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Life on the Fringe: The Almost Naked Memoir

Life on the Fringe: The Almost Naked Memoir

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Availability:In StockContributor:Benny ChiaPublish date:2025-04-04Pages:368

Language:EnglishPublisher:Hong Kong University PressISBN-13:9789888842957ISBN-10:9888842951UPC:9789888842957Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Entertainment & Performing ArtsSize:8.98 x 6.06 x 1.18 inchesWeight:1.4506Product ID:SCSWB0113C

A window into the life of an influential figure in Hong Kong's arts and theater world.

Benny Chia's memoir of life on the fringe is a vivacious slice of Hong Kong's life and cultural development at a time of minimal institutional support. His colorful and anecdotal story will interest culture practitioners as well as the general reader curious about the Fringe Club and its role as a seedbed for local artists and as a venue for international ones, both functions championed by Benny at the helm of this small but important institution housed in a distinctive former icehouse in Central.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Hong Kong University PressISBN-13:9789888842957ISBN-10:9888842951UPC:9789888842957Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Entertainment & Performing ArtsSize:8.98 x 6.06 x 1.18 inchesWeight:1.4506Product ID:SCSWB0113C

Born in Singapore and educated in Hong Kong, Paris and Louvain-la-Neuve, Benny Chia started the Fringe Festival in 1983, founded the Fringe Club in 1984, and steered the Fringe Club as managing director and artistic director for almost forty years. He has also scripted six stage shows, wrote three English readers published by Oxford University Press, and contributed articles to the South China Morning Post and several magazines. Benny was a founding member of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, the Hong Kong International Film Festival, and the Hong Kong Arts Administrators Association.

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A window into the life of an influential figure in Hong Kong's arts and theater world.

Benny Chia's memoir of life on the fringe is a vivacious slice of Hong Kong's life and cultural development at a time of minimal institutional support. His colorful and anecdotal story will interest culture practitioners as well as the general reader curious about the Fringe Club and its role as a seedbed for local artists and as a venue for international ones, both functions championed by Benny at the helm of this small but important institution housed in a distinctive former icehouse in Central.

Born in Singapore and educated in Hong Kong, Paris and Louvain-la-Neuve, Benny Chia started the Fringe Festival in 1983, founded the Fringe Club in 1984, and steered the Fringe Club as managing director and artistic director for almost forty years. He has also scripted six stage shows, wrote three English readers published by Oxford University Press, and contributed articles to the South China Morning Post and several magazines. Benny was a founding member of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, the Hong Kong International Film Festival, and the Hong Kong Arts Administrators Association.

Publisher: Hong Kong University Press

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