CCOHK premieres Space Fantasy - a musical spectacular on 29 and 30 August 2026 at Tsuen Wan Town Hall Auditorium
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29 AUG 2026 (SAT) 3:00pm & 7:30pm30 AUG 2026 (SUN) 3:00pmTsuen Wan Town Hall Auditorium Presented by City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 12 August 2026 – Space Fantasy - an outer space musical spectacular for all the family - premieres in Hong Kong on 29 and 30 August 2026 at the Tsuen Wan Town Hall Auditorium.This exciting new productionis created by award-winning playwright Leanne Nicholls with music by Luna Pan and Miles Brown. The show tells the story of an alien called Fluto who, after intercepting NASA's Voyager 1, discovers the Voyager Golden Record. He embarks on a journey to planet Earth in search of Bach's music and meets Astrid, who is preparing a Bach partita for her school competition. Their encounter leads to a fantastical spaceship ride to Europa, the fourth largest moon of Jupiter, where they perform in the Stars of the Cosmos show.
Space Fantasy promises to delight all ages with an exhilarating mix of live orchestral, theremin and electronic music performances, combined with theatre, song, dance, digital art and circus acts. Three performances will take place on Saturday 29 August 2026, 3:00pm and 7:30pm, and on Sunday 30 August 2026, 3:00pm. The show is performed in English and suitable for ages 3 and above. Tickets are priced at $600, $400, $250 and $120 and available at URBTIX. A 50% discount is applicable for full-time students, senior citizens aged 60 and above, Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients and people with disabilities and their accompanying minder. CCOHK's previous musical creations, including Bug Symphony and WILD (The Musical), have garnered international recognition at the YAMawards in Portugal (2017) and Belgium (2022), respectively. Space Fantasy marks CCOHK's first appearance at Tsuen Wan Town Hall Auditorium under the LCSD's Venue Partnership Scheme. The project is financially supported by the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme of the Government of the HKSAR. The Creatives Space Fantasy is an original work based on astory by Leanne Nichollswith music by Luna Pan and Miles Brown, a leading performer/composer of the theremin. The performance is produced and directed by CCOHK's Artistic Director Leanne Nicholls with physical theatre direction by Ines Hu from Vienna. The creatives also include Isaac Wong (set design), Billy Chan (lighting design), Twinny Cheng (costume design), Pattuvelil Prasannan Prasyam (digital video design), Kester Lee (sound design) and Margo Lau and Betty Wan (make-up design). The Cast Space Fantasy features a stellar cast of actors, singers, musicians, dancers and circus artistsfromHong Kong, Japan, Australia and Germany. Ten-year-old Adeline Wong, a triple-threat harpist-singer-actor from Hong Kong, performs the lead role of Astrid. She appears alongside Gabor Vosteen, a world-acclaimed recorder virtuoso and non-verbal comedian-actor-circus artist who is cast as the Alien Fluto. Other cast members include singer/actress Jessica Peralta (as Astrid's Mother), actor Christopher Price (as Zerk, Host of the Stars of the Cosmos Show), theremin virtuoso Miles Brown (as Jupiter), mirror ball artist Valerie Murzak (as Neptune), singers Janees Wong (as Venus) and CHANKA (as Mercury) and hoop artist Grace Hoop (as Saturn). The cast also includes two exceptional artists from Japan - popping and animation dancer Kazuho Monster (as Earth's Moon), a true master of the moonwalk and four arm juggler ON (as Uranus). Theremin Demonstration by Miles BrownMon 31 AUG 2026, 7:00pm-9:00pmPhilharmonic Club, 21/F Skyway Centre, 23 Queen's Road West, Sheung Wan, Hong KongTickets: $100 per person. Walk-in accepted or register by email: info@ccohk.com Space Fantasy features the theremin, an electronic instrument invented by the Russian scientist Léon Theremin in 1920. It is the only musical instrument in existence todaythat is played without physical contact. The player moves his/her hands around two protruding metal antennae. One antenna controls the frequency (or pitch), the other the amplitude (or volume), and both are motion sensitive. To form a musical line, the player moves his/her hands near the antennae and appears to find the notes from mid-air. The theremin's eerie sound is often heard on movie soundtracks associated with aliens and science fiction themes. Famous examples include It Came from Outer Space (1953), The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) and Tim Burton's Mars Attacks! (1996). Miles Brown, a leading performer of the theremin, studied with theremin virtuoso Lydia Kavina, a direct relative of Theremin himself. He will give a demonstration on how this intriguing instrument works at the Philharmonic Club in Sheung Wan on 31 August 2026, 7:00pm to 9:00pm. Further Enquiries: 2864 2156. Luna Pan composer Luna Pan is an award-winning screen, advertising and game composer based in Sydney, Australia. She holds a Master of Arts in Orchestration for...

