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Hong Kong Young Talent Cantonese Opera Troupe - Cantonese Opera The Imperial Trickster Pre-performance Demonstration Workshop and Performance cum Post-performance Discussion

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Hong Kong Young Talent Cantonese Opera Troupe - Cantonese Opera The Imperial Trickster Pre-performance Demonstration Workshop and Performance cum Post-performance Discussion

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Programme Contents

The Imperial Trickster is a newly adapted comedy written by To Wing-sum Christie, a leading actor of the Hong Kong Young Talent Cantonese Opera Troupe.  The plot follows a "fortune teller" from Xinchang County as he investigates a case of theft from the imperial palace. Witty and engaging in its storytelling, the play is especially suitable for young audiences new to Cantonese opera.

Scholar Jin Dengke, a modest Confucian, leads a simple and contented life with his wife. By a stroke of chance, he is mistaken for a miraculous fortune teller and quickly gains fame. Around the same time, a bizarre theft occurs within the imperial palace. Eager to deflect blame, the court officials recommend Jin Dengke to solve the case. Through a series of bumbling and accidental twists, Jin Dengke unexpectedly cracks the mystery. The play's tight, fast-paced plot is both captivating and highly entertaining.

Creative Team

Aristic Director Yuen Siu-fai
Director Wai Sau-ming Marilyn

Enquiries

Tel:

2359 7738 (Programme)
2591 1711 (Enrolment)

Date
12.3.2027 (Fri)
Venue
Auditorium, Ko Shan Theatre New Wing
Time
2:30pm - 5:00pm
Target
S.4 - S.6 students
Ticket price
$40 (Students, Teachers)
* Tickets at $10 are available for Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients on a first-come-first-served basis.
Duration
2 hours 30 minutes  (including post-performance discussion)
Capacity per performance
566

Language

Cantonese

Pre-performance Demonstration Workshop

Date 

January to March 2027

Content

Based on The Imperial Trickster and supplemented with elaboration and demonstration, the workshop covers:
  • introduction of the writer and the script of The Imperial Trickster
  • the artistic features of singing, reciting and gesturing in Cantonese opera

Duration 

Approx. 1 hour 30 minutes

Speaker

To Wing-sum, Christie

Language

Cantonese

Remarks

  • For an enrolment of 150 tickets or more, a pre-performance demonstration workshop will be conducted in school premises
  • For fewer than 150 participants from a single school, students and teachers are invited to attend workshop held at LCSD venues
  • Participants would receive education materials
  • Actual date and time to be arranged with participating schools

The programme is also one of the activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series.  The LCSD has long been promoting Chinese history and culture through organizing an array of programmes and activities to enable the public to learn more about the broad and profound Chinese culture.  For more information, please visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/ccpo/index.html.



  • Last modified : 07.05.2026