Learning and Participation

[ticketing_button button_text="Tickets" href="https://www.tickets.westkowloon.hk/en/event/POM01004845"]

This November, West Kowloon Cultural District and the Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation (HKYAF) premiere 24:7:365, an original musical that explores the everyday life of a young person with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Presented in The Box in Freespace, the musical looks at the condition through the lens of a teenage girl who is affected by the disorder every day, every hour.

Written and directed by HKYAF founder Lindsey McAlister, this powerful work is performed by over 40 local talented young actors, singers and dancers who were selected through an open audition. Featuring diverse perspectives, the production offers a multifaceted exploration of this complex condition of OCD, highlighting its intricate and often misunderstood nature.

This programme is co-presented and co-produced by WestK and the Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation, with Miller Performing Arts as project partner and supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. This production is also part of HKYAF’s 30th anniversary celebrations.

Creative Team:
Writer and Director: Lindsey McAlister
Musical Director: Amuer Calderon
Producer: Mag Hung
Set Design: Jan Wong
Costume Design: Ainsley So
Lighting Design: Gabriel Fung
Video Design: Dan Fong
Sound Design: Can Ha
Dance Director: Emily Lu
Choreographers: Jasmine Royer, Kelsey Ang, Lauren Ho
Assistant Movement Director: Amelie Shih

Co-presented and Co-produced by:

Project Partner:

A follow-up to the “How Am I Today?” talk, the “Living in Motion” workshop furthers the discussion on the role of creative practices in everyday life. This workshop draws from sound and movement elements and explores how they can be used to improve wellness of the body and mind.

Using different hours of the day as inspiration, this workshop looks at our various mental and physical states throughout the day to understand our body. Participants are invited to reconnect with their mind and body, as well as the outer world, as vibrational sound therapist Betty Lau Miu-fan performs a meditative singing bowl routine and somatic movement educator David Leung Ka-nang guides them through different exercises.

Also in the “Arts and Wellness” thematic series are the “TS Ninja” workshop and the free “How Am I Today?” talk.

About The Fourth Wall
“The Fourth Wall” is a series of cultural events featuring thematic and participatory sessions led by creative experts from different fields. The exciting line-up of programmes is designed to inspire and engage, with the aims to bring the arts to the wider public and contribute new ideas to the performing arts scene in Hong Kong.

The 2023–24 season explores the themes of wellness, humour and play as the arts can be a powerful tool for reflection, rejuvenation and growth. Each theme kicks off by a talk, and followed by workshops and experiential events that encourage contemplation about issues in our everyday life through the arts and resetting our body and mind.

Facilitators:
Betty Lau Miu-fan, David Leung Ka-nang

Learn how to harness your body’s potential at the “TS Ninja” workshop, where movement and sports meet performing arts.

Run by TS Crew, the fun workshop adopts a format inspired by the popular ninja challenge, which includes tasks such as jumping, running, tumbling, parkour, and martial arts. With the added aim of incorporating creative practices in everyday life to improve wellness, the workshop also blends in elements of dance and movement. Through the event, participants can test and better understand their body’s physical ability.

Also in the “Arts and Wellness” thematic series are the “Living in Motion” workshop and the free “How Am I Today?” talk.

About The Fourth Wall
“The Fourth Wall” is a series of cultural events featuring thematic and participatory sessions led by creative experts from different fields. The exciting line-up of programmes is designed to inspire and engage, with the aims to bring the arts to the wider public and contribute new ideas to the performing arts scene in Hong Kong.

The 2023–24 season explores the themes of wellness, humour and play as the arts can be a powerful tool for reflection, rejuvenation and growth. Each theme kicks off with a talk, and is followed by workshops and experiential events that encourage contemplation about issues in our daily life through the arts and the resetting of our body and mind.

Facilitator:
TS Crew

These days, there is a plethora of health regimens, exercise routines and support systems available in the market, but many of us still find ourselves easily fatigued physically and emotionally by the toils of contemporary life. How often do you check in with yourself? What does it mean to be well?

“The Fourth Wall” series debuts this October with the first theme “Arts and Wellness” and opens with “How Am I Today?” talk. Speakers from different fields are brought together to discuss different ways of understanding wellness and how we may reconnect with our body and inner self through creative practices. They include novelist and playwright Chiang Hiu-mei, somatic movement educator David Leung Ka-nang, and clinical psychologist and member of social enterprise StoryTaler Amanda Fu Ching-man, who share with participants ways to feel more comfortable in their own skin.

Also in the same thematic series are two ticketed workshops (TS Ninja, Living in Motion), which offer more in-depth perspectives in applying arts and creative practices to daily life.

About The Fourth Wall
“The Fourth Wall” is a series of cultural events featuring thematic and participatory sessions led by creative experts from different fields. The exciting line-up of programmes is designed to inspire and engage, with the aims to bring the arts to the wider public and contribute new ideas to the performing arts scene in Hong Kong.

The 2023–24 season explores the themes of wellness, humour and play as the arts can be a powerful tool for reflection, rejuvenation and growth. Each theme kicks off with a talk, and is followed by workshops and experiential events that encourage contemplation about issues in our daily life through the arts and the resetting of our body and mind.

Speakers:
Chiang Hiu-mei, David Leung Ka-nang, Amanda Fu Ching-man

Moderator:
Joyce Wong (Independent Curator)

Registration Deadline:
19 October 2023 (Thursday)
6:00pm

The Tea House Student Matinees get a fresh look in academic year 2023–2024 with a new programme that allows students to explore the art of xiqu and traditional Chinese culture in a stimulating, inter-disciplinary way. Through narrated performances, traditional Cantonese music demonstrations, interactive facilitator-led discussion sessions and a new post-performance appreciation workshop, students experience the beauty of xiqu, develop positive values and reflect on their relevance to daily life. The programme is extended to primary students for the first time. Group applications are welcome from local primary and secondary schools.

To support further teaching and learning activities in schools, the programme includes teacher training workshops and a rich variety of digital learning materials* such as learning packs, game-based learning modules and teaching slides.

To help students apply the knowledge and lessons learned from the programme to their daily life, selected primary and secondary schools will be invited as partners to co-develop creative curricula that incorporate Cantonese opera elements into different subjects. Teachers and young Cantonese opera practitioners will be paired up to co-create teaching and learning experiences that are tailor-made for each school.

This scheme is presented by WestK, with The D. H. Chen Foundation as Growth Partner and Funder.

Programme:
Primary School Version

• Performance:
  • Music Ensemble Performance – Stepping High
  • Excerpt Performance – New play
• Post-performance appreciation workshop#

Secondary School Version

• Performance:
  • Wind and Percussion Music Performance
  • Music Ensemble Performance – In Celebration of Good Times
  • Excerpt Performances
    • "Reunion of Sword and Hairpin" from The Story of the Purple Hairpin
    • New play
• Post-performance appreciation workshop#

Number of Participants:
Limited capacity on a first come, first served basis.

Application Deadline (October to December programmes):
30 August 2023 (Wednesday)

*Digital learning materials and application forms are available in Chinese only.

^#The workshop group size is limited to 40 students.

Creative and Production Team
Project Curation: Learning and Participation Team, Performing Arts
Artistic Curator (Performance): Law Ka-ying
Producer (Performance): Naomi Chung
Performers: Tea House Rising Stars Troupe

Growth Partner and Funder:

Learning Partner (School-based activities development)
Ednovators