The Cantonese musical, The Impossible Trial, had its genesis as early as in 2014. After the preview performance in 2019 and subsequent artistic revisions, the long-awaited premiere took place took place in September 2022, marking a span of eight years since the commencement of the preparation work

One fateful day in early 2014, composer Leon Ko and lyricist Chris Shum had a lightbulb moment – what if they wrote a musical set in the Qing dynasty?

Early this year, students at the School of Theatre and Entertainment Arts (TEA) of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts were invited to participate in a series of transmedia workshops