Association of Asia Pacific Performing Arts Centres (AAPPAC)
The Association of Asia Pacific Performing Arts Centres (AAPPAC) is a network of more than 80 members from over 20 countries, comprising prominent performing arts centres in the Asia-Pacific region as its full members, and internationally reputable arts venues and organisations as well as related businesses and arts industry associations as its Peak-Associate and Associate Members.
About Association of Asia Pacific Performing Arts Centres (AAPPAC)
The dialogue between members and representatives facilitates exchanges in information on programmes, training opportunities, marketing and management initiatives, as well as technical issues. Having access to key decision makers of major performing arts centres in the Asia-Pacific, members are in touch with the latest developments in the arts scene and are presented with numerous opportunities for networking and discourse.
Activity
- NewsPublished 8 Oct 2026Beyond survival: funding the future of live performance
- InterviewPublished 1 Oct 2026‘Bring the arts to the people’: Paul Tam’s vision for Hong Kong’s WestK
- NewsPublished 28 Sept 2026AAPPAC conference to bring performing arts leaders to Hong Kong as WestK prepares for new venue
Latest from Association of Asia Pacific Performing Arts Centres (AAPPAC)
- News08 Oct 2026Beyond survival: funding the future of live performance
At the opening sessions of the 2026 Association of Asia Pacific Performing Arts Centres' conference in Hong Kong, performing arts leaders discussed funding new productions, attracting audiences and helping artists earn a living.
- Interview01 Oct 2026‘Bring the arts to the people’: Paul Tam’s vision for Hong Kong’s WestK
Paul Tam is the Executive Director of Performing Arts at the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA). In this role, he helps shape the WestK Performing Arts vision for WestK, a cultural district taking shape across 40 hectares of reclaimed land beside Victoria Harbour. He discusses WestK’s place in Hong Kong’s cultural ambitions, what artists need from its venues, and the audiences it hopes to reach.
- News28 Sept 2026AAPPAC conference to bring performing arts leaders to Hong Kong as WestK prepares for new venue
Funding, technology and the changing role of performing arts centres will be among the themes when the Association of Asia Pacific Performing Arts Centres (AAPPAC) holds its 2026 Annual Conference at Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District from 6 to 9 October.
- Feature08 Sept 2026‘Theatres are weird’: five lessons in building better performing arts venues
A fly tower may be ugly, automated systems eventually break and a missing loading bay can compromise a venue for decades. Frank Yeung and Kenny Wong draw on projects in Hong Kong and Singapore to explain how performing arts venues are planned in practice.
- News14 Aug 2026AAPPAC online discussion to explore planning and delivery of major performing arts venues
Performing arts leaders from Hong Kong and Singapore will share experience of major venue development projects in the latest online edition of the Association of Asia Pacific Performing Arts Centres’ (AAPPAC) Let’s Talk! series.
- News20 Jul 2026AAPPAC 2026 conference in Hong Kong to explore the future of performing arts
Cultural leaders, policymakers and performing arts professionals from across the Asia-Pacific will gather at Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District from 6-9 October for the Association of Asia Pacific Perfoming Arts Centres' Annual Conference 2026.
- News25 May 2026Booking opens for AAPPAC 2026 Hong Kong Conference
Booking has opened for the Association of Asia Pacific Arts Centres 2026 Hong Kong Conference, which will take place from 6–9 October 2026 at the West Kowloon Cultural District.
- News01 May 2026AAPPAC to mark 30th anniversary at 2026 Hong Kong conference
The Association of Asia Pacific Performing Arts Centres will hold its annual conference at West Kowloon Cultural District from 6–9 October 2026, with a programme focused on the future of performing arts venues and institutions.