Upcoming... Men on the Edge and Bun in the Oven

Two upcoming productions in Hong Kong. One by me and one by Stylus Productions.

Shakespeare in the Port

Dear Blogger Friends,

I'm happy to announce that I'll be working on HK's first ever outdoor theatre festival dedicated to promoting the work of William Shakespeare! *applause applause*

This would not have been possible without the fabulous support of the amazing people at Cyberport who believed in my dream of an affordable, accessible Shakespeare festival in HK. I've had this idea for about four years in HK and finally someone was nice enough to sit down with me and listen to my concept.

Here's the link to the festival website. http://www.hongkongshakes.com

You can also find us on twitter and facebook.

We are currently accepting submissions from local HK artists for the festival. Please email me at meaghan@hongkongshakes.com to receive a packet.

Vixens Burlesque

Playing this weekend at Bisous is my latest Burlesque show!
Here's the show info!
8pm, August 30 and 31st. 200hkd including a drink.
http://www.hkeld.com/events/view/257

Due to adult content only persons 18+ are permitted. Thanks!

Hong Kong Shakespeare in the Port: Hong Kong Shakespeare in the Port

Hong Kong Shakespeare in the Port: Hong Kong Shakespeare in the Port: Coming to Cyberport April 2014 is Hong Kong's first outdoor theatre festival fully dedicated to promoting the work of the Bard. Mor...

And the Nominees Are...

The public has voted and chosen the best of the best for the 2012-2013 season! Don't shoot the messenger. Each category has 5 nominees based on the highest number of votes.The nominees appear on the ballot in random order.

We had a tie in the Directing category, so we have 6 nominees in this category.

For acting awards where nominees were nominated for multiple shows, they were nominated for the show with the most votes.

Show names have been removed from the Stage Management category as many of the nominees have worked and been nominated for 3 or more productions they have worked on in the past year and we thought it easier to simply list their names.

To get access to the ballot to vote you need to enter your email into the box on the original post about the awards. It will sent to your email address to assure that the vote is fair.

Heckler Awards

If you liked my awards on my blog last year then you'll be happy to know that my new online zine will be hosting them and making them bigger and better!

These awards are to celebrate local artists in Hong Kong that create theatre and dance. No tours allowed! Nominations begin June 15th and the ceremony will be on September 3rd at Bisous!

Here's the link to the open nomination ballot:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9J56KFX

You can nominate up to 5 persons/shows in each category.

To find out more about the awards and the categories, I recommend you go to my new blog and check out the post that has all the details and has the sign up for where you can get your final ballot.

You can also sign up for the newsletter there. We'll be sending out the invites for the awards party through our mailing list, so make sure you sign up!

http://www.hkeld.com/articles/view/the-20122013-hecklers

Upcoming Art Gallery Show!

New #HKproblems video

We filmed a new video for hkproblems version 2.0

If you missed our first one, it just recently got 12,000 hits on youtube!

#HKproblems_theplay

#HKproblems_theplay
May 5th, 8pm
Doors open at 7:30
Tickets are 200HKD (Discount for groups of 6+)
18+ Adult content.

I have the second run of my original play #HKproblems_theplay happening next Sunday at Grappa's. I would really love it if some of my blogger buddies came and showed their support to the local art scene. I'm paying the actors and the crew, so every ticket counts!

Grappa's Cellar is pretty big and can hold up to 200 people so no need to worry about selling out. Come out and see us! If you want to call in advance and book a nice table right in front you can call 2521-2322 

Here's the press release for the show. We basically were fans of the #hkproblems twitter feed and thought this is fabulous material for a show, someone should do one. Then we thought on it some more... Why can't we write a show about it? 2 weeks later we had a script. In 2 months we had the play rehearsed and we produced our world premiere at Beating Heart. Craig was super supportive of us and I was very grateful to him to giving our dog and pony show a home.

We had reviews come out for the show. See one here.

We had people love us. We had people hate us. Some people called our show, "An Abomination." Others called it,"the best show I've ever seen in Hong Kong".

For the second run we're going to make it bigger and better. We're filming a new youtube segment. We were surprised and shocked to find our video from the first production just recently had 6,000 hits on youtube. 

I hope to see you all there. I promise it'll be better than the inflatable dog shit statue at the WKAD.

Find out even more about the show and the people working on it at our official website!

Taboo 2.0

Despite the fact that I gave Taboo a C last year when I reviewed it City of Dreams was kind enough to personally invite me back for a press trip to see the new and improved version!

Here's a link to the new review.
It's definitely improved for the better.

http://www.hkeld.com/articles/view/reviewtaboocity-of-dreams

Good Morning Hong Kong!

Coming Soon to HK is an original musical called Good Morning Hong Kong!

For my daily updates:

Remember that although this blog is occasionally active you can get my daily updates at my new home hkeld.com

I do daily updates on the hong kong theatre scene. I write blogs on introducing theatre games into your ESL classroom. This is also where you can find my podcast and my interactive calendar.

Coming Soon... Shadowlands

Shadowlands by Hong Kong Players is coming soon.
For more information click here!

Coming Soon... Judas

And no... it's not the Gaga song.

My next show!

I hope you'll come out and support my next show! I wrote it. It's called #HKproblems_theplay

We're performing at Beating Heart, March 21-23, 8pm
150HKD each.
BYO 7-11.

Coming Soon... Glorious

My friend Candice has a play coming soon...
Check it out!

 May 1-5th at the HK Rep
Candice is an awesome director and a very nice lady.
Go support local art!

Upcoming Event: Making HERstory

My friend Jennie is having an event on March 8th! It's for charity and in celebration of International Women's Day! (go ladies...)

Making HERstory
March 8th, 8pm
Bisous, 33 Wyndham St. LKF Tower, 9th Floor
Tickets are 100HKD

Coming Soon...Freud's Last Session

Playing at the McAulay, February 27th- March 3rd, 8pm
Matinee on Saturday
Tickets are 200HKD