https://www.scmp.com/rss/522895/feed The latest news and top stories on Hong Kong Repertory Theatre (HKRep). A prominent Hong Kong-based professional theatre company, it was established in 1977 by the Hong Kong Government. As the city’s longest-standing and largest, its mission is to elevate cultural life and develop a unique Hong Kong theatre aesthetic through a balanced repertory of local and international works. HKRep focuses on production, theatre education via its Education Hub and international exchange. Notably, it developed... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Charmaine Yu Charmaine Yu This is the 69th instalment in a biweekly series profiling major Hong Kong pop culture figures of recent decades. Between 2024 and 2025, Hins Cheung King-hin performed a record 31 shows across two concert series at The Londoner Arena in Macau. The feat not only broke his personal best but also set a new benchmark for the most concerts by an artist within a year in the city. That is just another piece of trivia about Cheung, who has emerged as both a cultural custodian and a bridge between the... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3341539/how-hins-cheung-went-shenzhen-bar-singer-hong-kong-icon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3341539/how-hins-cheung-went-shenzhen-bar-singer-hong-kong-icon?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Jan 2026 23:15:08 +0000 Enid Tsui Enid Tsui Some of the longest-running musicals in the world, such as Les Misérables, took years of refinement before they finally hit the right note, and even then they had to be tweaked to keep up with the times. So it is no surprise that the current third Hong Kong run of The Impossible Trial – the home-grown Cantonese musical about a scoundrel of a lawyer getting his comeuppance in ancient China – is noticeably different from its 2022 premiere, and is all the better for it. The changes to the content... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3323898/impossible-trial-review-classic-cantonese-musical-updated-and-improved?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3323898/impossible-trial-review-classic-cantonese-musical-updated-and-improved?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Sep 2025 07:15:08 +0000 Ambrose Li Ambrose Li The strong demand for the sold-out Cantonese musical The Impossible Trial suggests that Hong Kong could see more shows of this kind in the future, according to one of its presenters, with its popularity casting a spotlight on all aspects of the production, including its contemporary Chinese aesthetics. Producing more large-scale, recurring theatrical productions also raises the question of how to store stage sets in a city where space is at a premium. The West Kowloon Cultural District has... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3322994/will-success-hong-kongs-impossible-trial-spur-more-cantonese-musicals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3322994/will-success-hong-kongs-impossible-trial-spur-more-cantonese-musicals?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Aug 2025 15:43:34 +0000 Enid Tsui Enid Tsui The second local re-run of The Impossible Trial, a home-grown Hong Kong musical, sparked a ticket-buying frenzy after its return from a sold-out tour in Shanghai and Beijing. On July 30, the official ticketing platform Popticket saw as many as 52,000 users joining the virtual queue. They were going after the 8,000 tickets released at 10am for 10 additional performances from August 31 to September 10, which sold out within hours, apart from a small number of tickets for wheelchair users. The 20... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3320362/hong-kong-musical-impossible-trials-new-run-sells-out-hours-after-mainland-success?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3320362/hong-kong-musical-impossible-trials-new-run-sells-out-hours-after-mainland-success?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Aug 2025 08:15:08 +0000