Shadow Puppet Theatre: Thumbelina
Storytime
Please watch a shadow puppet performance of Thumbelina (Performed in Cantonese with English subtitles).
Creative Time
Around the world, shadow puppets are a popular traditional art form. To produce the lively shadows, cut-out puppets are fixed to rods and held between a source of light and a screen. If you’d like to make your own shadow puppet theatre, prepare an empty shoebox as your stage, a torch as your source of light and learn more in the video above.
“Standard Chartered Arts in the Park 2025” has been cancelled
Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation is profoundly saddened by the No. 5 fire that broke out at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po yesterday and expresses our deepest condolences to the victims and their families. The Foundation has decided to cancel “Standard Chartered Arts in the Park 2025”, originally scheduled to take place in Causeway Bay on 29 and 30 November 2025.