Conference on Children's Theatre Arts in Asia (Hong Kong • 2010)

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Date: 11th July 2010 (Sun)
Time: 7:30-10pm
Venue: Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre, Hong Kong
Languages: Cantonese / Putonghua

Excerpts from the first fairy-tale Peking Opera The Goldfish and the Fisherman
Peking Opera displays the quintessence of Chinese culture: a twenty-five-minute lively show condensates the thousand-year culture of Peking Opera. Drums and gongs lighten the live art class: see how a little goldfish inspires children's active imagination, creating a new path for the development of Peking Opera.

Peking Opera and Kun Opera Revitalization Association &Doudou Creative (Beijing) International Cultural Co., Ltd. (Beijing)

The Great Monitor
The theme is ‘Preventing Racial Discrimination and Discrimination Against Persons with Disability’. Children are taught how to relate to classmates with the proper attitude. The story is about the students of class 3D of ‘Jumbo Kids School’ who are having problems with the election of their monitor. Student Lui is full of confidence and the keen contestant is Laughing Sister who is keen on community work. They offer different promises and ideas to appeal to the support and trust of their fellow students.

How does Student Lui try to win the post of monitor? And how would Laughing Sister, who has a disability, try to gain the recognition of her fellow classmates? How do the students differ in their ideas about the various issues at stake… We hope that all students would make a fair and rational decision in the election of the monitor for class 3D. The exercise is to promote a serious and careful attitude in making decisions on the basis of fairness and rationality.

‧Jumbokids Theatre@Hong Kong Children’s Arts Alliance (Hong Kong)
Founded in 1999, Jumbokids Theatre is dedicated to professional children’s theatre. A founding member of Hong Kong Children’s Arts Alliance, it has won critical acclaim, with collaborations with other organizations, for its educational touring performances designed for schools, for its public performances, and for its family-oriented workshops. Besides entertaining, the troupe aimed to inspire the young, and reignite the youth in all the rest.
During the past decade, the Theatre has performed 18 touring plays for close to 2,000 shows, which also brought joy and inspiring introspections to over 400,000 primary school kids. Recent plays include School Detective 2 in 1 Series @ E G Crisis, The Secret of The Secret Garden @ School Detective 2 in 1 Series and A Life Journey, in which they have successfully popularized a recurring cast of characters.

Legend of the White Snake
Once upon a time in the Mountain E-Mei, there were White Snake and Black Snake. White Snake changed into a very beautiful girl, named BAI Su-zheng (Qing Yi). Black Snake also became a lovely maid, named Xiao Qing (Wu Dan). They came to West Lake of Hang Zhou (Hangchow) for a visit. They were attracted by the beauty of the scene. There over the Duan Qiao bridge came a young man named XU Xian (Xiao Sheng). Bai immediately fell into an unrequited love. To help her sister, Xiao Qing set a trick to let it rain and they took a tree as shelter. Xu Xian opened his umbrella and came near. When he saw them, he offered his umbrella and asked them where they lived. On a quick action, Xiao Qing told him they lived somewhere near West Lake. A boat was then in sight. Xu Xian called, paid the boatman and asked him to ship the two ladies to their destination and himself home. He lived with his sister's family. On the boat, they talked a little. Bai Su-zheng began to know Xu Xian a little more. The rain gradually stopped. When the boat made its first stop, Xiao Qing made it rained again. So Xu Xian told them to keep the umbrella and he would take it back next day. Xiao Qing told Xu Xian that nearby there was a red mansion, which was their home.

‧Hong Kong Juvenile Chinese Opera Troupe Limited@Hong Kong Children’s Arts Alliance (Hong Kong)
Established in 1999, the Hong Kong Children and Juvenile Chinese Opera Troupe was an offspring of the Love and Faith Cantonese Opera Laboratory. The Troupe, missioned to promote Chinese operatic art and local culture, aimed to propagate and cultivate the next generation of Cantonese operatic artists. The Troupe has also performed several large-scale stage performances locally, besides appearances abroad, including appearance in various high schools in California at the cultural exchange invitation of art institute there, and a charity performance in Malaysia. Their repertoire includes original works such as The Quest For The Moon Fairy, The Random Harvest, Adventures of an Orphan, The Young Gardener and the Fairy, A Chance Meeting, and The Education of Young Mencius. Aficionados of the art, troupe members wish to be agents to further this unique gem of our local culture.

The Musical Le Petit Prince
Little Prince who grew up on Planet B612 led a simple life. On that small planet, there was only a little house, a few volcanoes which were as high as our knees; a few monkey bread trees and a proud beautiful rose. The Little Prince who was most fond of rose took much care of the rose and always did what she wanted. The rose however lied to the Little Prince all the time and always made a fuss without any good reason. One day, the Little Prince resolved to leave Planet B612 to venture among the galaxy. After many twists and turns, the Little Prince arrived a planet, green as a picture – the Earth.

The Little Prince found tens and hundreds of roses that he dearly loved in a rose garden on earth. He had thought that the rose on the Planter B612 was the one and only one. He was at a loss, feeling confused and he chanced to meet a fox. The Little Prince and the fox became good friends very soon and quietly, the fox told a secret to the Little Prince…"

‧Hong Kong Children’s Musical Theatre@Hong Kong Children’s Arts Alliance (Hong Kong)
The non-profit Hong Kong Children’s Musical Theatre, founded in 1998, was the first musical theatre to provide professional training for young performers. In 2008 it further collaborated with four other children and youth-oriented theatre professional troupes to form the Hong Kong Children’s Arts Alliance. Serving the young from 2 to 18, HKCMT provides quality training in the various performing arts based on the premises of education theatre and child psychology.