Hong Kong Opera House, Movie theater in Southern District, Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Opera House (香江大舞台) was a performance venue in the ground-floor base of Wah Fu Court, a private single-block building in Wah Fu Estate, Southern District, Hong Kong. It occupied the former Fortuna Theatre, a closed cinema, and hosted transvestite cabaret shows aimed at tour groups from mainland China.
The site began as the Fortuna Theatre, a conventional cinema housed on the lower floors of Wah Fu Court, a private single-block building in Wah Fu Estate, Southern District. After the theatre closed, the space was converted into a transvestite cabaret and dance venue called Hong Kong Opera House, which drew tour groups from mainland China by coach. A 2006 New Reporter article noted that Southern District councillor Chai Man-hon had not been informed of the change and worried about its effect on local youth; the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department and police looked into it without imposing controls.
The name Hong Kong Opera House was used for a venue that staged transvestite cabaret shows aimed at tour groups from mainland China, who arrived by coach. It occupied the ground floor of Wah Fu Court, a private single-block building in Wah Fu Estate, after the Fortuna Theatre closed.
The venue occupied the ground floor of Wah Fu Court, a single private residential block in Wah Fu Estate, Southern District. It is no longer operating, so there are no shows to attend; the site sits near Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Hok Shan School, Kellett School and the Pok Fu Lam Fire Station. Visitors pass the building on the way through the estate rather than stopping for a performance.
Before becoming a transvestite cabaret, the site was the Fortuna Theatre, a conventional cinema in the base of Wah Fu Court. A 2006 New Journalist report noted that mainland tour groups were bused in to watch the shows, and Southern District councillor Chai Man-hon said he had not been informed of the conversion in advance.
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