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School Interactive Education Theatre

School Interactive Education Theatre 2023-2024 is now open for application

Click here to download the application form (available in Chinese only)

Background

Since 1995, Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health (COSH) has been collaborating with local professional troupe on the School Interactive Education Theatre Programme, which is one of the major education and publicity campaigns to spread smoke-free messages among children and teenagers. Over the past two decades, the Programme has delivered over 2,200 performances reaching over 620,000 students and teachers. The previous performances were well received by students and teachers. According to our evaluation report, majority of students rated the performance as good and wished to participate in the Programme again. Improvements on the tobacco-related knowledge and perceptions were observed.

Promoting smoke-free messages in an interactive way

Through cooperation with schools and local professional troupe, COSH encourages the children and youth to promote the development of a smoke-free culture and tobacco control. Past drama performances include “Smoke-free Dream Adventure”, “Smoke-free Rangers”, “Smoke-free Detective Adventure”, “Smoke-free Family”, “Where is Daddy”, “Smoke-free Alliance”, “Game On Smoke Off“ and “Smoke-free Magic Boy" etc,. The key messages of tobacco control are delivered along with music, stage effects and interesting presentation. Through the performance, students learn about the harmful effects of smoking, secondhand smoke, third-hand smoke and alternative smoking products, and receive positive messages such as fallacies about smoking, how to refuse smoking and the benefits of a smoke-free environment. This aims to help students build a smoke-free and healthy lifestyle at an earlier age and encourage smokers to kick the habit.

This year, the Programme is co-organized by Education Bureau and collaborated with iStage Theatre to produce and deliver a new drama “Smoke-free Detective”. It aims to educate students on smoking hazards, harmful effects of alternative smoking products such as electronic cigarette and heated tobacco products, as well as the promotion tactics of tobacco industry targeting children and youth, deterring them from lighting up the first cigarette. Students are invited to encourage their families and friends to quit smoking and support a smoke-free Hong Kong.

School Interactive Education Theatre Website

iStage Theatre

iStage Theatre is a non-profit-making art organization and a One Year Grant arts group of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.

iStage was founded by two experienced performers Elton Lau and Gigi Cheng in 2007 and has become the venue partner of the Sheung Wan Civic Centre since 2015. The team has produced a number of qualified drama performances with distinct themes and life elements which many sets of works have been awarded and were nominated in the Hong Kong Drama Awards and the Hong Kong Theatre Libre.

Regardless of the performing form and script management direction, productions from iStage embrace creativity and artistry. iStage as well concerned about the role of arts in the society and thus they are bringing ‘Innovative Art Productions’ on stage, attaining an ‘Inclusive Society’ and promoting ‘Inter-cities Collaboration’.

In addition, iStage is committed to promoting performing arts among the young generation. Since 2014, they have accumulated more than hundreds of school and community tour experiences.

To learn more about iStage Theatre

School Interactive Education Theatre 2023-2024 – “Smoke-free Detective”

Details of Performance

• The drama is conducted in Cantonese
• The format could be onsite performance at schools or live streaming performance through online platforms
• The upper limit of each performance is around 300 students and priority will be given to Primary 2 to 4. If the number of students exceeds 300, it is recommended to apply for two performances to enhance the experience of interactive drama
• Performance lasts for about 40 minutes, schools could apply for morning or afternoon session
• It takes around 1.5 hours for the troupe to set up and 30 minutes to dismantle, schools should reserve the venue for the whole section
• Schools should provide venue, relevant materials or equipment to facilitate the performance or live streaming for classrooms
• COSH will commission an independent research institute to invite participating schools to conduct a questionnaire survey regarding Programme’s effectiveness, student behaviour and physical and mental health

In response to Education Bureau’s Health Advice to Schools for the Prevention of Communicable Diseases, apart from onsite performance at school, an online version of drama is launched with an interactive learning platform, which allows students to enrich their smoke-free knowledge and participate in extended learning activities at school or home, encouraging them to share the messages with their families and build a smoke-free family.

Highlights of Recent Performances

(available in Chinese only)

Smoke-free Dream Adventure (2022-2023)
Smoke-free Rangers (2021-2022)
Smoke-free Detective Adventure (2019-2020)
Smoke-free Family (2018)
Where is Daddy (2017)
Smoke-free Alliance (2016)
Game On Smoke Off (2015)
Smoke-free Magic Boy (2014)
The Smoke-free Battle of Red Hoodle (2013)
The Smoke-free Journey of Red Hoodlet (2012)
The Smoke-free Galaxy (2011)
Smoke-free Superkids (2010)