Theatre Noir is a professional education

Education

Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...

al theatre company in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

, which focuses on the development of educational drama programmes and theatre productions for children and youth, founded in 2007. The founder and Artistic Director is William Yip.

The company was awarded “Caring Company 2008-2009” by the Hong Kong Council of Social Services.

Drama Education

The team has developed and implemented a series of educational programmes in over 150 primary and secondary school

Secondary school

Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...

s in Hong Kong, including: Teachers’ Professional Training, School-based Curriculum Development, Co-curricular / Extra-Curricular activities, Drama

Drama

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...

 Performances and Musical

Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...

 Productions.

They work with artistic and charitable organization

Charitable organization

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s including: Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts , located near the north coast of Wan Chai on the Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, is both an academic institution and a venue for performances....

 – EXCEL, Hong Kong Repertory Theatre, Hong Kong Museum of Art

Hong Kong Museum of Art

The Hong Kong Museum of Art is the main art museum of Hong Kong. The museum was established as the City Hall Museum and Art Gallery in the City Hall in Central by the Urban Council in 1962. In 1991, it was moved to the present premises at 10 Salisbury Road, near the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and...

, British Council Hong Kong, Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...

, Trinity Guildhall, and Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups etc.

In 2008, Theatre Noir has been commissioned by the Oxford University Press to publish the book “Learning English through Drama” for the New Senior Secondary (NSS) curriculum

Curriculum

See also Syllabus.In formal education, a curriculum is the set of courses, and their content, offered at a school or university. As an idea, curriculum stems from the Latin word for race course, referring to the course of deeds and experiences through which children grow to become mature adults...

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In 2009, Theatre Noir has been commissioned by the Hong Kong Education Bureau (EDB) to hold a series of Professional Development Programmes

Professional development

Professional development refers to skills and knowledge attained for both personal development and career advancement. Professional development encompasses all types of facilitated learning opportunities, ranging from college degrees to formal coursework, conferences and informal learning...

 in order to help in-service teachers to cope with the demands of the New Secondary School (NSS) curriculum.

Performances

Theatre Noir worked in collaboration with both the Hong Kong Wetland Park

Hong Kong Wetland Park

Hong Kong Wetland Park is a conservation, education and tourism facility, located at the northern part of Tin Shui Wai, in Yuen Long. It was to be an ecological mitigation area for the wetlands lost due to Tin Shui Wai New Town development....

, and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to launch performances promoting environmental awareness. The WWF touring performance on climate change

Climate change

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 was showcased in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, and is now being toured in schools across Hong Kong.

Since 2009, Theatre Noir further develops herself in the arena of theatre performances. They have launched three original touring productions, using interactive theatre to allow students to reflect on the themes introduced in each performance. In addition, they have teamed up with Kwun Tong District

Kwun Tong District

Kwun Tong is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in Kowloon. It had a population of 562,427 in 2001. The district has the third highest population while the income is below average....

 Office to introduce a musical drama for an anti-drug campaign, which will also be toured in schools across Hong Kong.

In 2010, Theatre Noir launched Frankie Ho's musical Animal Farm

Animal Farm

Animal Farm is an allegorical novella by George Orwell published in England on 17 August 1945. According to Orwell, the book reflects events leading up to and during the Stalin era before World War II...

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In 2011, Theatre Noir launched Jason Robert Brown

Jason Robert Brown

Jason Robert Brown is an American musical theater composer, lyricist, and playwright. Brown's music sensibility fuses pop-rock stylings with theatrical lyrics...

's musical 13

13 (musical)

13 is a musical with lyrics and music by Jason Robert Brown and a book by Dan Elish, with Robert Horn newly joining as co-librettist. The story concerns the life of 13-year-old Evan Goldman as he moves from New York City to Appleton, Indiana, and his dilemma when the move conflicts with the...

in both English and Cantonese.