If Time’s Limited is a multidisciplinary artistic research and performance collective based in Hong Kong. We focus on post-dramatic performance and its dramaturgy, from experimental works to community-based projects.
Everything exists in its own time; every encounter in time is precious. Theatre, dance, and the performing arts manifests the art of the here and now. If time’s limited, let’s connect with each other in a moment of shared experience, of co-creation.
Our performances experiment with creative hybrid forms that bring together dance, theatre, music, moving image, and technology.
Hybridity
Anchored in Hong Kong, our projects explore the diverse dimensions of understanding a place and its untold/forgotten stories. "Hybridity," a concept coined by cultural theorist Homi Bhabha, focuses on the in-between space of more than two cultures. To us, Hong Kong represents particular forms of hybridity as a cosmopolitan city. Taking this as inspiration, we are curious how hybrid identities foster new states of being, mind and body. Our collective includes artists with mixed cultural backgrounds and artistic practice. We believe the openness and the ongoing process of negotiations between cultures and mediums cultivate new possibilities.
Archipelago
We work with an archipelagic method, inspired by Caribbean philosopher Edouard Glissant. The archipelagic emphasises the relationality of islands. In an archipelago, no island is above another and each has its own characteristics. The diversity of islands is held by the collective identity as an archipelago. As an artistic collective, we work in a horizontal, relational manner, rather than in a hierarchical structure. Each of us is an island – each member of the collective interprets and builds upon the collective research and idea pool in generating new installments in the series. This inherent multiplicity allows for diversity within the artistic creations. Like the archipelago, the works unite through a strong focus on concept and dramaturgy.
Polyphony
When we talk about polyphony, we're not just talking about music. We're talking about the symphony of stories, experiences, and timelines that each of us carries. Live performance is anchored in the unique moment of the “here and now”, which reminds us that the reality we are situated in is only one of many possibilities. After all, our world isn't based upon a monologue—it’s a collective narrative with endless possibilities.
OUR manifesto
Abyssal Abundance
Abyssal Abundance is a board game developed as part of "Beyond the Shore", an ongoing oceanic artistic research and performance project from If Times Limited. This project focusses on inter-Asian and sea-based perspectives on myths, historic livelihoods and speculative futures.
Abyssal Abundance is an attempt to imagine how we can resist colonial-capitalist logic through mythwork, resistance, care and repair. The game is set in the near future where MORI, a fictional international mining corporation, has started mining polymetallic nodules from the seabed. The players start out as a team of humans trying to resist the mining operations and re-establish the connection with nature. You gather a network of beyond-human companions, forming the One Ocean Alliance in order to protect the ecosystems of the deep-sea. Will you be able to restore the connection with nature before MORI destroys the ocean floor and toxifies the only ocean we have? And how much damage will be done, before it all comes to an end...?
西九家FUN藝術節2026：
《松茸樂園》
趣味横生的社區雜耍劇場，
讓日常物件幻化成神奇道具
《松茸樂園》是一個結合雜耍、劇場與社區藝術的創意項目，透過隨手可得的日常物件，激發參加者的無限創意與想像力。表面平平無奇的家居用品，在表演者的巧手下，搖身一變成為可營造幻象的雜耍道具。
現場音樂疊加色彩繽紛的燈光效果，再配以互動環節，《松茸樂園》將帶領觀眾進入驚喜連連的雜耍世界，在平凡的日常中重新發現樂趣。
《松茸樂園》由「Arts Impact創研計劃2025」得獎者梁海頤聯同本地雜耍團體，以及幾位年齡介乎8至80歲的社區表演者共同創作。正如菇菌在被忽視的角落悄然生長，項目旨在透過輕鬆有趣的雜耍動作，連結不同世代的人，攜手建構社區藝術網絡。
Dance Film: A City A Body A House
Hong Kong dance artist Alysa Leung grapples with her identity by embodying the evolving landscape of Kortjrik during her time away from home, gradually reconstructing her sense of self.
Director: Anson Sham
Produced and featured: Alysa Leung
Premiere in Jumping Frames – Hong Kong International Movement-image Festival 2025
