Hot pick of Macao Arts Festival in 2003
Recent Reviews at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe
“It is euphoric assault on the senses. Wonderful music."
Catherine Lamm, British Theatre Guide
“Touching, Endearing and Witty"
Louise Rodgers, Three Weeks
“We were pleasantly surprised. The music was beautiful, evocative and haunting.”
Steve Martin & Ruth Ang, Audience review on Edinburgh Festival Fringe website
“We feel privileged to have been able to hear and 
see this high quality composer and his team in this small cosy setting.”
Bob & Ilonka from Amsterdam, Audience review on Edinburgh Festival Fringe website
“This delightful combination of music, videos and physical theatre embodies the variety and the beauty of the arts represented at the Fringe.”
Luca Cupani, Audience review on Edinburgh Festival Fringe website
“One of the best music performances I have ever seen. It put's light on the different sides of the death, one is very tragically but the other in a certain way humorously and light, ... I can just mention one more time that the music is really special!”
Elias Buttinger, Audience review on Edinburgh Festival Fringe website
“If art is to make us pause and think, 
'Picnic at the Cemetery' definitely give me a good stir.”
Savio Wong, Audience review on Edinburgh Festival Fringe website
Once romantic, filmic, visceral, and nostalgic, this instrumental cabaret for piano and strings comes to Edinburgh under the artistic and musical direction of Njo Kong Kie, long-serving music director of Montreal's infamous La La La Human Steps and recent composer for Nederlands Dans Theater, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Ballet BC, the Silesian Dance Theatre and the Singapore Dance Theatre. Praised by Wholenote Magazine as “a pleasure to behold,” 

Featuring Njo's original compositions for piano trio and performed by the Folga Gaang Project, with Njo on the piano, Hong Iat U on the violin and David Wong Ka Fai on the cello, Picnic in the Cemetery interweaves classical sensibilities with contemporary impulses, merging the Old World with the New World in a musical performance of evocative cinematic theatricality.
An impressive cabaret without words

"These playful and heartfelt ditties are a pleasure 
to behold and satisfying in a way 
that lighter fare often is not."
Wholenote Magazine

“The performance clearly resonated with everyone in the audience. This is music that brings incomparable comfort to the listeners.”
Fan Fu Chow, Music Critic based in Hong Kong

“This disc achieves that rare ideal of new music that is also pleasant listening.”
Toronto Star
From £8.50 (Concessions £6.50) 
– +44 0845 260 1234 
– Suitable for all ages

Dates: 
30.07.14 – 25.08.14 
(excluding 11.08.14 & 18.08.14)

Time: 
22:35 (Running Time: 65 Minutes)

Location: 
Venue C nova (studio 5)
India Buildings, Victoria Street, EH1 2EX, Edinburgh

“Picnic in the cemetery" is a program of the 24th Macao Arts Festival, presented by The Cultural Affairs Bureau, Macao S.A.R.
Creative & Production team
Artistic and Musical Direction / Composition / Piano: Njo Kong Kie
Violin: Hong Iat U
Cello: Wong Ka Fai, David

Producer: Kuong Wa Fun, Erik
Production Manager: Tang Siu Pong, Nicholas 
Lighting/ Visual Concept: Fung Kwok Kee Gabriel
Video Concept/Photographer: Ao Ieong Weng Fong, Mike
Lighting Design / Stage Manager: Lam Chon Iap, Calvin
Sound Design: Chan Kwun Wang, Brian
Assistant Stage Manager: Lam Pik Wa, Luby
Costume Consultant: Nip Man Teng
Film Title Design: Ho Man U, Fish
Marketing/ Front of House: Chan Si Kei