Tag: HKnightlife

Hot Air Balloon Fest Hong Kong

Hot Air Balloon Fest Hong Kong
Date: 4-7 September 2025
Venue: Central Harbourfront
Tickets: $1,480, $1,080, $880, $680, $200, $150
More info:
Joey 容祖兒 HKlivemusic, HKconcert, Kenny 關智斌, Angela 許靖韻, Ken 洪卓立, Locksmiths 開鎖佬, Aiden 洪助昇, The Lemon Ones, Dark 黃明德, Heize 黃峻熙, ToNick, Endy 周國賢, Hedy 海兒, Andy 黎展峯, Daze in White, VIVA, Arvin 曾傲棐, SULIS, Leo 古巨基, Gin Lee 李幸倪, Vincy 泳兒, Andy 梁釗峰

Cirque Returns to Hong Kong

Cirque du Soleil returns to Hong Kong this week with Kooza, a circus-themed extravaganza that has been extensively reworked since its first appearance here in 2018.

As Duncan Fisher, Chief Show Operations Officer of Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group, said at the launch, the Central Harbourfront venue is a stunning location: watch the sunset before the show commences, enjoy a night-time Star Ferry ride across the harbour afterwards while marvelling at the beauty of our home under lights.

There is something wonderful about seeing a show under the ‘big top’ – so different from our many bland concrete box venues with terrible acoustics – you feel part of the show. Especially since Kooza 2.0 is a much more engaging experience than the original.

A9306183

While the underlying story remains the same. There are new acts – I don’t want to give too many spoilers here – and much of the cast has changed, bringing new and different skills to the show. The band is tight and sounds great under the big top.

After having been a Cirque ‘desert’ – 4 shows in thirty years – the future looks far more exciting with Mr Fisher saying that he hopes to bring a different show to the Hong Kong harbourfront every two years and establish Hong Kong as a signature Cirque city on a par with New York and London. Can’t you just ‘see’ senior government and HKTB officials making heart signs with their hands on hearing that!

A9305952

If there’s one criticism of Kooza, it’s that there’s not an ounce of localisation to the show… How difficult would it be to tweak the clown parts to include a little play on the local stereotypes of each city visited? There is a ‘dog’ in the show which was funny – but I looked at it and thought with Hong Kong’s current panda obsession, how funny it would have been if it had been a panda…

A9306487

A9306613

A9307437

A9307769

Kooza’s season in Hong Kong has been extended to 13 July.

Images: copyright Simon Durrant 

Cirque du Soleil’s Kooza
Date: 21 May – 13 July 2025
Venue: Central Harbourfront
Tickets: $1,988, $1,698, $1,298, $998, $758, $600, $450
More info:
Wednesdays: 7:30pm
Thursdays: 7:30pm
Fridays: 7:30pm
Saturdays: 1pm, 4:30pm, 8pm
Sundays: 1pm & 4:30pm