Operation Santa Claus: Hong Kong children learn how to use masks to express themselves at workshop with theatre group
- Six children from OSC beneficiaries learn how to make masks and act with them during two-day session with The Nonsensemakers in November 2021
- Event is part of OSC’s performing arts theme and sponsored by UBS
A Hong Kong theatre group has given some underprivileged children a lesson on using masks to express themselves.
Local theatre group The Nonsensemakers held a two-day mask-making workshop on November 13 and 20 for six primary school children from three beneficiaries of Operation Santa Claus – an annual charity initiative organised by the South China Morning Post and public broadcaster RTHK since 1988.
The event, part of OSC’s performing arts theme last year, was sponsored by global banking giant UBS, who also sent nine staff as volunteers to help children make masks.
“Children’s views are unique. Our job was to guide them through their thought process and what they want to express on their masks,” said Angel Yeung Wai-hing, of UBS.
One child, she added, wanted a mask with a moustache and a tall nose; another just wanted something to cover his face while he slept.
“And one girl wanted to make a mask for her mother because she says her mother doesn’t think much of her own looks, so the girl wanted to show her that she is beautiful with the help of the mask,” Yeung said.
