Originally conceived in London and now taking the Hong Kong theatre scene by storm, Liars' League is a monthly live literary night featuring professional and amateur actors performing original pieces of short fiction—written specifically for the event by local and international authors—in front of an audience. Now in its fifth month, each event carries a theme; this time, it's "Lust & Chastity." A musical guest will be featured at intermission, and as always...

If you're the type of person who thinks that "funny opera" is an oxymoron, you may need a bit of the knowledge that this pair of one-acts is dropping on theatre-goers this month. Director Nicole Garbellini and her team of local actors have re-set Pergolesi's "La Serva Padrona" and Puccini's "Gianni Schicchi" in our humble city and have turned the classic tales into short, English-language plays that'll delight fans of the originals and opera...

Fancy some art about art, anyone? The Hong Kong Repertory Theatre presents a five-performance revival of their production of John Logan's "Red," which was named one of last year's ten best theatrical runs at the Hong Kong Drama Awards. The internationally acclaimed play explores the relationship between  American artist Mark Rothko and his young assistant as they worked to complete his Four Seasons Murals, which are now considered his most prized masterpieces. Director...

Dust off that old monologue skull; Shakespeare's back. The playwright's most controversial comedy—which, I believe, is now referred to in crustier theater circles as "10 Things I Hate About Shrew"—is coming to the APA, and its arrival marks the first time that London's Globe Theatre has sent their legendary company to Hong Kong. When two wealthy sisters in Padua need to be married off, the lovely Bianca has no shortage of suitors. Katherina, on the other...

London's longest-running comedy did nine years at the West End's Criterion Theatre, and now The Reduced Shakespeare Company hits the APA for a 14-performance run that'll amuse Shakespeare lovers and haters (who are these people?) alike. The frenzied show covers all 37 of the legendary playwright's plays (and Hamlet about four times) in just 97 minutes, a hurricane of tragedy, tights, barbs, balconies, comedies, calamities and a whole lot of monologuing. The whole thing is...