{"id":85460,"date":"2026-09-16T20:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T12:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=85460"},"modified":"2026-09-16T20:34:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T12:34:00","slug":"hong-kong-theatre-legend-fredric-mao-launches-foundation-to-boost-citys-performing-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=85460","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong theatre legend Fredric Mao launches foundation to boost city\u2019s performing arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/09\/16\/8686074d-4460-4e8c-8b7b-a02017ee8983_1c29596e.jpg?itok=5kscZbyF&amp;v=1789530824\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">\u201cWhen you\u2019re my age, you start to think about legacy,\u201d says 79-year-old <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Fredric Mao Chun-fai<\/span>, a Hong Kong theatre veteran behind many of the city\u2019s original stage productions and a pioneer in connecting the local theatre industry to the world.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">This month, he launched the Mao Chun-fai Performing Arts Charity Foundation to further talent development, research and creation across Hong Kong\u2019s theatre landscape.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The foundation aims to: nurture the next generation of theatre talent and develop international productions rooted in local culture; help mid-career theatre artists further their careers through new productions and research projects; and cultivate theatre appreciation within the community.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">For five decades, Mao has been instrumental in shaping Hong Kong theatre.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/arts\/article\/3367573\/hong-kong-theatre-legend-fredric-mao-launches-foundation-boost-citys-performing-arts?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re my age, you start to think about legacy,\u201d says 79-year-old Fredric Mao Chun-fai, a Hong Kong theatre veteran behind many of the city\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[4681,1889,6946,5873,30105,3569,5231,4131,1968,11421,1921,6911],"class_list":["post-85460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-arts","tag-boost","tag-citys","tag-foundation","tag-fredric","tag-hong","tag-kong","tag-launches","tag-legend","tag-mao","tag-performing","tag-theatre","wpcat-33-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}