Deconstructing Theatre for a Panoramic Perspective — Theatre Talks and Workshops Series: Scenography Workshop
Cultural & Leisure
12-03-2026
From scriptwriting, dramaturgy to scenography — discover the core of creating for the theatre from diverse entry points.
What draws us into a piece of theatre as it evolves from an idea into a stage play? Is it the dramatic tension in the script, the unfolding of visual metaphors, or the details in the various segments that slowly take shape?
There may be more than one answer to this: it has to be determined by the interaction between the links, and each plays a significant part.
This series charts a creative journey through three key theatrical disciplines — playwriting, dramaturgy, and scenography.
By exploring the genesis of a story, the construction of narrative logic, the imaginative potential of spatial and visual elements on stage, and the insights of local theatre creators, we invite you to step into multiple entry points of theatre-making and find more creative possibilities with us.
Scenography Workshop
Speakers: Cindy Ho and Jan Wong
Date：
Session 1—5.3.2026 (Thu) : Costume Design
Session 2—12.3.2026 (Thu) : Spatial Design
Session 3—19.3.2026 (Thu) : Costume × Space
Venue：Function Room AC2, Level 4, Administration Building, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Time：7:30 pm
Workshop Overview
How do costume and spatial design interact to create non-verbal narratives in performance?
This three-part workshop will deconstruct and integrate various elements of scenography, and explore how the dialogue between costume and space can unlock creativity and realise the boundless possibilities of theatrical design.
Costume Design
The speaker will take the audience on a walk-through of her works to analyse how costume design functions as a narrative medium — how texture, silhouette, and bodily movement can convey the characters’ emotions, show period and background of the drama, and shape the storyline. Participants will also engage in a hands-on component involving prototype-making, so as to give them a first-hand experience of the process behind sculpting form and presence through costume.
Spatial Design
What is a performance space? How is an audience’s perspective shaped? By drawing from his own works, the speaker will explain the varying audience perspectives, trace the design process and collaboration with other creative leads. Through clear and accessible analysis, participants will come to understand the role of spatial design in a performance — how every object and setting shape the perception and associations of both performer and viewer. This session offers an in-depth look into how spatial/scenographic environments are conceived and realised.
Costume × Space
This session brings together the two key elements of design – costume and space – by juxtaposing characters and stage space. Then from a seminal idea, the creativity journey begins, as time, place, people, and narrative of the performance come together and gradually take form through scenographic thinking.
Speaker's biography
Cindy Ho
Cindy Ho graduated from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, majoring in Stage and Costume Design. She specialises in intermedia collaboration, with works spanning drama, opera, and dance. She co-directed the musical Re: Bluebeard's Castle, and designed the costumes in La Bohème, Next to Normal, and It's Only the End of the World among others. She has collaborated with the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre on over ten productions, including After Life and Attempts on Her Life. Ho's design work in contemporary dance is equally acclaimed, as seen in the visual dynamics in many productions by the City Contemporary Dance Company. Her innovative design for Marriage has won multiple awards, a testimony to her strong foundation in theatre aesthetics. Ho was Artist-in-Residence and Guest Lecturer in Stage Design at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts' Theatre Design Department, and continues to work as an independent stage artist.
Jan Wong
Specialising in spatial design, his design practice spans theatre, dance, musicals, exhibitions and opening programmes.
In recent years, his theatre, concerts and dance designs were seen in Hu Xueyan, My Dear, Scapin in Jiānghú, Chapter 2023, Love and Samsara, Princess Der Ling and Empress Cixi, Principle, The Miracles of the Namiya General Store, Skylight, Fly Poor to the Moon, Journey to the West, Miss Julie, The Doctor, Le Fils, The Play That Goes Wrong, Nezha: Untold Solitude, The Legend of Lanling, Kung Fu Artistry and many more.
He also actively involved in spatial planning for large-scale exhibitions and opening programmes, collaborating with organisations including HKLSS, CHUBB, HSBC, and others. From 2024 to 2025, served as spatial designer for the Hong Kong Pavilions at the 20th and 21st China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair, as well as the 18th and 19th Hangzhou Cultural & Creative Industry Expo.
Wong has received many awards in different categories, including stage design awards for The Island Whispers, Reveries of the Red Chamber, Hu XueYan, My Dear (2018 revival), Nezha: Untold Solitude, and Don Quixote. In 2024, he won the Best Make-up and Styling Award at the Hong Kong Drama Awards for Scapin in Jiānghú, Chap. 2023. He won the Award for Young Artist (Drama) at the 19th Hong Kong Arts Development Awards in 2025.
What draws us into a piece of theatre as it evolves from an idea into a stage play? Is it the dramatic tension in the script, the unfolding of visual metaphors, or the details in the various segments that slowly take shape?
There may be more than one answer to this: it has to be determined by the interaction between the links, and each plays a significant part.
This series charts a creative journey through three key theatrical disciplines — playwriting, dramaturgy, and scenography.
By exploring the genesis of a story, the construction of narrative logic, the imaginative potential of spatial and visual elements on stage, and the insights of local theatre creators, we invite you to step into multiple entry points of theatre-making and find more creative possibilities with us.
Scenography Workshop
Speakers: Cindy Ho and Jan Wong
Date：
Session 1—5.3.2026 (Thu) : Costume Design
Session 2—12.3.2026 (Thu) : Spatial Design
Session 3—19.3.2026 (Thu) : Costume × Space
Venue：Function Room AC2, Level 4, Administration Building, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Time：7:30 pm
Workshop Overview
How do costume and spatial design interact to create non-verbal narratives in performance?
This three-part workshop will deconstruct and integrate various elements of scenography, and explore how the dialogue between costume and space can unlock creativity and realise the boundless possibilities of theatrical design.
Costume Design
The speaker will take the audience on a walk-through of her works to analyse how costume design functions as a narrative medium — how texture, silhouette, and bodily movement can convey the characters’ emotions, show period and background of the drama, and shape the storyline. Participants will also engage in a hands-on component involving prototype-making, so as to give them a first-hand experience of the process behind sculpting form and presence through costume.
Spatial Design
What is a performance space? How is an audience’s perspective shaped? By drawing from his own works, the speaker will explain the varying audience perspectives, trace the design process and collaboration with other creative leads. Through clear and accessible analysis, participants will come to understand the role of spatial design in a performance — how every object and setting shape the perception and associations of both performer and viewer. This session offers an in-depth look into how spatial/scenographic environments are conceived and realised.
Costume × Space
This session brings together the two key elements of design – costume and space – by juxtaposing characters and stage space. Then from a seminal idea, the creativity journey begins, as time, place, people, and narrative of the performance come together and gradually take form through scenographic thinking.
Speaker's biography
Cindy Ho
Cindy Ho graduated from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, majoring in Stage and Costume Design. She specialises in intermedia collaboration, with works spanning drama, opera, and dance. She co-directed the musical Re: Bluebeard's Castle, and designed the costumes in La Bohème, Next to Normal, and It's Only the End of the World among others. She has collaborated with the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre on over ten productions, including After Life and Attempts on Her Life. Ho's design work in contemporary dance is equally acclaimed, as seen in the visual dynamics in many productions by the City Contemporary Dance Company. Her innovative design for Marriage has won multiple awards, a testimony to her strong foundation in theatre aesthetics. Ho was Artist-in-Residence and Guest Lecturer in Stage Design at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts' Theatre Design Department, and continues to work as an independent stage artist.
Jan Wong
Specialising in spatial design, his design practice spans theatre, dance, musicals, exhibitions and opening programmes.
In recent years, his theatre, concerts and dance designs were seen in Hu Xueyan, My Dear, Scapin in Jiānghú, Chapter 2023, Love and Samsara, Princess Der Ling and Empress Cixi, Principle, The Miracles of the Namiya General Store, Skylight, Fly Poor to the Moon, Journey to the West, Miss Julie, The Doctor, Le Fils, The Play That Goes Wrong, Nezha: Untold Solitude, The Legend of Lanling, Kung Fu Artistry and many more.
He also actively involved in spatial planning for large-scale exhibitions and opening programmes, collaborating with organisations including HKLSS, CHUBB, HSBC, and others. From 2024 to 2025, served as spatial designer for the Hong Kong Pavilions at the 20th and 21st China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair, as well as the 18th and 19th Hangzhou Cultural & Creative Industry Expo.
Wong has received many awards in different categories, including stage design awards for The Island Whispers, Reveries of the Red Chamber, Hu XueYan, My Dear (2018 revival), Nezha: Untold Solitude, and Don Quixote. In 2024, he won the Best Make-up and Styling Award at the Hong Kong Drama Awards for Scapin in Jiānghú, Chap. 2023. He won the Award for Young Artist (Drama) at the 19th Hong Kong Arts Development Awards in 2025.