Hong Kong’s East Kowloon Cultural Centre opens first venue with ‘art tech’ show
The Theatre at the EKCC kicks things off with Remediation Ensemble, a mixed-media musical performance in which appliances become instruments
Following a three-year construction delay, the East Kowloon Cultural Centre (EKCC) in Kowloon Bay is finally opening its first venue with a production that will set the tone and vision of the new hub – in art tech.
The Theatre, a 550-seat venue that is one of five theatres and concert halls planned for the arts complex, will kick things off with Remediation Ensemble, a stage performance that combines arts and technology and runs between October 17 and 19.
The EKCC is a HK$4 billion (US$515 million) arts complex that sits on part of the former Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate. It broke ground in 2016 and was originally slated to open in 2021 before being delayed to 2023, and then to 2024.
When it was conceived in 2006, the project was to serve as a multipurpose performance venue for residents of East Kowloon neighbourhoods spanning Kwun Tong to Wong Tai Sin. In the years since, the EKCC has adopted an “art tech” focus, in line with the government’s 2015 announcement that it would turn Kowloon East into a “smart city pilot area”.
