Kwai Tsing Theatre
| Kwai Tsing Theatre | |
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| 葵青劇院 | |
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Overview of the theatre and forecourt
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 Kwai Tsing Theatre
Location within Hong Kong
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Performing arts venue |
| Address | No. 12 Hing Ning Road Kwai Chung, New Territories Hong Kong |
| Opened | November 1999 |
| Cost | HK$468 million |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Architectural Services Department |
| Structural engineer | Ove Arup & Partners |
| Quantity surveyor | DG Jones & Partners (HK) Ltd |
| Main contractor | China International Water & Electric Corporation |
| Website | |
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Kwai Tsing Theatre (Chinese: 葵青劇院) is a major performance venue in Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is located in Kwai Fong, near Kwai Fong MTR station. It was built by the Regional Council and opened in November 1999 to provide a medium-size venue for performances. It has a 899-seat auditorium, a black box theatre, and various smaller function rooms.
A working group appointed by the Recreation and Culture Select Committee of the former Regional Council presented a report, on 13 May 1989, that observed "a dearth of purpose-built, well-located, medium-sized civic centres" in the council's service area. As a result, the council began studying building such a venue within Kwai Tsing District.
On 31 May 1990 the council approved, in principle, the provision of a new civic centre in Kwai Tsing District. In the planning stages it was called the Kwai Tsing Civic Centre.
Construction began in 1994. The theatre was planned and designed by the Architectural Services Department, a department of the Hong Kong Government. It was engineered by Ove Arup & Partners and built by China International Water & Electric Corporation.
The theatre was officially opened by Lau Wong-fat, chairman of the Provisional Regional Council, on 18 November 1999. It cost HK$468 million. Since 2000, the theatre has been managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD).
In early 2008, the exhibition gallery was converted into the LCSD's first black box theatre. The renovation was completed in response to local arts groups concerned by the shortage of smaller performance venues in Hong Kong.
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