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Against Corruption to produce a play to promote an anti-bribery message to secondary school students.

Hong Kong Sinfonietta

Established in 1990, the Hong Kong Sinfonietta prides itself on the

itself predominantly local makeup of its musicians. Under the music directorship of the renowned Hong Kong conductor Yip Wing-sie, the orchestra tries to make orchestral music accessible to everybody through its versatile programming, which ranges from classical concerts to cutting-edge fusion with other creative art forms. In 2007, the orchestra gave over 70 performances, including the Asian première of Peter & the Wolf - the Film, and a re-interpretation of Igor Stravinsky's A Soldier's Story, with its dèbut being made at the Shanghai Spring International Music Festival.

Theatre Ensemble

Established in 1993 under the artistic direction of the co-founders and associate artistic directors Jim Chim and Olivia Yan, Theatre Ensemble has endeavoured to create physical theatre works that are creative and humorous.

In addition to the resident programme, PIP Let's Play, the company organised various art educational activities including Stage Reading Chamber, Art Tour and Weekend Theatre, which are free admission programmes to promote art appreciation.

The company's major productions in 2007 included premières of My Life as a TV and Of Wills and Willpower, a re-run of Man of la Tiger (7th run) and L'empereur du Chant (3rd run), children theatre productions of The Secret Garden of Red Hoodlet, Villain Village and Chubby Chubby Sheep Sheep, and The Game. The last production was held in Shanghai at the invitation of the Shanghai Theatre Academy.

Zuni Icosahedron

Zuni Icosahedron is a multimedia experimental theatre group founded in 1982. It has since been making new creative attempts in the various aspects of theatre. It has also actively participated in the areas of arts education, arts criticism, arts policy research and international cultural exchange.

In 2007, Zuni presented five new productions including social theatre East Wing West Wing 5: 2097 Back to the Ching Chiu and All You Want to Complain about Hong Kong TV; multimedia architectural music theatre The Life and Times of Louis I. Kahn 2007; life insight theatre Hua-yen Sutra, and commissioned Kunqu opera Tang Xianzu's Dream on Dreams (Nanjing Preview).

Visual Arts Groups

1a space

1a space is an independent and non-profit-making visual arts organisation founded by a group of Hong Kong arts workers in 1998. It is an open platform to cultivate and nurture local artistic talents with the aim of promoting the critical dissemination of contemporary visual arts practices and affiliated art forms.