Hong Kong School Drama Festival

The aim of the Hong Kong School Drama Festival is to encourage primary and secondary schools to develop drama as a regular co-curricular activity. With the sponsorship of the Lok Sin Tong Benevolent Society, Kowloon, the Education Bureau has commissioned the Hong Kong Art School of Hong Kong Arts Centre to organize the Festival on our behalf. The Festival this year can accommodate a maximum of 535 drama teams. Similar to last year, the events of the Festival will be organized in three phases, including the Training Phase, School Performance Phase and Public Performance Phase

EVENT	DATE	VENUE
Training Courses on Drama for School Teachers	November – December 2008	Hong Kong Art School or other Venues assigned
Pre-Performance Briefing	Early or Mid of January 2009	Hong Kong Art School
School Performance Phase	9-27 February 2009	Assembly halls of participating schools or other venues to be arranged by the schools.
Public Performance Phase	14-18 April 2009	Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre
	29 April - 1 May 2009	Yuen Long Theatre
	5 to 9 May 2009 & 25 to 31 May 2009	Tsuen Wan Town Hall
Drama Training Course for Outstanding Students	July to August 2009	Hong Kong Art School or other venues assigned

Entries in the drama performances are categorized as follows:

LEVEL	CATEGORIES
Primary	Cantonese	English	Putonghua
Secondary	Cantonese	English	Putonghua

To facilitate the production of a play in the School Performance Phase, secondary schools will receive a cash grant of $2,250 for each of the three categories of entries (i.e. English, Cantonese and Putonghua), while primary schools will receive $2,050 each. For those primary and secondary schools which are to be invited to perform in the Public Performance Phase, they will be eligible for an additional cash grant of $2,600 for each play.