Hong Kong School Drama Festival
Video of 'Introduction to Hong Kong School Drama Festival'
The Hong Kong School Drama Festival (the Festival) aims to encourage primary and secondary schools to develop drama as a regular co-curricular activity in school. By participating in drama training and performance, students can achieve a balanced and whole-person development with enriched learning experiences. The activity is partially subsidised by the Lok Sin Tong Benevolent Society, Kowloon. The events of the Festival will be organised in three phases, i.e. the Training Phase, the School Performance Phase and the Public Performance Phase.
Drama performances are categorised under three language groups:
Level | Language Group | ||
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Primary School | Cantonese Group | English Group | Putonghua Group |
Secondary School | Cantonese Group | English Group | Putonghua Group |
Performance duration of each play:
Primary Schools: 15-20 minutes
Secondary Schools: 20-30 minutes
Points to Note
Schedule of the Festival
Phase | Date | Venue |
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Training Phase | November - December (School Drama Training Course) July - August (Outstanding Student Drama Training Course) | Venues arranged by the co-organiser |
School Performance Phase | February - March | School halls, activity room or other venues arranged by the participating schools |
Public Performance Phase | May | Venues managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department or other performance venues |
Remarks:
Training Phase:
School Performance Phase:
Participating schools will be grouped randomly according to different language groups. Each school has to produce a play for adjudication on-site on a specified date as agreed. Venues for the performance can be the school hall, activity room or other places arranged by the participating schools. Please arrange audiences (students/parents) to attend the performance. A post-performance talk will be conducted by the adjudicators right after the school performance.
Public Performance Phase:
Drama teams with outstanding performances at the School Performance Phase will be invited to perform in the public. Some of the prizes for the School Performance Phase will also be presented at the prize presentation ceremony in this Phase.
Prizes for the School Performance Phase
* Adjudicators may, at their absolute discretion, award the above prizes to schools and students.
School Drama Handbook (Available in Chinese version only)
School List of Public Performances 2024/25