Priority Venue Hiring Policy for Cantonese Opera Performances and Special Booking Arrangements

1. Booking applications from Cantonese opera organisations for a continuous booking period of not less than 5 days (including Saturday and Sunday) for 6 performances of Full-length Cantonese Opera and Opera Excerpts by local professional troupes will be accepted within 13 months prior to the month of hire. Booking application will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis upon receipt of application form. The professional troupes submitting the application must meet the following requirements:
   • The hirer must be the organiser and the same troupe must be arranged to stage performances;
   • Each performance in the same hire period shall feature at least six artists on the list of leading artists (i.e. six to eight top leading artists). The role of Man mou sang (the principal male) or Jing yan fa dan (the principal female) shall be played by the same artist in each performance. Except the above leading roles played by the same artists, other leading roles (e.g. Chou sang (the comic role)), if not played by the same artists in each performance, must be taken up by artists of the same level; and
   • The list of leading artists must include at least six local artists. Among them, there can be two local budding artists at most. Other roles can be taken up by non-local professional artists. Self-financed local amateur Cantonese opera singers shall not be included in the main cast.
2. Booking applications for the performances funded by the Cantonese Opera Development Fund “Outstanding Cantonese Opera Pilot Funding Scheme” will be accepted within 13 months prior to the month of hire. For more details about the “Outstanding Cantonese Opera Pilot Funding Scheme”, please visit the website of Cantonese Opera Advisory Committee & Cantonese Opera Development Fund.
3. Full-length Cantonese Opera and Opera Excerpts performances, including those for the first 14 days of the Lunar New Year for paid function, will be accepted not less than 13 months and not more than 24 months in advance of the month of hire.

For the arrangement of these special booking arrangements, please refer to the Booking Arrangements (Auditorium/Cultural Activities Hall/Exhibition Gallery/Minor facilities) below.

Booking Arrangements