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As a venue for life-long learning, the Hong Kong Heritage Museum offers a variety of educational activities to serve the different needs and levels of interest of visitors.
Provision of Education Rooms
To enhance our museum services, apart from schools, registered charitable organizations and non-profit-making organizations may also apply for use of our education rooms to conduct activities, briefing or discussion during their visit to the museum. Interested groups please complete the form on Application for Use of Education Room and send it back to the Hong Kong Heritage Museum 2 weeks to 3 months in advance by mail (please mark “Application for Use of Education Room?on the envelope) or by fax to 2180 8222. The museum will notify the applicants the result of application 2 weeks before the date of visit.
Public Programmes
Unless otherwise specified, all
activities are conducted in Cantonese. The venue will open 15 minutes before
the programme commences. Admission is free but priority will be given to
participants with a valid museum ticket.
For
enquiries, please call the Extension Service Team on 2180 8180.
| Programmes and Speakers / Instructors |
Date, Time and Venue |
Tea Demonstration and Tasting Drinking Chinese tea is both a relaxing pleasure and a refined art. Would you like to know more about this golden brew? Then come along to the museum, to learn a few tips from the Heritage Tea House about how to grade and make Chinese tea. You will even have the chance to get a real taste of the rich and diverse fragrances and flavours that Chinese tea has to offer. Activities are open to 30 persons on a first-come-first-served basis. |
Every
Friday Function Place |
Cantonese Operatic Costumes Cantonese Operatic costumes are full of vibrant colours and dazzling decorative elements. With the help of our instructor, participants will learn about the costumes used for a range of roles in Cantonese Opera and get the chance to try on some costumes and act like a Cantonese Opera character! Ms Poon Kei (Cantonese Opera Instructor) Participation is free but limited to a maximum of 25 persons on a first-come-first-served basis. To register, please complete the Application Form for Education and Extension Programmes.
In association with the exhibition A Synthesis of Lyrical
Excellence and Martial Agility - The Stage Art of Ng Kwan Lai |
27 January 2005
Seminar Room |
Lecture Series on Cantonese Opera Heritage Jointly presented by Cantonese Opera Research Programme, Department of Music, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Talk (1) Talk
(2) Talk
(3) Participation is free with a maximum of 80 persons on a first-come-first-served basis. To register, please complete the Application Form for Education and Extension Programmes. In
association with the A Synthesis of Lyrical Excellence and
Martial Agility - The Stage Art of Ng Kwan Lai Exhibition |
Talk
(1) Seminar Room |
Reading Lantern Riddles! The Spring Lantern Festival falls on the 15th of the first lunar month, and it is a traditional custom on that night to admire beautiful lantern displays, solve the riddles hanging under the lanterns and eat sweet dumplings. You are invited to join us at the New Territories Heritage Hall from the 8th of the first lunar month to see the lanterns and try to solve the lantern riddles. Prizes will be awarded to everyone who gets a high score in the lantern riddle quiz. Open to all museum visitors during the museum's opening hours. In
association with the New Territories Heritage Hall |
16 February - New Territories Heritage Hall |
Theatre Programmes
On Saturdays and Sundays, a series of programmes will be staged in the afternoon at the Theatre on the first floor of the Hong Kong Heritage Museum. These free programmes include Cantonese operas, Chinese folk songs and dances, magic shows, puppet shows, children programmes and are specially arranged for the visitors of the museum.
January
| Date |
Day / Time |
Performance Details |
Performing Groups |
| 1 |
Sat 3 - 5:30pm |
Cantonese Opera |
Yim Yeung Hung Opera |
| 3 |
Sun |
Chinese Puppet Show | Chung Ngai Puppet Troupe |
| 8 |
Sat
|
Cantonese Opera | Purple Maple Chinese Opera |
| 9 |
Sun |
Children's Theatre | Ming Ri Institute For Arts Education Ltd. |
| 15 |
Sat |
Cantonese Opera | Aroma Cantonese Opera Troupe |
| 16 |
Sun |
Chinese Folk Songs and Dances | Cun Tian Yi Shu Tuan |
| 22 |
Sat 3 - 5:30pm |
Cantonese Opera | Yiu Ming Sing Cantonese Opera |
| 23 |
Sun 3 - 4:30pm |
Magic Show | Fantastic Art Production Limited |
| 29 |
Sat 3 - 5:30pm |
Cantonese Operatic Extracts | The Hong Kong Youth Cantonese Opera Troupe |
| 30 |
Sun 3 - 4:30pm |
Children's Participatory Show | Hong Kong Festival Fringe Limited |
February
| Date |
Day / Time |
Performance Details |
Performing Groups |
| 5 |
Sat 3 - 5:30pm |
Cantonese Operatic Extracts | Jade Lotus Opera House |
| 6 |
Sun 3 - 4:30pm |
Chinese Puppet Show | HK Puppet and Shadow Art Center |
| 12 |
Sat 3 - 5:30pm |
Cantonese Operatic Extracts | Wan Man Chinese Opera |
| 13 |
Sun |
Children's Theatre | Variety Magic Company |
| 19 |
Sat |
Cantonese Operatic Extracts | The Sunshine Cantonese Opera |
| 20 |
Sun |
Chinese Folk Songs and Dances | Hong Kong Folk Dance Troupe |
| 26 |
Sat |
Cantonese Operatic Extracts | Rainbow Sky Chinese Opera |
| 27 |
Sun |
Magic Show | Eddy's Magic Club |
March
| Date |
Day / Time |
Performance Details |
Performing Groups |
| 5 |
Sat 3 - 5:30pm |
Cantonese Operatic Extracts | Yummy Chinese Opera Troupe |
| 6 |
Sun 3 - 4:30pm |
Children's Participatory Show | SHARP Performing & Production Co. |
| 12 |
Sat |
Cantonese Operatic Extracts |
Yuet Sung Fai Cantonese Opera Troupe |
| 13 |
Sun |
Chinese Traditional Puppet Show | HK Sky Bird Puppet Art Group |
| 19 |
Sat |
Cantonese Operatic Extracts | Chuk Lin Wah Cantonese Opera Troupe |
| 20 |
Sun |
Children's Theatre | Magic Tech |
| 26 |
Sat |
Cantonese Operatic Extracts | Big Fight Cantonese Opera Society |
| 27 |
Sun 3 - 4:30pm |
Chinese Folk Songs and Dances | Hara Arts Group |
Free performances are for visitors on a first-come-first-served basis. All programmes are subject to change or cancel without prior notice.
Cantonse Opera Films
Screening
In the 50s & 60s, making of Cantonese Opera films were flourished in Hong Kong, and it was also a breeding ground for budding talents. The Hong Kong Film Archive is courteous to lend a number of Cantonese Opera films to be screened at the Theatre at 3pm on every Thursday afternoon. (except 10 February 2005)
| Date | Title | Main Cast |
| *6 January | Patriotic Heroine | Ng Kwan Lai Law Kim Long |
| *13 January | Beauty | Ng Kwan Lai Yam Kim Fai |
| *20 January | A Wonderful Petition | Ng Kwan Lai Yam Kim Fai |
| *27 January |
The Impartial and Incorruptible Bao Gong | Ng Kwan Lai Lam Kar Sing |
| *3 February | The Unroyal Prince | Ng Kwan Lai Yam Kim Fai |
| 17 February | Spring Lamps Festival | Tang Pik Wan Law Kim Long |
| 24 February | The Crab Beauty, Part One | Yu Lai Chun Fung Wong Nui |
| 3 March | The Crab Beauty, the Concluding Episode | Yu Lai Chun Fung Wong Nui |
| 10 March |
Wu Song's Bloody Fight on Lion's Bower | Kwan Tak Hing Fung Wong Nui |
| 17 March | The Idiot Husband | Yam Kim Fai Law Yim Hing |
| 24 March | Cops and Robbers | Lam Kar Sing Sin Kim Lai |
| 31 March | The Fight between the Flying Fan and the Magic Lamp | Lam Kar Sing Sin Kim Lai |
* In association with "A Synthesis of Lyrical Excellence and Martial
Agility - The Stage Art of Ng Kwan Lai "
exhibition.
Miscellaneous Video Programmes
On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 10:30am, 2:30pm and 3:30pm, video programmes of Radio Television Hong Kong productions or themes relate to museum exhibitions will also be screened at the Theatre.
Free performances are for visitors on a first-come-first-served basis. All programmes are subject to change or cancel without prior notice. For programme details, please call us on 2180 8188.
Last updated: 2004/12/31