Michael Morpurgo’s moving testament to the thousands of horses that died during the first world war was based on a painting that never was; the stage adaptation will show at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in May.

Captivated as a five-year-old by a lone voice singing in a darkened barn, David Pountney has made a career of directing opera singers. He explains how he uses water as a metaphor for a character’s shifting mental state in Debussy’s opera

The West End adaptation of Mark Haddon’s bestselling book is coming to the 2018 Hong Kong Arts Festival. Joshua Jenkins talks about the sheer physical effort of playing the 15-year-old main character and the play’s positive effects on audience members who are on the autistic spectrum

Konstantin Lifschitz will do something few pianists have ever done – perform the cycle of Beethoven sonatas in sequence – over six days at the University of Hong Kong, beginning this week

From a fringe theatre in Islington, to the West End and Broadway, to a Royal Variety performance, this slapstick comedy is going from strength to strength

The People’s Liberation Army, the Hong Kong Police and the Hong Kong Association of Choral Societies bands will march into Hong Kong for an extraordinary gathering of musical might  

‘The Scottish play’ tells the tale of naked ambition, bloody murder, guilt, chaos and supernatural interference – themes which profoundly resonate with Asian audiences

After Hough was mugged when he was 12, his life went a little of the rails – until a teacher directed him towards an Elgar work that helped him reconnect with music

The Beauty Queen of Leenane is painful to watch in places but cast members say it reflects a culture used to darkness, violence and humour

A modern take on an eternal theme, this 1926 work – which has its Asian premiere in Hong Kong later this month – asks a profound question: what is the meaning of a life that never ends?

Czech composer’s work has unique qualities, says conductor Jaroslav Kyzlink, who’ll lead performances in the city of the religious work

In stark contrast to previous role as Lady Mary in the period drama Downton Abbey, she has reinvented herself as a former con artist and meth addict with a penchant for dressing up

Works don’t just have a beginning and an end but an internal structure and a context, acclaimed musician discovered during a forced hiatus from playing, as he tells Victoria Finlay ahead of Hong Kong concert

Dancer and choreographer made his name in Peter Brook’s adaptation of the Mahabharata, and returns to the Sanskrit epic for New Vision Arts Festival production about love, revenge and betrayal

Robert and David Goodale talk about reviving comedy show Perfect Nonsense which begins a 12-day run in Hong Kong next week

Cuban dancer says after years of daily pain, it’s time to let audiences see what the next generation of dancers has to offer

<p>The upheavals of love and politics are at the heart of Verdi’s beloved work, presented here by Italian company Teatro Regio Torino under the baton of Roberto Abbado in a revival of its landmark 1979 staging</p>