Tri Ka Tsai – A uniquely trilingual Hong Kong cabaret

Born in Hong Kong and an experienced dance artist, Yuri Ng has been involved with ballet, contemporary dance, drama, classical music and a cappella, as well as stage setting and costume design. He began classical ballet training with Jean Wong at the age of six, and going on to receive professional dance training in Canada and the United Kingdom on scholarships. He was awarded the Adeline Genée Gold Medal from the Royal Academy of Dancing (RAD) in 1983 before joining The National Ballet of Canada as a dancer.

Cooperating with various companies, Yuri Ng has received numerous awards, including the Artist of the Year Award – Choreographer from Hong Kong Artists’ Guild (1997 and 1998), the Prix d’ Auteur at the Sixth Rencontres Choreographiques Internationale de Seine-St-Denis (Bagnolet),the Hong Kong Dance Awards (Choreography) (2008), Distinguished Achievement Award at the Hong Kong Dance Awards (2012), Outstanding Choreography and Outstanding Large Venue Production at the Hong Kong Dance Awards (2019).

Yuri Ng was the Hong Kong Sinfonietta’s Artist Associate from 2011-2013. He is currently the Artistic Director of CCDC and Artistic Advisor of Yat Po Singers.

Anna Lo is a composer, songwriter, arranger, singer, conductor, performer and a cappella artist. She graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Berklee College of Music.

Anna has worked with Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Hong Kong Dance Company, Hong Kong Repertory Theatre, Hong Kong String Orchestra, City Contemporary Dance Company, Actors’ Family, Theatre Ronin, Mr. Wing Theater Company, and more. Anna made her first foray into film composing for the documentary She Objects, winner of the Scientific & Education Award at Nice Film Fest International 2017. Her second film project Apart was released in 2021. She also wrote and performed the film’s theme song. Her third film Pretty Heart, produced by famed director Fruit Chan was released in July 2022. In 2019 Anna was commissioned to create the extremely well-received original cabaret Tri Ka Tsai for the Tai Kwun Theatre Season, for which she acted as co-creator, composer, lyricist, and performer, followed by a sold-out rerun at WKCD’s Lau Bak Livehouse in 2021. She was again commissioned by Tai Kwun in 2021 to create cabaret LauZone for its Spotlight Performing Arts Season, followed by a dance version Home Sweat Home for CCDC’s West Kowloon 2021 residency Danzcation and a sold-out rerun in 2022 at Tai Kwun.

Anna is an avid a cappella artist and prolific a cappella arranger/composer. She is currently the Music Director of professional a cappella group VSing and Associate Artistic Director of Yat Po Singers, the first professional a cappella choral theatre company in Hong Kong. VSing has performed in cities all around the world and represented Hong Kong in multiple a cappella/arts festivals. They released their first original track Hear My Voice in Sep 2020, followed by Hear Me Out in Nov 2022.

Anna is also active in the pop music scene, and has worked with singers such as Leon Lai, Kelly Chen, Miriam Yeung, Andy Hui, Anthony Lun, Janice Vidal, Justin Lo, Jason Chan, Hins Cheung, Gin Lee, Alfred Hui, Rubberband, Collar, among others. She is currently one of the hosts and music directors of RTHK 31's Cantopop Power.

Rick Lau graduated from NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art, Australia) in Musical Theatre.

His main professional theatre credits in Australia include Miss Saigon (Engineer, 1st understudy), Thoroughly Modern Millie and Hair The Musical.

In Hong Kong, his credits include The Great Pretender – Freespace x HK Repertory’s The Impossible Trial; Yat Po Singers’ Our Immortal Cantata, Om Encounter, Save the Next Song for Me and Pica Pica Choose; Leon Ko’s The Originals, Hong Kong Sinfonietta’s The Passage Beyond in Concert and The Amazing Filmphony; City Contemporary Dance Company’s Home Sweat Home; Actors’ Family’s Cinematic Memories on Train No.5, The Good Person of Szechwan; Chung Ying Theatre’s A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and The Underpants; Hong Kong City Chamber Orchestra’s Bug Symphony; Hong Kong Arts Festival’s June Lovers; 3AMI’s Smokey Joe’s Cafe and The Pajama Game; Hong Kong Ballet’s Cinderella, Swan Lake, Carnival of the Animals and Sleeping Beauty.

Rick’s cabaret shows include Tai Kwun’s commissioned works LauZone (nominated for Best Actor at the 2021 Hong Kong Theatre Libre Awards) and Tri Kai Tsai, Rick Lau’s Lonely Hearts Club Hour , My Queer Valentine, When Rick Met Marsha..., The 3 Singing Bitches, , My Generation, Men In Love, SunRice, I know where I’m going... I think, and How Now Rick Lau (commissioned by the Sydney Opera House).