Hong Kong will host the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Culture and Arts Festival for the first time next month. The festival, the fourth of its kind, will run from October 19 to November 24, and will feature more than 100 programmes, including the opening programme "Sound River", a music in motion programme "ChoreoMusica Soiree", and dance drama "Wing Chun". Doreen Lau, chief manager (cultural exchange and pop culture) at the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, said the festival will foster cultural exchanges and talent co-operation between the 11 cities in the GBA. "The first characteristic is to collaborate with arts institutes and artists in the Greater Bay Area to co-produce programmes to be performed in Hong Kong, showcasing the in-depth exchange and collaboration between Hong Kong and other GBA cities," she said. "Second, we create some cross-disciplinary performing arts programme so that the audience can enjoy a new theatre experience. Thirdly, we will tour high-quality programmes produced by the Hong Kong arts groups to the GBA cities to promote the Chinese culture and to tell a good Chinese story to the world." Lau said the festival, themed “Integration in Diversity - Power and Possibilities”, will showcase the city's strength as an East meets West centre for international cultural exchange. "We encourage our artists and arts groups to collaborate with the arts institutes and artists in the GBA area so that they could bring new productions to all audiences in the GBA cities and all the world," she said.
