Hong Kong Showcases Vibrant Arts at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025

2025-08-22 00:06 Last Updated At：00:18

Hong Kong performers bring East-meets-West creativity to Edinburgh Festival Fringe

The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, London (London ETO) supported three Hong Kong performance programmes at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025, highlighting the city's vibrant arts scene. The performances featured the One Table Two Chairs Charitable Foundation, zheng musician Wan Xing and a cappella group Yat Po Singers.

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Hong Kong performers bring East-meets-West creativity to Edinburgh Festival Fringe Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

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Hong Kong performers bring East-meets-West creativity to Edinburgh Festival Fringe Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

The Director-General of the London ETO, Miss Fiona Chau, addressed the audience before two performances staged on August 20 (Edinburgh time). She highlighted Hong Kong's vision of further enhancing its role as an East-meets-West centre for international cultural exchange, as supported by the National 14th Five-Year Plan.

"The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government is firmly committed to nurturing home-grown talent and expanding global opportunities for our artists. We are investing in world-class arts infrastructure, such as the new 50 000-seat stadium at the Kai Tak Sports Park, and have launched flagship events such as the inaugural Hong Kong Performing Arts Expo in 2024, which gathered leading artists and institutions from around the world," Miss Chau remarked.

Noting the growing connections between Hong Kong and Edinburgh, particularly in the cultural and business sectors, Miss Chau welcomed Edinburgh enterprises to explore the diverse business opportunities that Hong Kong has to offer. She highlighted the introduction of a two-tier liquor duty system in Hong Kong last year as an example of the city's strategy to facilitate business. This initiative has encouraged the trade and auctions of high-end liquor in Hong Kong, thereby giving impetus to the development of other high value-added sectors such as logistics and storage, tourism, as well as high-end food and beverage consumption. These developments open the door for even broader collaboration between Edinburgh and Hong Kong.

Running from August 1 to 25 in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom (UK), the Festival showcased three Hong Kong programmes: "Cantonese Opera x Children's Interactive Theatre: Dic Dic Chang Chang Playground" by One Table Two Chairs Charitable Foundation; "Rock Hard – A Theatrical A Cappella Adventure" by Yat Po Singers; and "Waves of Tradition: A New Horizon in Scottish-Chinese Music" by Wan and two UK musicians, Eleanor Dunsdon and Gregor Black. These performances underscored Hong Kong's vibrant cultural contributions and its role in international cultural exchanges.

Experience Hong Kong's Film Culture at Yau Ma Tei Police Station Exhibition Opening January 2, 2026

Online ticket booking for "Yau Ma Tei Police Station: A Cinematic Journey" exhibition to start tomorrow

The "Yau Ma Tei Police Station: A Cinematic Journey" exhibition, presented by the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA) under the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, will open to the public at the Old Yau Ma Tei Police Station on January 2, 2026. Standard ticket is at $30, concessionary ticket for students, elderly, Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients and people with disabilities is at $10 each, while admission of children aged six or below is for free.

Tickets are available online from 10am tomorrow (December 27) for visits from January 2 to 31, 2026. Through the online booking system (cultural.cityline.com/en/2026/ymtacinematicjourneyjan2026.html), visitors may book tickets for admission on a day in the coming 30 days; a maximum of four tickets is allowed per transaction. There is no ticket sale onsite. Each session lasts for 25 minutes. For better user experience, the maximum number of visitors for each session is capped at 20 persons.

The exhibition will open daily for the first two weeks (January 2 to 11) after inauguration, with extended opening hours from 9am to 10pm. Starting from January 12, normal opening hours will resume (see website), and the exhibition will be closed on Mondays (except public holidays).

The "Yau Ma Tei Police Station: A Cinematic Journey" is designed by local filmmakers with exceptional creativity. It allows visitors to experience firsthand the interior design, ambience, and iconic scenes of Hong Kong police and crime films inside a real police station, showcasing the unique creativity behind.

The Old Yau Ma Tei Police Station, situated at 627 Canton Road, is a building in British Edwardian architectural style and a Grade‑2 historic building. The opening of the Old Yau Ma Tei Police Station is one of the projects announced in May 2025 to be implemented by the Working Group on Developing Tourist Hotspots led by the Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration. CCIDA has revitalised the ground floor of the historic building and infused it with Hong Kong's classic police and crime film culture to stage the "Yau Ma Tei Police Station: A Cinematic Journey" exhibition, promoting film tourism and local film culture.

To coincide with the "Yau Ma Tei Police Station: A Cinematic Journey" exhibition, the Yau Tsim Mong District Office, in collaboration with the Yaumati Kaifong Welfare Advancement Association Limited, will organise the Yau Ma Tei Dining and Shopping Festival from January 1 to February 22. The festival aims to promote tourism in Yau Ma Tei by offering a wide range of dining and shopping discounts and offers. In addition to general discounts and offers, visitors who have visited the exhibition will also have exclusive special offers upon presentation of proof of their visit.

For further details of the "Yau Ma Tei Police Station: A Cinematic Journey" exhibition, please visit ymtps.ccidahk.gov.hk.

Hong Kong Showcases Vibrant Arts at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025

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