Alumni Events

The Academy Alumni Association is now organizing a Play Therapy Briefing Session for members. Led by a UK-registered play therapy practitioner and clinical supervision trainee, this briefing session will help participants understand:
 
✔️ What is play therapy?
✔️ Who is suitable for play therapy referral?
✔️ Cases sharing
✔️ Post-session arrangements: Participants can book a free assessment and consultation

The Academy Alumni Association is now organizing a “Standard Mental Health First Aid Course” for members. This course will be conducted by certified Mental Health First Aid instructors and registered psychiatric nurses from the Hong Kong Mental Health Association. Participants will learn about common mental health issues and their symptoms, as well as how to provide support or relief for individuals facing emotional or mental distress, helping to prevent further deterioration of their condition. In addition to receiving a "Mental Health First Aid (Standard Edition)" course manual, all participants who complete the entire 16-hour course will be awarded a certificate of completion issued by the Hong Kong Mental Health Association.

The world of Kabuki, the elaborately stylized male Japanese theatrical tradition, is the setting for director Lee Sang-il’s epic melodrama of artistic ambition, rivalry, and betrayal. It is an adaptation of a bestseller by Shuichi Yoshida and weaves in stunning stagings of classic Kabuki tales that wowed audiences at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. In 1960s Nagasaki, after the death of his yakuza father, gifted teenager Kikuo (Ryo Yoshizawa) is taken under the wing of famed Kabuki actor Hanjiro Hanai (Ken Watanabe), even though the great performer already has a son, Shunsuke (Ryusei Yokohama), who has dedicated his life to the art. Over fifty years, the relationship of the two disciples entwines and twists, and their hearts suffer as much yearning, glory, and downfall as their on-stage alter egos.
 
The Academy Alumni Association has invited Director Lee Sang-il to Hong Kong for a special post-screening talk with renowned Hong Kong Cantonese opera actress and alumnus of the Academy's School of Film and Television and School of Chinese Opera, Paris Wong. The talk will explore the relationship between Japanese Kabuki female idols and traditional Chinese operatic female roles. Don't miss it!
 
Details of the screening for the Alumni Association:
Date: 25 October 2025 （Saturday）
Time: 4:00 PM (duration: 174 minutes)
Sharing: 7:00 PM (duration: 30 minutes)
Location: Premiere Elements, Shop 2130, 2/F, Fire, ELEMENTS, 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon
Ticket Price: $130 / $150 （depending on the seating section）
 

To support the career development of HKAPA graduates in the performing arts industry, the HKAPA Alumni Association (the Association) is launching the "Companion Programme". The Association has successfully invited experienced alumni from the industry to serve as mentors for graduates from 2022 to 2024. Senior alumni will act as dedicated mentors for one year, offering career development advice and guidance to young alumni.
 
Programme Details:
The Association will announce the ‘Mentor List’ from 6 Schools in January 2025.
All graduates who graduated from undergraduate programme at the Academy during 2022 to 2024 are eligible to apply.
Applicants can choose a senior alumni as mentor for a year and must submit a statement of no less than 500 words, detailing the reasons of their choice via the online application form.
Applicants must fill out and submit the online application form before 11:59pm on January 26, 2025 (Sunday).
Applicants will receive application result via email in mid-February 2025.
 
Remarks:
The Companion Programme will officially start on March 1, 2025, and will last for one year. Senior alumni and graduates are free to choose appropriate methods of communication, and they must meet at least three times during the year, in any form. 
Applicants are required to share their experience/comments of the Programme with the Association in writing or in person by February 2026. 
The Association shall not be responsible for any deals or agreements related to commercial activities or paid work between participants and mentors, in any format.

For any inquiries, please email us at alumni@hkapa.edu or contact us at 2584-8729 during office hours.
 
 
*In case of any dispute, the Association reserves the right of final decision.