“The Green Zone” is directed by Paul Greengrass and stars Matt Damon. The two of them last worked together on the Jason Bourne movies, so naturally the film is being referred to in some quarters as Bourne in Baghdad. This time though, Matt Damon is in ...
The first "Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition" was held in 1975. Its aim is to provide an open platform to show outstanding works by Hong Kong artists.Now, the "Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition" has been renamed ”The Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial...
And, in our studio, a man who has been playing guitar since he was three, and doing so on national TV in Britain when he was eight. He was also guitarist of the supergroup Asia. Now he spends a lot of his time teaching, and conducting guitar clinics. H...
Movie music composer Simon Boswell had the idea for the Blink project in 2002, while watching a newscast in a hotel room.He takes news footage of people blinking and adds a soundtrack. As a composer of music for films, he wanted to create a synergy bet...
With the economy in Europe and in the United States still sluggish, the art market’s attention is increasingly turning to Asia. The Hong Kong International Art Fair, now in its third year, has become one of the most important in the region. Gallery own...
In our studio, pianist Ben van Tienen and singer Damien Bermingham appear to perform "Mr Cellophane" from "Chicago the Musical", which is currently showing in Hong Kong
The Music Is Free Foundation was set up by jingle writer Adrian Tsing and freelance music artist Gloria Tang with a philosophy that music should not be unaffordable for anyone who loves it.Their students can pay as little as one dollar a month for four...
“I Love you Phillip Morris” is a mainstream Hollywood cautionary tale and romance that stars Jim Carrey and Ewan Macgregor as two men in love. With each other. Steven Russell begins as a perfect father, a churchgoing Christian, and a policeman, but dec...
Last Friday, the Hong Kong Fringe Club invited about 50 Hong Kong artists, museum curators, art administrators, art students, and members of the press on a two-day trip to Guangzhou. It included visits to more than ten art spaces and venues around the ...
“Little Snow White” was published in 1812 in “Children's and Household Tales”, better known today as “Grimms' Fairy Tales”, a collection of stories that had been handed down through generations. There have since been many interpretations and adaptation...
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About The Works
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RTHK' s The Works focuses on Hong Kong's arts and cultural scene.
The Works features news and reviews of visual and performing arts, design, literary and other “ works ” .
Added illumination comes from interviews with leading performers and producers, interspersed with updates on events affecting the development of the territory 's artistic and cultural life. There's also in – most weeks – a live studio performance.
The Works is aired on RTHK 32 every Wednesday at 21:30 & RTHK 31 every Saturday at 16:00.
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