It was an ugly family affair. In May, the Pottery Workshop, a fixture for 24 years at Wyndham Street’s Fringe Club, lashed out at its landlord on Facebook after being asked to move out by the end of the year to make way for a major renovation project. In what the Fringe Club’s founder...
My parents were landlords in China and were persecuted during the Cultural Revolution. We migrated to Hong Kong when I was two. They had to start over from nothing, but since my mother was a university graduate and my father a white-collar worker, we ended up reasonably well off.
I didn’t...
“My approach is to tell Shakespeare’s story truly and faithfully, as it’s written for the audience,” Lam says. This epic historical play delves deep into the dark side of humanity, as manifested by Richard’s selfish and brutal desire to become King of England. The...
My mom was 19 when she gave birth to me. She was always struggling to make a living, so we drifted from place to place. I went to five or six kindergartens. Lots of different people took care of me. I didn’t have any real friends. I was quite lonely.
I didn’t think I was missing...
HK Magazine: How did the idea for this photo exhibition come about?
Siu Ding: Last year, I posted some semi-nude photos of myself on Facebook. Shortly afterwards, my former lecturer from Polytechnic University asked me to speak at a General Education seminar to share my views on the human body....
What makes you a Hongkonger? Is it the number of stars on your I.D. card? Does it matter whether you’ve been in this city for 60 years or for six? Or perhaps being a Hongkonger is all about attitude. We asked locals from all walks of life to share their views, and hopefully shed a little...
With all the international productions that arrive in Hong Kong each year, it can be easy to forget that our city has its very own flourishing theater scene. In celebration of our local acting community, On & On Theatre Workshop has produced a big-scale homegrown theater event: Sidekick Theatre...
Abandoned buildings in Hong Kong? The idea seems preposterous, given our local tycoons' nose for a prime piece of real estate. But derelict properties do exist, having been left to decay for decades. We discover the stories behind these once-occupied buildings now fallen to rack and ruin....
HK Magazine: Tell us about yourselves.
Ah P: Nicole (the vocalist) and I formed My Little Airport in 2004 when we were still journalism students at university. We have no musical skills to speak of. Actually, we gave up our musicality and went straight for the song content, which is what matters...
As a child, I wanted to be a doctor or an adventurer, but my favourite subject at school was history. I liked to imagine living in different historical periods.
I studied law at university. It seemed like a promising career path. I love debating.
It was there that I fell in love with the theater....
