Hong Kong’s third cultural Asia+ Festival will feature plays, concerts, performances and other activities by artists from over 30 countries
This year’s third Asia+ Festival, which will include more than 100 stage productions, dance performances, concerts and other presentations featuring leading artists from more than 30 countries across Asia and beyond, runs from September 19 to November 30.
The festival – presented by the city’s Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau and organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department – aims to highlight international cultural collaboration, in particular countries in Asia and those linked by the Belt and Road Initiative, China’s plan to develop a global trading network.
It opens with the reimagining of Anton Chekhov’s play The Cherry Orchard. The Korean-language version, which sees an heiress return home to find her chaebol family’s business and estate – including a renowned cherry orchard – under threat, stars Jeon Do-yeon, winner of the Cannes best-actress award in 2007, and Park Hae-soo, who appeared in Netflix’s hit series Squid Game. Its Seoul run was a sell-out – as are the three Hong Kong performances, which form the first stop on its world tour.
