Theatre Practice
Upcoming programme
Young Theatre Makers is a bilingual drama programme designed for secondary school students to discover the art of storytelling through playscripts and performance. By blending arts education with critical thinking, the programme encourages students to explore themes that resonate with their own lives—growing up, identity, and the world around them.
At the heart of the programme is a curated collection of 14 original plays written by playwrights from Hong Kong and other cities across Asia and Europe. These scripts, available in both English and Chinese, are written specifically for young people and spark thoughtful dialogue and creativity. Through discussions, rehearsals, and performances, students discover how theatre helps us make sense of the world—and ourselves.
We’d love to tell you more.
Programme details
Key Learning areas
Arts Education; Personal, Social & Humanities Education
Target
S1 – S6
Language
Cantonese or English
Format
In-person
Hours
24 hours of in-school workshops; inter-school exchange and discussion; 8 hours of rehearsal, showcase and post-show discussion
Teachers’ support
Continuous Professional Development (CPD) through active participation and continued guidance
Capacity
Maximum 30 students and 4 teachers per group
About the plays
This programme features 14 original plays by international playwrights invited to Hong Kong and translated as part of AFTEC’s Plays for Young People project. Each play explores coming-of-age experiences, offering students meaningful stories that inspire both performance and conversation.
Playwright
Åsa Lindholm (Stockholm)
Synopsis
A group of young people living in the era of social media who, in different ways, are struggling with life online.
Playwright
Olga Macrinici (Chișinău)
Synopsis
Docuanimal is full of monologues that talk about our relationship to animals in a non-judgmental, borderless and friendly way, full of irony and surprises.
Playwright
Lin Meng Huan (Taichung)
Synopsis
Elpis would not submit to the government’s “Craze for Game, Game for Cash” scheme, and joins E.S.D.F., only to discover dark conspiracies between future humans and AI! This story reflects on the effects of technology on Earth.
Playwright
Milena Bogavac (Belgrade)
Synopsis
A play about families, and what happens when divorce tears them apart. What can be split? What can be shared? One cannot divide love. It is unsplittable.
Playwright
Dr Vicki Ooi (Hong Kong) & Thomas Lawson (London)
Synopsis
A robot-building scientist must choose between losing his son forever and trying something that has never been done before. What happens when we take artificial intelligence to its extreme?
Playwright
Dr Vicki Ooi (Hong Kong) & Thomas Lawson (London)
Synopsis
Fairy tales for all ages, with new characters. Grimm’s Fairy Tales are adapted into a tale of good, evil and teamwork.
Playwright
Anders Duus (Strängnäs)
Synopsis
On friendships, bullying and the fight for popularity, the story follows a group of teenagers who are desperate to change their status and find their place in the world.
Playwright
Khairi Anwar (Kuala Lumpur)
Synopsis
This play received critical acclaim and describes the gulf between teacher and student due to difference in racial and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Playwright
Sara Clifford (London)
Synopsis
Think about disability, support and friendship. A young man and a boy meet at a school for the disabled. They develop a friendship that changes both their lives but will it last?
Playwright
Dragana Tripković (Podgorica)
Synopsis
When witches place a curse on Zan Zano’s family, he has to face the consequences of his actions and learn about responsibility, respect and the power of nature.
Playwright
Nick Wood (Nottingham)
Synopsis
Through an adventure story on friendship, growing up, taking responsibility and learning from the past.
Playwright
Hasan Erkek (Istanbul)
Synopsis
Willard, a retired teacher, is blamed for ruining the life of a former student. He is forced to look back at the man he once was and to understand the consequences of his actions.
Playwright
Chinonyerem Odimba (London)
Synopsis
Attempting to run away and escape his parents’ plans, Badger finds a land beneath our feet that he cannot escape from. This fantastical story looks at what it means to be young – disconnected from nature, and from your identity.
Playwright
Andreea Vălean (Bucharest)
Synopsis
Three young men in a boy’s detention centre kidnap the centre’s warden and a young woman, who plans to conduct a study into juvenile delinquency. The boys demand a helicopter to rescue and set them free. Will they get what they wish for?
During the drama workshop, I not only learnt how to act, but also discovered the importance of teamwork by helping and supporting each other succeed in our final performance. What I enjoyed the most was how we were encouraged to put ourselves in the characters’ shoes. It was really fun and helped me understand the story more!
Student
Youth College (International) – Tsing Yi Site
Students learn to respect the play, analyse the script, and rebuild the scene of a play in a local setting. I like this concept and the design of the programme.
Teacher
How to enrol
For enquiries and enrolment please call (+852) 2520 1716.
Acknowledgement
AFTEC reserves the right to postpone, cancel, modify the programme format or substitute artists / tutors