---
id: "theatre-26-en"
title: "Karaoke (WestK) "
subtitle: ""
category: "theatre"
startDate: "Thu Jan 08 2026 19:30:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)"
endDate: "Fri Jan 09 2026 19:30:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)"
status: "Past Event"
tags: ["Song Theatre", "Solo Performance"]
venues: ["West Kowloon Freespace, The Room"]
liveUrl: "https://www.rooftopproductions.hk/en/theatre/karaoke-westk"
---

# Karaoke (WestK) 

**Category:** THEATRE
**Tags:** Song Theatre, Solo Performance
**Live Link:** https://www.rooftopproductions.hk/en/theatre/karaoke-westk

## Dates & Tickets
- **Dates:** 8 – 9 Jan 2026
- **Duration:** 2 hours
- **Tickets:** HK$208–320
- **Status:** Past Event

## WestK Solo Fest - Double Bill Programme* 

Two solo performances tracing the paths of memory in unique ways

In this double bill of two solo works, Hong Kong artists Melissa Leung and Michelle Li explore personal and collective memories through the body and voice.

## Michelle Li – Karaoke (2nd half programme)

“When I was young, my mum would take me to karaoke almost every weekend. We used to sing until the last train home.” – Michelle Li

Interdisciplinary artist Michelle Li, co-artistic director of Hong Kong theatre company Rooftop Productions, takes childhood memories as the starting point for her new solo work Karaoke.

Weaving together family anecdotes, stories from public archives, personal recollections and popular songs, she takes the audience on a nostalgic search for home and identity. Through a poignant medley of humorous tales, Canto pop hits, Cantonese opera classics and English folk tunes, we experience the transformation of a city through the decades, and the intricate ties between the personal, the familial, culture and identity.

_* The first half of the programme is _Body As Archive: Drifting_ by Melissa Leung Hiu Tuen, who uses movement and the narration of personal and collected stories to explore how memories and emotions reside within the physical body._



## Audience Information
- **Language:** Performed in Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles
- **Age Recommendation:** Suitable for ages 6 and above.
- **Info:** * Tickets cannot be exchanged nor payment refunded. 
* Please arrive 15 minutes before the event starts. Latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable break.
* Unauthorised photography, audio and video recording are not permitted.
* Wheelchair users and people with disabilities and/or accessibility needs are welcome to contact our ticketing personnel directly to discuss access services and recommendations.
* The organiser reserves the right to make changes to the programme without prior notice.




## Creative Team
- **Creators:** Ivor Houlker,  Michelle Li
- **Presenter:** Rooftop Productions
- **Director:** Ivor Houlker
- **Concept:** Michelle Li
- **Sound Designer:** Homan So
- **Video Designer:** Homan So
- **Performer:** Michelle Li

## Venue
### West Kowloon Freespace, The Room
- **Type:** Physical Location
- **Address:** Cultural District, West Kowloon, No. 18 Museum Dr, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
- **Map:** [View map](https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJ4wG6c5AABDQRzJWE-xPn99A)
![Map image showing the location of West Kowloon Freespace, The Room](https://res.cloudinary.com/rphk/image/upload/f_auto/q_auto/v1/rooftop-maps/en/west-kowloon-freespace-the-room)

## What Critics Say
> ""Karaoke" is tightly structured, its balance between private and collective memory deftly calibrated. Li’s crisp diction and instinctive comic timing draw the audience close. Her recent collaborations with the Hong Kong company Rooftop Productions have been consistently surprising; one senses she is poised for yet another leap." — *[object Object]*



## multimedia
![Michelle Li brings nostalgic energy to the WestK stage in this key visual for her solo performance, Karaoke.](https://res.cloudinary.com/rphk/image/upload/f_auto/q_auto/v1/rooftop-images/michelle-karaoke-web)

## Attribution & Copyright
© 2026 Rooftop Productions. All rights reserved.