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A new round of the Venue Partnership Scheme will soon be implemented at the performing arts venues of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD). Twenty-one groups and organisations representing different art forms will be the venue partners at 12 performing arts venues.
The new three-year scheme will be held from April 2012 to March 2015. Of the 21 venue partners, 15 are existing partners. The newly restored Yau Ma Tei Theatre, to be opened in mid-2012, will have the Chinese Artists Association of Hong Kong as its venue partner for nurturing budding and young Cantonese opera artists.
The groups and organisations and the corresponding performing arts venues are:
Hong Kong City Hall
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Concert Hall Hong Kong Sinfonietta
Theatre Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
Hong Kong Cultural Centre
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Concert Hall Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra;
Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
Grand Theatre Hong Kong Ballet; Zuni Icosahedron
Kwai Tsing Theatre
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Auditorium Chung Ying Theatre Company;
W Theatre and Wind Mill Grass
Theatre
Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre
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Theatre E-Side Dance Company; Whole Theatre
North District Town Hall
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Auditorium Hong Kong Theatre Works
Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre
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Theatre The Absolutely Fabulous Theatre
Connection (a consortium of arts
groups comprising Shakespeare4All,
Seals Players and Eduarts)
Sha Tin Town Hall
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Auditorium The Cantonese Opera Advancement
Association (a consortium comprising
16 Cantonese opera troupes: Glory
Chinese Opera Institute, Lung Kui
Kam Yuen Court, Hong Kong Sun Sing
Cantonese Opera Promotive
Association, Kam Sing Fai Cantonese
Opera, Eurana Operatic Arts
Assembly, Kam Yuk Tong Cantonese
Opera Troupe, Wing Cheong Cantonese
Opera Promotion Association, Go-Sing
Cantonese Opera Troupe, Fung Ngai
Cantonese Opera, Yeung Ming
Cantonese Opera Troupe, Rainbow
Opera Troupe, Love And Faith
Cantonese Opera Laboratory, Tung
Ling Chinese Traditional Opera
Centre, Ming Fai Cantonese Opera
Association, Kim Sang Fai Cantonese
Opera and Sun Moon Star Cantonese
Opera/Chin Fung Cantonese Opera
Troupe)
Cultural Trinity Theatre and the Radiant
Activities Theatre
Hall
Sheung Wan Civic Centre
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Theatre Perry Chiu Experimental Theatre
Tsuen Wan Town Hall
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Auditorium Hong Kong Dance Company
Cultural Ming Ri Institute for Arts Education
Activities
Hall
Tuen Mun Town Hall
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Auditorium Spring-Time Experimental Theatre and
Hong Kong Young Talent Cantonese
Opera Troupe
Yuen Long Theatre
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Auditorium Hong Kong Performing Stage of
Cantonese Opera (a consortium of
Cantonese opera troupes comprising
Art of Cantonese Opera Association,
Spring Glory Cantonese Opera
Workshop and Dragon Art Society);
Theatre Noir
Yau Ma Tei Theatre
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Theatre The Chinese Artists Association of
Hong Kong
Implemented in 2009, the Venue Partnership Scheme aims to foster a partnership between venues and performing arts groups and organisations with the objectives of building up the artistic image and character of the venue and its partner, enlarging the audience base, optimising usage of facilities, encouraging community involvement and promoting the arts in the community.
Ends/Thursday, January 5, 2012
Issued at HKT 14:46
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