A new round of the Venue Partnership Scheme will be implemented at the performing arts venues of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department next year. Twenty-two local arts groups and consortia in different art forms have been selected and will be the venue partners at 12 performance venues.

     The new three-year scheme will be held from April 2018 to March 2021. The groups and organisations and the corresponding partnering performing arts venues are:
 

1	Hong Kong City Hall	Concert Hall	Hong Kong Sinfonietta
		Theatre	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
2	Hong Kong Cultural Centre	Concert Hall	Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
			Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
		Grand Theatre	Hong Kong Ballet
			Zuni Icosahedron
3	Kwai Tsing Theatre Auditorium		Chung Ying Theatre Company
			Wind Mill Grass Theatre
4	Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre Theatre		E-Side Dance Company
			Jumbo Kids Theatre and Make Friends With Puppet
5	North District Town Hall Auditorium		Hong Kong Theatre Works
6	Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre Theatre		The Absolutely Fabulous Theatre Connection
7	Sha Tin Town Hall	Auditorium	Hong Kong Dance Company
			The Cantonese Opera Advancement Association (a consortium comprising 15 Cantonese opera troupes: Sun Moon Star Cantonese Opera, Dragon Opera Development Society, Forever Excellence Opera Troupe, Sum Mei Cantonese Opera Songs Association, Yotaka Performing Arts Society, Nan Art Workshop, Ming Fai Cantonese Opera Association, Kam Sing Fai Cantonese Opera, Lung Kui Kam Yuen Court, Wing Cheong Cantonese Opera Promotion Association, Eurana Operatic Arts Assembly, Evergreen Opera Troupe, Hong Kong Society for the Promotions of Cantonese Opera, the Young Academy Cantonese Opera Troupe and Sing Fai Cantonese Opera Promotion Association)
		Cultural Activities Hall	Trinity Theatre and the Radiant Theatre
8	Sheung Wan Civic Centre Theatre		Theatre Dojo and iStage
9	Tsuen Wan Town Hall	Auditorium	Hong Kong Children's Musical Theatre, Millennium Youth Orchestra and Sound of Singers
		Cultural Activities Hall	Ming Ri Institute for Arts Education
10	Tuen Mun Town Hall	Auditorium	Spring-Time Experimental Theatre and Glory Chinese Opera Institute
		Cultural Activities Hall	POP Theatre
11	Yau Ma Tei Theatre Theatre		The Chinese Artists Association of Hong Kong
12	Yuen Long Theatre Auditorium		Hong Kong Performing Stage of Cantonese Opera

     The Venue Partnership Scheme was launched in 2009 as an arts development initiative, aiming to foster partnership between the performance venues and performing arts groups and organisations. Other objectives of the scheme include enhancing the artistic image and character of the venues and their partners, enlarging the audience base, optimising use of facilities, and developing venue-based marketing strategies. The scheme also encourages community involvement in the development of the arts and promotes arts in the community.

Ends/Monday, September 4, 2017
Issued at HKT 12:00

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