King Lear is not the only production boldly exploring Western classics through traditional Chinese operas. During the 2025 China Experimental Xiqu Exhibition, running from Jan 27 to Feb 8 in Shanghai, ...

For its new live performing arts theatre at the Xiqu Centre the Hong Kong West Kowloon Cultural District has selected Clear-Com® for communications between the Chinese Opera’s stage manager, lighting ...

Hong Kong’s Xiqu Centre, a postmodern-style Cantonese opera theatre that cost HK$2.7 billion ($346 million) to build raised its curtain last week with the classic The Reincarnation of Red Plum as its ...

The West Kowloon District, Hong Kong, has announced the opening of the Xiqu Centre which will be dedicated to preservation of the art of traditional Cantonese opera, xiqu. The centre’s design has been ...

Since the Great Recession, there has been a noticeable move away from the architecture of imagery and promotion toward one of substance and context. Yes, there is still the occasional new iconic ...

In 1998, Hong Kong’s chief executive Tung Chee-hwa had a bold vision for 100 acres of reclaimed land in West Kowloon—to turn it into a cultural district with performing-arts venues, an arts center, ...