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The Works RTHK
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- Performing Arts
RTHK' s The Works focuses on Hong Kong's arts and cultural scene.
The Works features news and reviews of visual and performing arts, design, literary and other “ works ” .
Added illumination comes from interviews with leading performers and producers, interspersed with updates on events affecting the development of the territory 's artistic and cultural life. There's also in – most weeks – a live studio performance.
The Works is aired on RTHK 31 every Wednesday at 19:10.
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Zheng Bo @ Kadoorie Farm, Yin Xiuzhen @ CHAT & performance: Kelvin Leung and Aaron Lui
Artist Zheng Bo was born in Beijing and is now based in Hong Kong. His work emphasises social, ecological and community engagement. Nature and plants are recurrent subjects in his recent projects. Bo’s most recent pieces, on show till the 25th April in...
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Takeaway Art, Yeung Tong-lung @ Blindspot Gallery & performance: Chromatic Collective
With lockdown and social-distancing measures in place, the pandemic has seen a surge in online businesses, such as online shopping, online streaming, video communication and deliveries. With many art and cultural activities on hold, artists too are fin...
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Local artists @ Booked, "Surviving Natality" & performance: Cherry Tsang & Chemie Ching
In earlier shows, we have looked at zine culture in Hong Kong. Short for magazine, a zine is usually a small booklet produced for a small circulation and self-published. The freedom and flexibility of zine publishing means it is well suited to providin...
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CNY Handicrafts & in the studio: TroVessional, Bou Kwan-ying, Anna Fan & friends
The Year of the Ox is just around the corner, The Works team would like to wish everyone an early Happy Lunar New Year. Sadly though, for many, the celebrations this year could be a little less festive with Covid-19 still on the horizon. But The Works ...
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Photographer Kelvin Yuen, Birdy Chu's "Masked Life" & in the studio: Giocoso Trio
We begin the show by venturing to the great outdoors and to the world of landscape photography. Given that Hong Kong is known as one of the world’s most densely populated cities, its relatively unspoilt landscapes are often and easily overlooked and un...
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Artist Lo Lai-lai, Francis Alÿs @ Tai Kwun & in the studio: singer-songwriter Lili Forest
Natalie Lo Lai-lai describes herself as half-farmer and half-artist/journalist. Her interest in the natural world, and in food and farming, has led her to practice what is often called a “slash” career or “slash” lifestyle. After receiving a WMA Commis...