REFRAME THEATRE
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Artistic Director
Photo by Max Zerrahn
Active in Hong Kong and German Theatre. Playwright, Director, Educator. The Artistic Director of Reframe Theatre, the House Author of Germany Nationatheater Mannheim (2021-2022). Elected Council Member and the Chairman of the committee of Literary Art of Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Graduated from the University of Hong Kong, majoring in English Literature; the Chinese University of Hong Kong, MA in Sociology; Royal Holloway, University of London, MA in Playwriting.
His play A Concise History of future China (Part 1 of Posthuman Journey) is selected by 2016 Berliner Festspiele Theatertreffen Stückemarkt as one of the five theatre works presented. It is the first ethnic Chinese play ever selected and premiered in Hong Kong New Vision Arts Festival 2016. The German Premiere was produced by The Staatsschauspiel Saarbrücken in 2021. The staged reading (full or abridged version) of this play was already performed in Berlin, London, Munich, New York, Taipei & Mannheim. Posthuman Condition (Part 2 of Posthuman Journey) was produced by Schauspiel Frankfurt in2021.
His play in Cantonese White Blaze of the morning is awarded Best Play, the 8th Hong Kong Theatre Libre. Happily ever after nuclear explosion is commissioned by Munich Residenztheater and premiered in June 2018 when he was invited as Artist-in-residence. This play is under the programme of World/Stage. He directed a Cantonese version which was invited by Tai Kwun Theatre Season (HK), Asia Playwright Festival (South Korea) in 2019 and CINARS Biennale Official Programme (Canada) in 2021.
Theatre works (selected):
2024
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The Post Office in Hell Part1 (Writer, Director)
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Goddess (Writer, Director)
2023
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The Sparkling and Swaying Snow (Writer, Director)
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A Haunted VR Conference (Director)
2022
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A Minute Something Else enters (Writer, Director)
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Posthuman Condition (Writer, Director)
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Sound Everywhere in the Universe (Art-tech work in process by EKCC) (Writer, Director)
2021
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Poem in Jail (Tai kwun immersive theatre) (Writer, Director)
2020
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洪水來了，我一個人在台北 (Writer, Director)
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Posthuman Condition (film production by Schauspiel Frankfurt) (Writer)
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How to present the love life of Hong Kong people to Aliens in the time Pandemic (Writer, Director)
2019
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How to present the love life of Hong Kong people to Aliens (Quanta Arts Festival’s Hong Kong Week, Taiwan) (Writer, Director)
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Happily ever after nuclear explosion (South Korea Asia Playwright Festival) (Writer, Director)
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The World as Metaphor and Imagery (Commissioned by Shiu Kee Creativity School) (Writer)
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Goldfish of Berlin (Writer, Director)
2018
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Happily ever after nuclear explosion (World/Stage of Munich Residenztheater) (Playwright)
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The second year of Jianfeng (On & On Cattle Depot Theatre, An adaptation from a Hong Kong novel by Chan Koonchung) (Writer, Director)
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Stream of consciousness (Hong Kong Fringe Club, Immersive Theatre) (Writer, Co-director)
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How to present the love life of Hong Kong people to Aliens (Reframe Theatre) (Writer, Director)
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White Blaze of the morning (Re-run, Hong Kong Repertory Theatre) (Best Play, the 8th Hong Kong Theatre Libre) (Writer, Co-Director)
2017
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Flow of time (Hong Kong Fringe Club, Immersive Theatre) (Writer, Co-director)
2016
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A Concise History of future (Hong Kong New Vision Festival, City Hall, World Premiere) (Writer, Director)
2015
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White Blaze of the morning (EMW Festival of Hong Kong Repertory Theatre) (Best Play, the 8th Hong Kong Theatre Libre) (Writer, Co-Director)
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The Sorrows of Young Yat Sum (Hong Kong International Arts Carnival, Studio Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre) (Writer)
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Les Marchands by Joel Pommerat (On & On Cattle Depot Theatre) (Director)
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Thieves by Dea Loher (On & On Cattle Depot Theatre) (Director)
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The stone by Marius von Mayenberg (On & On Cattle Depot Theatre) (Director)
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Musical (A short play, Royal Holloway Winter Festival at Caryl Churchill Theatre) (Writer, Director)
2014
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I tremble 1 & 2 by Joel Pommerat (On & On Cattle Depot Theatre) (Director, Co-translator)
2012
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Western Xia Hotel (On & On Cattle Depot Theatre, An adaptation from a Taiwan novel by Lo Yijun)( Nominated for the award of the Best Stage Effect of 2013, Hong Kong Theatre Libre) (Writer, Director)
2010
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A Number by Caryl Churchill (On & On Cattle Depot Theatre) (Director and translator)
Other works include
Literature
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《鉛筆擦膠 城市魔幻繪本》 (入選雜誌《讀書好》2009書展100本好書）（文：甄拔濤、圖：KY）
Video
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Nothing gonna change my world– in which he served as the co-scriptwriter and director
(the Best Cinematography of 2013’s 'Fresh Wave Film Awards' in Hong Kong, 'Tel Aviv International Students' Film Festival' and 'Taiwan's Hong Kong Week' in 2014)
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This shore．That shore (Nominated for Taiwan’s ‘Golden Sugar Cane Film Festival’ Competition) (Co-director, 2007)