China News Service, Hong Kong, March 27 (Huang Zhenhua, Korean Star Child) The first Hong Kong International Shakespeare Festival held a launch ceremony in Hong Kong on the 27th. Artists from Hong Kong, Romania, Italy, South Korea, the United Kingdom and Australia shared how to learn from European Shakespeare. Festival mode, bringing a new theater experience to Hong Kong audiences.
The first Hong Kong International Shakespeare Festival was organized by Tang Shu Wing Theater Studio, with the West Kowloon Cultural District as a strategic and venue partner, and received a funding of approximately HK$3 million from the SAR government. It is Asia's first international performing arts platform with Shakespeare as the theme.
The first Hong Kong International Shakespeare Festival takes "International Cultural Exchange" as its theme, focusing on theater troupes and artists to present contemporary and innovative Shakespearean drama performances. The organizers stated that they hope to promote cross-cultural understanding and exchange through artistic exchange and dialogue, and enrich Hong Kong’s cultural experience.
The Shakespeare Festival covers five domestic and overseas cooperation projects, including wonderful performances of "King Lear", "Lady Macbeth", "Macbeth", "Hamlet - Avatar" and "Henry V".
Tang Shu-wing, artistic director of the Hong Kong International Shakespeare Festival, said that culture and art are an organic component of identity. If human society was a huge banquet hall, and the influential figures of the past dynasties left after eating, only artists who continue to make food will stay forever. Then Shakespeare must have been one of the great chefs. He used this metaphor to express his expectations for the first Hong Kong International Shakespeare Festival, hoping to use this opportunity to bring contemporary Shakespearean interpretations to the audience and elevate performances to a higher level.
It is reported that tickets for the first Hong Kong International Shakespeare Festival will be on sale for early bird tickets from April 2 to 21, and will be available for public sale on the City Ticketing Network from April 26. (over)