‘Cheers!’ Series: The Fabulous Giant Puppet Show by Sichuan Huge Puppet Troupe
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Gold Award at the Chuncheon Arts Festival in South Korea
Best Performance Award at the International Cervantino Festival in Mexico
A stunning 300-year cultural heritage not to be missed!
Originated from folk art, the ‘giant rod puppets’ of Sichuan province have a history of more than 300 years. Being one of the rare theatrical genres in the world, the puppets were inscribed onto the first batch of 'National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage' in 2006.
The programme brings together the best in mythology, history and folklore, told with amazing stunts such as fast change of face, tea drinking, flicking of long sleeves by life-size puppets. A highly entertaining show with dance and live Chinese music - definitely an eye-opener with the rich array of traditional Chinese arts!
The programme contains some singing in Sichuan dialect, with Chinese and English surtitles.
With post-performance talk on 29 Dec (Conducted in Putonghua)
The running time of each performance is approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes without intermission.
'Cheers!' Series: The Fabulous Giant Puppet Show by Sichuan Huge Puppet Troupe
Sichuan Huge Puppet Troupe boasts a superb team of puppet design artists, performers, dramatists and a wide-ranging repertoire, including Jade Lotus, Legend of White Snake, Floral Umbrella Dance, Quick Change of Face, Long Ribbon Dance, etc. It has won numerous awards including Best Repertory, Best Design, Best Scenography and Most Outstanding Performance at the National Showcase; Best Repertory in the 21st UNIMA Congress and World Puppetry Festival, and at the ‘Golden Lion Award - the 4th National Puppet Show’ in the Mainland. The troupe has toured to the US, the UK, Spain, Chile, the Philippines and Malaysia in recent years, including the performance in 2022See You in Beijing at the closing ceremony for the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018.
‘Cheers!’ Series: The Fabulous Giant Puppet Show by Sichuan Huge Puppet Troupe
One ticket per person regardless of age. Admission subject to age limit specified for the event.
Tickets available from 3 Octoberonwards at all URBTIX outlets, on internet, mobile app and credit card telephone booking.
Discount Schemes
30% off on standard tickets for each purchase of this programme plus either Pedal Punk by Cirque Mechanics (USA) orDJ Kid Koala’s Nufonia Must Fall (Canada).
‘Cheers!’ Series Package Discount1
For each purchase of standard tickets for different stage shows / film programmes in the ‘Cheers!’ Series, the following concession applies:
10% offfor any 2 programmes; 15 % off for any 3 programmes;20% offfor 4 or more programmes.
Group Booking Discount2
For each purchase of standard tickets for stage show(s) / film programme(s) in the ‘Cheers!’ Series, the following concession applies:
10% off for 4-9 standard tickets;15% offfor 10-19 standard tickets; 20% offfor 20 or more standard tickets.
Family Package Discount3
20% off on standard tickets for each purchase of 2 standard tickets and 2 student concessionary tickets of the same stage show / film programme in the ‘Cheers!’ Series.
Concessionary Discounts for Senior Citizens, People with Disabilities and the Minders, Full-time Students and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Recipients
Half-price tickets available for senior citizens aged 60 and above, people with disabilities and the minder, full-time students and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients. Limited tickets for CSSA recipients available on a first come, first served basis4. Half-price tickets also applicable for children aged 6 or below. Concessionary ticket holders must produce evidence of their identity or age upon admission.
Patrons can enjoy only one of the above discount offers.
For each concessionary ticket for people with disabilities, the customer can purchase one ticket with the same concession for the minder.
The price of each discount ticket will be rounded up to the nearest dollar.
Programmes in the ‘Cheers!’ Series:
Seriously Funny by Fair Play Crew (Poland), Grass by Second Hand Dance (UK), Pedal Punk by Cirque Mechanics (USA), The Fabulous Giant Puppet Show by Sichuan Huge Puppet Troupe, Shh! We have a plan by Cahoots NI (UK), DJ Kid Koala’s Nufonia Must Fall (Canada), Glimpse by Oorkaan (The Netherlands), Fruit Story 3 - The Great Adventures of Pineapple Sea (Re-run) by Fantasy Puppet Theatre, Hong Kong Oratorio Society Christmas Concert 2019: Handel's Messiah, The Snowman & The Bear by City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Esther by Bel Canto Singers, The Little Snowman & Sunflower II by Make Friends with Puppet, Dot/line/plane@SuperBaby by Jumbo Kids Theatre, Wallaby’s Seat-belt by Ming Ri Institute for Arts Education and Christmas Family Screen 2019.
For details of Christmas Family Screen 2019, please refer to the series brochure, programme leaflet or visit the website of Film Programmes Office at www.lcsd.gov.hk/fp.
Not applicable to tickets for The Snowman & The Bear by City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong and all workshops in the ‘Cheers!’ Series.
Not applicable to tickets for Fruit Story 3 - The Great Adventures of Pineapple Sea (Re-run) by Fantasy Puppet Theatre, The Snowman & The Bear by City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Wallaby’s Seat-belt by Ming Ri Institute for Arts Education and all workshops in the ‘Cheers!’ Series.
Not applicable to tickets for The Snowman & The Bear by City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Wallaby’s Seat-belt by Ming Ri Institute for Arts Education and all workshops in the ‘Cheers!’ Series.
Prices of concessionary tickets for Fruit Story 3 - The Great Adventures of Pineapple Sea (Re-run) by Fantasy Puppet Theatre are $110 (Tsuen Wan Town Hall) and $120 (Sha Tin Town Hall); Prices of concessionary tickets for Esther by Bel Canto Singers are $304 / $224 / $144; Prices of concessionary tickets for Wallaby’s Seat-belt by Ming Ri Institute for Arts Education are $100 (Sha Tin Town Hall and Sheung Wan Civic Centre) and $95 (Tuen Mun Town Hall). No quota on half-price tickets for CSSA recipients for Christmas Concert 2019: Handel’s Messiah by Hong Kong Oratorio Society, The Snowman & The Bear by City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Esther by Bel Canto Singers and Wallaby’s Seat-belt by Ming Ri Institute for Arts Education.
Internet Booking www.urbtix.hk
Mobile Ticketing App My URBTIX
Credit Card Telephone Booking 2111 5999
Ticketing Enquiries 3761 6661
Programme Enquiries2268 7323
The presenter reserves the right to change the programme and substitute artists.
The programme does not represent the views of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.
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