Tang Shu-wing, MH 

Founder and Artistic Director of Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio

Born in Hong Kong, Tang is a theatre director, actor and educator, having worked in professional theatre for 30 years. He has done more than 60 works, including spoken drama, non-verbal theatre, dance drama and opera. Tang is hailed by the media as "one of the most important theatre directors in Hong Kong". Minimalist aesthetics and physical theatre that Tang advocated have become a brand of contemporary theatre in Hong Kong. To acknowledge his achievement in past decades, Tang was awarded a Medal of Honour by the Government of the HKSAR in 2020, the Award for Outstanding Contribution in Arts by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council in 2021, an Honorary Doctorate by HKAPA in 2022. 

Tang studied laws in Hong Kong in early years; then he studied Theatre Studies in the Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris. Tang founded No Man’s Land in 1997. Between 2004 and 2011, Tang worked in the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and got promoted from Lecturer, to Senior Lecturer, Head of Directing and Playwriting and Dean of the School of Drama within 5 years.  

In 2009, Tang founded Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio, which aims to create cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural works, further promoting Hong Kong’s theatre to international stages. In 2011, he left the Academy and started to put great effort in training the next generation and cares for the public good through arts. In 2014, he established “PTI Professional Physical Theatre Youth Training Programme" and served as the Course Director/Curriculum Designer and Tutor. 

He has served in a number of public bodies such as Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Consultation Panel of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Arts Programme Committee of Hong Kong Arts Centre and Hong Kong-Taiwan Cultural Co-operation Committee. He is currently an Artistic Advisor of Hong Kong Dance Company.