Tang Shu-wing
Highly acclaimed Tang Shu-wing is one of Hong Kong’s most prominent stage directors, though he also treads the boards as an actor. The ‘alchemist of minimalist theatre’ received the Best Director award three times at the Hong Kong Drama Awards and is the former dean of drama at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Tang trained as an actor in France, receiving a diploma in theatre studies from the Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris. He later served as an assistant director and actor at the Théâtre de la Main d’Or before returning to Hong Kong. He is the current artistic director of Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio and head of the first ever physical theatre training programme in Hong Kong. Tang’s physical theatre combines Eurasian concepts with tai chi and yoga and he has directed over forty productions, including drama, dance and opera.
