Directed by Ian Loy (Singapore)
The 13th edition of Huayi – Chinese Festival of Arts returns to Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay on the second day of Chinese New Year in 2015 from 20 February to 1 March 2015. Huayi 2015 inspires everyone to live life to the fullest with some of the most dynamic artistic expressions by eminent Chinese artists from Singapore and beyond.
by Edward Lam Dance Theatre
You can catch Singapore Chinese Orchestra’s Savage Land – An Opera in Concert directed by Goh Boon Teck; Nu Shu – The Secret Songs of Women by the Metropolitan Festival Orchestra led by world-renowned composer and conductor Tan Dun, Rice by Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan or Travel With Mum by The Nonsensemakers. Hong Kong’s celebrated director Edward Lam presents his latest work What is Sex? which presents his modern theatrical adaptation of Chinese classic Dream of the Red Chamber that explores man’s unceasing desire to fill the void in life.
Other prominent Singapore artists presented at the festival will include Mandopop Artist Olivia Ong, sing-songwriters Ling Kai and Hanjin as well as NAC’s Young Artist Award recipient Ian Loy.
Tickets to Huayi – Chinese Festival of Arts 2015 can be purchased from Esplanade’s Box Office and SISTIC. Visit http://www.huayifestival.com/2015/ for full programme line up.
