience TM (26 February–27 March).
• Dead Centre (Ireland) returns with an exciting online adaptation of To Be A Machine (23–26 March).
• The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Paris Opera Ballet treats audiences to another two productions in the Festival – Crystal Pite’s Body and Soul (14–21 March) and Patrice Bart and Eugène Polyakov’s interpretation of Giselle (21–28 March).
• The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Bayerische Staatsoper (Bavarian State Opera) –Korngold’s Die tote Stadt (The Dead City) (24 February–3 March) and Shostakovich’s The Nose(10–17 March)./li>
• National Theatre Brno joins the Festival once again with Martinů’s The Greek Passion (17–24 March).
• Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe – Molière: Tartuffe and The School for Wives (18–25 March).
• Bristol Old Vic brings to the Festival a brand new production — Wonder Boy (26 March–2 April).
Booking and registration for the above online programmes can be made on the HKAF website.
About the Hong Kong Arts FestivalLaunched in 1973, the Hong Kong Arts Festival is a major international arts festival committed to enriching the cultural life of the city. In February and March every year, the Festival presents leading local and international artists from all genres of the performing arts, giving equal importance to great traditions and contemporary creations. The Festival also commissions and produces work in theatre, music, chamber opera and contemporary dance by Hong Kong’s own creative talents and emerging artists, many of which have had successful subsequent runs in Hong Kong and overseas. Every year, the Festival also presents over 250 “PLUS” and educational activities that offer diverse arts experiences to the community as well as tertiary, secondary and primary school students. In addition, through the “No Limits” project co-presented with The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, the Festival strives to create an inclusive space for people with different abilities to share the joy of the arts together.
Media EnquiriesFor further enquiries, please contact Ms Katy Cheng, Marketing Director, at (
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valentina.wong@hkaf.org).