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founded in 2024 by @playwitheugene
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That’s a wrap. Our very first Deliberate Play Reading Festival has come to an end. What began as an ambitious idea just over a month ago became: 2 venues. 1 Festival Kickoff. 6 play readings. 1 new Cantonese workshop translation. 5 playwrights. 27 roles. 23 actors. 2 directors. 3 producers. 3 production associates. All driven by passion, generosity, and goodwill. With no funding. We did it. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to every artist who said yes, every audience member who took a chance on unfamiliar plays, and everyone who stayed behind after the readings to talk, argue, laugh, and continue the conversation. Those moments reminded us why live theatre matters. Thank you to the wonderful teams at @barlemna and @zervehk for believing in this festival and opening your spaces to us. This week, contemporary plays that rarely find a platform in Hong Kong met local audiences. A new Cantonese translation took its first steps. New collaborations began. Old friendships were rekindled. New ones were formed. We watched artists from different backgrounds, generations, and disciplines meet one another through stories. That, more than anything else, was the festival we hoped to create. This wasn’t about presenting six readings. It was about asking whether Hong Kong still has room for artistic curiosity—for gathering around a script simply because it’s worth reading, for making things before anyone knows what they’ll become, and for building a community around new work. We leave this week exhausted, grateful, and more convinced than ever that there is an audience—and a community—for this. Thank you for helping us prove it. We’ll see you at the next one. — Eugene, Kathleen, XJ and the Deliberate Collision team by @deliberatecollision
【 活動回顧 Throwback｜當劇本的聲音在玻璃屋文化區裡迴蕩】 連續六個夜晚，六個劇本，無數次靈魂的交會。 在玻璃屋文化區這個光影透亮的文化共享空間裡，我們將時間放慢，把舞台還給最純粹的「語言」與「聲音」。 感謝每一位讀劇演員。沒有繁複的道具與場景，僅憑一張劇本、一支麥克風，以及演員們極具穿透力的聲音與神情，便在空氣中勾勒出無數個立體的世界。每一句台詞的停頓、每一次呼吸的重音，都讓角色的靈魂在空間裡有了形體。 也深深感謝在這個星期走進玻璃屋文化區的每一位你。感謝你們帶著好奇與專注前來，用靜默的聆聽與熱烈的迴響，填滿了這個空間的色彩。因為你們的存在，這場關於戲劇與思考的碰撞，才有了最完美的迴音。 一週的讀劇演繹暫時落幕，但思緒的漣漪仍在延展。願我們在下一個文化角落，再次相遇、再次撞擊出新的火花。 - Six consecutive nights. Six plays. Countless encounters of souls. Within the luminous shared space of the Glasshouse Cultural Area, we slowed down time, restoring the stage to its purest elements—language and voice. Our deepest gratitude goes to every reader-actor. Free from elaborate props and stage sets, relying solely on a script, a microphone, and their captivating voices and expressions, they sculpted vivid, multi-dimensional worlds in the air. Every nuanced pause in dialogue, every measured breath, gave tangible form to the souls of the characters within this space. We are also profoundly grateful to every one of you who stepped into the Glasshouse Cultural Area this week. Thank you for bringing your curiosity and focus, painting the vibrant colors of this space through silent attentiveness and warm resonance. Because of your presence, this collision of theatre and thought found its most flawless echo. Though a week of play readings has drawn to a gentle close, the ripples of thought continue to expand. May we cross paths again in another cultural corner, kindling new sparks together. Special thanks to @deliberatecollision @playwitheugene @kathleenw_ - #香港好去處 #藝文 #週末好去處 #hkcafe #hkculture #lemnaculture #lemnaofthealchemist #barlemna by @deliberatecollision
TONIGHT 7pm @zervehk !!!! — The typhoon is down. The party—and the festival—must go on. Tonight, we kick off the inaugural Deliberate Play Reading Festival. Just over a month ago, this was simply an idea. Thanks to the generosity, trust, and enthusiasm of an incredible community, it has become a week-long festival bringing together more than 30 artists and six challenging and contemporary plays from around the world—works that we believe speak to the questions of our time. Putting something like this together independently hasn’t been easy, but it has been one of the most joyful and rejuvenating experiences we’ve had in a long time. If you’ve been curious about the festival, tonight is the perfect place to begin. Come meet the artists, hear about the plays, enjoy some music, have a drink, and celebrate the start of something we hope will become a lasting part of Hong Kong’s cultural landscape. If you can’t make it tonight, we’d love to see you at one of the readings throughout the week! Only 28 seats per night. Get your tix the soonest!!!!! And if you believe in creating more spaces for artists to gather, experiment, and share new work, we’d love to hear from you. Whether that’s by attending, donating, volunteering, partnering, or simply spreading the word, every bit of support helps an independent festival like this grow. Here’s to a week of theatre, conversation, and new encounters. See you soon. — Eugene & Kathleen #deliberatecollision #deliberatethinking #theatre #hongkongtheatre #plays by @deliberatecollision
JOIN US FOR THE FESTIVAL LAUNCH PARTY!! 🎉 ✨Kick off the inaugural Deliberate Play Reading Festival with us on July 26th! — an evening of great company, new plays, live music, and conversation✨ 💬 Before the readings begin: ✔️Come meet the artists - hear about this year’s festival + the six extraordinary plays we’ve curated from around the world 🎭 ✔️Enjoy a special live band music performance🎸 ✔️Raise a glass with fellow theatre-makers, creatives, and arts lovers🥂 Whether you’re an actor, writer, director, producer, student, or simply curious about contemporary theatre, we’d love to welcome you. If you care about new work, meaningful conversation, and the future of theatre in Hong Kong, this evening is for you 🫵 The Deliberate Play Reading Festival was imagined just four weeks ago and has come to life through the generosity, collaboration, and enthusiasm of an incredible community ❤️ As an independent initiative, all proceeds from the Festival Launch Party will help cover the costs of producing the festival and support the artists and collaborators bringing these readings to the stage 🙏 Come discover new plays! Meet new people! Help us celebrate the beginning of what we hope will become a new annual tradition! See you at the Festival Launch Party!! 👋 - 🔖 Festival Launch Party 🗓️ 26 July 2026 🕛 19:00-21:00 📍Zerve @ Zing! Causeway Bay (@zervehk) 🎟️ TICKETS: 🔸 Early Bird: $280 (or $180 for students!) 🔸 Door Price: $320 ($200 students) 👉 GRAB YOUR SPOT NOW link in bio!! #deliberatecollision #deliberatethinking #theatre #hongkongtheatre #play by @deliberatecollision
We’re honoured and incredibly grateful to share that our LAUNCH PARTY’S special musical guest will be - THE GURRLING ‼️‼️ @thegurrling Tickets are still AVAILABLE online, click the links in our bio 🔗 #deliberatecollision #deliberatethinking #theatre #hongkongtheatre #play by @deliberatecollision
We’re honoured and incredibly grateful to announce that our LAUNCH PARTY’S special comedy guest will be - LILY ‼️‼️ @lilylll__live Tickets are still AVAILABLE online, click the links in our bio 🔗 #deliberatecollision #deliberatethinking #theatre #hongkongtheatre #plays by @deliberatecollision
Collision Salon: The Deliberate Play Reading Festival by Deliberate Collision • 27/7-1/8 (Mon-Sat) Six contemporary plays. Six nights of theatre. One week of conversation. Join us for intimate staged readings, post-show drinks, and the kind of discussions that usually happen after everyone else has gone home. Featuring works by Max Yu, Dominic Finocchiaro, Kathy Ng, Guillermo Calderón and Guelan Varela-Luarca. Presented by Deliberate Collision @deliberatecollision . - 🔖 Festival Launch Party 🗓️ 26 July 2026 📍Zerve @ Zing! Causeway Bay (@zervehk) 🔖 Nightly Readings & Salon Gatherings 🗓️ 27 July - 1 August 2026 🕛 19:30-21:30 📌 Glasshouse Culture Area at Lemna 📍 G/F Restaurant Block, Hong Kong Cultural Centre 🎤 English ✨ Regular tickets: $150 ✨*Early bird tickets: $120 ; *Student early bird: $100 ✨Festival Pass: $500 (20% off for launch party and access + VIP seat reservation for all performances) Click barlemna.com on @barlemna bio now to register! - Eugene Ma @playwitheugene Founder and Artistic Director of Deliberate Collision, Producer and Director A Hong Kong-based performance company exploring the human experience in flux through a third-culture lens. Eugene’s directing interests span text-based theatre, opera, musicals, as well as devised and interdisciplinary performance, with productions presented across Asia, North America, and the UK. He currently teaches at the University of Hong Kong, following appointments at Yale, Columbia, Harvard, Toronto Metropolitan, and HKBU. Kathleen Wong @kathleenw_ Producer and Actor A New York–based actor from Hong Kong. She is best known for Deliberate Collision’s Dance Dance Involution (dir. Eugene Ma), which was brought to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. During her time in New York City pursuing a bachelor’s degree in theatre at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Kathleen has performed in Romeo and Juliet, How to Defend Yourself, Measure for Measure, The Chekhov Project, Away, and Big Love. Her screen credits include Rock Sugar, There Will Be Light, and ViuTV’s Life’s Punchline. #deliberatecollision #deliberatethinking #theatre #hongkongtheatre #plays by @deliberatecollision
Festival Timetable is here 📅✨ Our staged reading festival kicks off with a LAUNCH PARTY on 26th July 🎉 Party till Late!!! Followed by nightly readings from 27th July to 1st August, 7:30–9:30pm 🎭📚 Check out our previous posts to learn ALL about the 6 wonderful plays you’ll get to see in the nightly readings 👀 GRAB TICKETS NOW!!! Check out the full timetable and grab all the details — link in bio 🔗 #deliberatecollision #deliberatethinking #theatre #hongkongtheatre #play by @deliberatecollision
Woah! TICKETS ON SALE NOW!! Click in our bio for tickets!! We hope to see you all at the festival - both the launch party and the festival days!! ✨ We also want to shoutout our whole production team from our curators, producers and directors 📣📣 Swipe through to see the whole team 👉👉👉 #deliberatecollision #deliberatethinking #theatre #hongkongtheatre #play by @deliberatecollision
THEY’RE PERFORMING NEXT WEEK‼️Meet the cast of “Beautiful Princess Disorder”✨ Beautiful Princess Disorder - Collision Salon: The Deliberate Play Reading Festival by Deliberate Collision 🗓️ 1 August 2026 🕛 7:30-9:30pm 📌 Glasshouse, Lemna of the Alchemist Cafe @barlemna 📍 G/F Restaurant Block, Hong Kong Cultural Centre #deliberatecollision #deliberatethinking #theatre #hongkongtheatre #plays by @deliberatecollision
THEY’RE PERFORMING NEXT WEEK‼️Meet the cast of “The Open Mouth of Earth”✨ The Open Mouth of Earth - Collision Salon: The Deliberate Play Reading Festival by Deliberate Collision 🗓️ 28 July 2026 🕛 7:30-9:30pm 📌 Glasshouse, Lemna of the Alchemist Cafe @barlemna 📍 G/F Restaurant Block, Hong Kong Cultural Centre #deliberatecollision #deliberatethinking #theatre #hongkongtheatre #plays by @deliberatecollision
THEY’RE PERFORMING NEXT WEEK‼️Meet the cast of “Nightwatch”✨ Nightwatch - Collision Salon: The Deliberate Play Reading Festival by Deliberate Collision 🗓️ 27 July 2026 🕛 7:30-9:30pm 📌 Glasshouse, Lemna of the Alchemist Cafe @barlemna 📍 G/F Restaurant Block, Hong Kong Cultural Centre #deliberatecollision #deliberatethinking #theatre #hongkongtheatre #plays by @deliberatecollision

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