![]() ![]() “We have previously hosted a summer camp, but are switching things up to meet the needs of our community,” Apke explained. The theatre will be changing some things up about this year’s summer auditions, though. production, “Beauty and the Beast Jr.” Auditions are scheduled for June 5. The Little Theatre’s next performance will be a Jr. We even saw some awesome reviews online, which is very encouraging.” “The audience’s laughs and interaction with the cast after shows allowed us to see how much they loved it. “We knew she would be a natural directing another comedy!” Apke said.Īccording to Apke, the production was well received by audiences, with crowds on Saturday and Sunday being over 100. CE/CulturalService/ab/en/OH_shatin_ play’s director was Megan Tarnow, who has directed other productions for the Little Theatre, such as the play “Leading Ladies”. Tickets priced at $60 are now available at URBTIX ( For credit card telephone bookings, please call 2111 5999.įor programme enquiries and concessionary schemes, please call 2591 1300 (LCSD) or 8106 8336 (Chung Ying Theatre Company), or visit "The 4 Generations of Sha Tin" (in Cantonese) will be staged at the Cultural Activities Hall of Sha Tin Town Hall on April 29 (Saturday) at 7.30pm and on April 30 (Sunday) at 3pm. In addition, it allows the younger generation to understand the previous generations through the performances and encourages them to reflect on their own lives. The Project encourages the elderly to participate in arts and cultural activities, and provides them with an opportunity to recount and act in their stories onstage. Since its launch in 2009, the Community Oral History Theatre Project has been implemented and well received by elderly participants and audiences in several districts, namely Sham Shui Po, Kwun Tong, Islands (Tai O) and Eastern Districts. The upcoming full-length finale, being produced with more intensive rehearsals and enriched programme contents, will present more delightful and enjoyable performances to the audience. Through organising a series of workshops, the project has gathered personal experiences and valuable recollections of the elderly from Sha Tin District to come up with a drama script, providing an opportunity for the elderly to tell their stories onstage.Īn outreach performance featuring excerpts of "The 4 Generations of Sha Tin" held recently at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum was well received by the audience. The "Community Oral History Theatre Project - Sha Tin District" was launched in 2015 and is co-organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), Chung Ying Theatre Company, the Neighbourhood Advice-Action Council and the Hong Kong Society for the Aged. The former Tide Cove was drained and straightened to become the present Shing Mun River, which extends to Ma On Shan. Many years later, Sha Tin has developed into a satellite city which is now home for approximately 630 000 inhabitants. To the east of the railroad was the coastline and Yuen Chau Kok was an islet in the middle of Tide Cove (Sha Tin Hoi). It then developed into a place for countryside tours during the holidays. Sha Tin was once named "Gik Yuen", in reference to its uncultivated fields overgrown with thistles and thorns in the past. The full-length drama features more than 20 elderly participants aged 59 to 87 telling their own precious stories in Sha Tin and covering the changes of the district in the past few decades. "The 4 Generations of Sha Tin", the finale performance of the Community Oral History Theatre Project - Sha Tin District, will be staged at the end of April at Sha Tin Town Hall.
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