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three plays in Shenzhen in Febru-
ary, and attended a meet-up ses-
sion featuring movie artists from
Someday or One Day in Hong
Kong in the same month.

Liu held Eason Chan’s concert
ticket she bought at HK $999 (US
$127.63).
“

Being present in a

live performance

sometimes makes

me feel like I am HongKongers attended a live concert and waved their hands.

part of the show. contacts. back. Therefore, many try to enjoy
life to the fullest now that things
That is the magic of “People buy many more tickets to are opening up again,” Battache
engage in such social events be-
a live show. cause they are way more special says.
than before. Many of us fear that in
” the future, lockdowns may come

“Live performances’ venue settings, “To be socially isolated for so long and
visual impact, stage and lighting
designs, as well as live acting and in so many ways has been quite unnat-
singing, cannot be replaced by oth-
er forms of presentation,” Liu says. ural and historically unique to us as hu-

Assistant professor Karim Betta- man beings.”
che at the Chinese University of
Hong Kong’s Faculty of Social Sci-
ence says experiencing lockdown Edited by Lily Wang
is a trigger for people to seek social Sub-Edited by Lesley Lam