The Originals (Reimagined) – Hong Kong Musicals in Concert
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Hong Kong's Home-grown Musicals: Another visit to yesteryear
“…just too good to miss.” The Prickle
In October 2020, we brought you The Originals, a performance reviving a collage of Hong Kong’s musical classics. In April, we’ll present The Originals (Reimagined), reprising some of the works from last year’s premiere and introducing a new selection for a new twist. The staging and costumes will be redesigned to give the production a fresh and yet familiar paint. The cast of eight accomplished singer-actors comprising established favourites and new talents, accompanied by the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, invite you all to walk through a journey of the history of Hong Kong musicals.
The feast of local musical classics awaits!
There will be excerpts from 1941 Girl!, Field of Dreams, Homo Superus, Snow·Wolf·Lake, The Border Town, A Beautiful Day, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Passage Beyond, Sing Out, When Snow Falls, Octave, and more.
In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles
Meet-the-artist Session
With meet-the-artist session after performance on 17 April. Audience are welcome to join.
Production Curator and Music Director
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Leon Ko
Director
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Fong Chun Kit*
Choreographer
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Ivanhoe Lam
Rehearsal Coach
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Lim Wei Wei
Set Designer
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Wong Kin Wai
Sound Designer
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Candog Ha
Lighting Designer
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Billy Chan
Costume Designer
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Alan Ng
Video Designer
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Lai Ka Ki
Producer
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Eva Chau
Production Manager
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Bobo Chan
Actors
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Mimi Lo
Joe Wong
Pichead Amornsomboon
Shaw Mei Kwan
Jordan Cheng
Jarita Wan
Chu Pak Him^
Mischa Ip
Conductor
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Yip Wing Sie
Live Orchestra
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Hong Kong Sinfonietta
*With the kind permission of The Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
^With the kind permission of Actors' Family
Leon Ko Production Curator and Music Director
Leon Ko, Hong Kong Sinfonietta Artist Associate 2018–2019, holds a Master’s degree in Musical Theatre Writing from New York University, and has many musicals and film scores to his credit. His musical, Heading East, won the Richard Rodgers Development Award in the US. His musical Takeaway was staged in Theatre Royal Stratford East in London. His musicals in Cantonese – The Good Person of Szechwan, Field of Dreams, The Passage Beyond, Our Immortal Cantata, and Sing Out have won him eight awards for Best Original Music and Best Original Lyrics at the Hong Kong Drama Awards. His soundtrack score for the film, Perhaps Love, garnered a Golden Horse Award in Taiwan, a Hong Kong Film Award, an Asia-Pacific Film Festival Award, and a Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Film Score. His theme song for the film, The Last Tycoon, won Best Original Film Song at the 32nd Hong Kong Film Awards. Other film scores include The Warlords, Mr Cinema, The Great Magician, Monster Hunt etc. Ko was the Musical Director of the Mandarin version of Hong Kong pop star Jacky Cheung’s musical, Snow, Wolf, Lake. Other credits include rewriting the music of the Cantonese Opera classics, Princess Chang-ping, The Reincarnation of the Red Plum Blossom and Butterfly and Red Pear Blossom presented by the Yam Kim Fai & Pak Suet Sin Charitable Foundation.
Fong Chun Kit Director
Fong Chun Kit graduated from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2010 majoring in Directing, and since then has been working for various performing arts companies in Hong Kong. Three Men and a Lady, which he wrote, directed and performed, was nominated for Best Script at the Hong Kong Theatre Libre Awards in 2011. He was nominated for Best Director (Tragedy/Drama) at the 2016 Hong Kong Drama Awards for his directorial efforts in Marriage. In 2017, Fong won his first Best Director (Comedy/Satire) award at the 2017 Hong Kong Drama Awards with The Truth from Liar. In 2018, his directorial efforts in Sing Out won for him Best Director (Comedy/Farce) award at the Hong Kong Drama Awards, and Lysistrata, Best Director at the Hong Kong Theatre Libre Awards. In 2019, he was nominated for Best Director (Tragedy/Drama) at the Hong Kong Drama Awards, while the tour version of Marriage won him Best Director Award at the 3rd Chinese Theatre Awards. Fong joined the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre as Resident Director in October, 2020.
Yip Wing Sie Conductor
A highly respected conductor in Asia, Yip Wing-sie has been the Music Director of Hong Kong Sinfonietta (HKS) since 2002. The role was changed to Music Director Emeritus as of May 2020. Yip was the winner of the First Prize as well as the Lyre d’Or award in France’s 35th Concours international de jeunes chefs d’orchestre de Besançon in 1985 and a prize-winner in the 8th Tokyo International Conducting Competition in 1988. Yip has been actively promoting the performance of classical music in different forms, and has guest conducted several orchestras around the world, including the Central Philharmonic Orchestra of China, China National Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre national du Capitol de Toulouse and Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Yip was made Fellow of the Royal College of Music (FRCM) in 2010, and was conferred the insignia Chevalier de l’ordre national du Mérite by the French government in 2015 in recognition of her outstanding achievements in music.
Hong Kong SinfoniettaLive Orchestra
As one of Hong Kong’s flagship orchestras, noted for its innovative programming and passionate performances, Hong Kong Sinfonietta (HKS) is dedicated to investing in a cultural tomorrow. It regularly collaborates with internationally renowned musicians and groups such as Ilya Gringolts, Martin Helmchen, Sergei Nakariakov, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Krzysztof Penderecki, Mariinsky Ballet, The Royal ballet, American Ballet Theatre and Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. Often invited to give guest performances abroad, HKS has toured over 40 cities around the world participating in prestigious arts and music fests, including Festival International de Piano La Roque d’Anthéron and Festival de Musique Menton in France, and Beethoven Easter Festival in Poland. Each year, HKS commissions new compositions as well as produces crossover programmes with artists from other arts sectors. Since 2006, its Artist Associate Scheme has created new possibilities for classical music, among which was the co-production of The Passage Beyond in Concert with composer Leon Ko in 2014 and 2016, followed by the release of the album of the same title in 2018. As the orchestra’s 2018 Artist Associate, Leon Ko further presented The Amazing Filmphony jointly with HKS that year featuring several of his film scores and songs.
The running time of the performance is approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes without intermission.
Latecomers will only be admitted at a suitable break.
The Originals (Reimagined) – Hong Kong Musicals in Concert
Tickets available from 30 March onwards at all URBTIX outlets, on internet, mobile app and credit card telephone booking.
Discount Schemes
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 basis.)
Group Booking Discount
10% off for each purchase of 4-9 standard tickets; 15% off for 10-19 standard tickets; 20% off for 20 or more standard tickets.
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