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 ¡V 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.