Chan Ping Chiu

Born in Hong Kong, Chan Ping Chiu graduated from the School of Journalism and Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

In 1988 Chan co-founded the renowned experimental theatre group “Sand & Bricks”, a collective of young artists from theatre, video and visual arts in the early 90’s.

In mid-90’s, Chan left “Sand & Bricks” and started to develop educational programs in creative drama and youth theatre.

From 1998 onwards Chan led On & On Theatre Workshop and curated a variety of projects such as “i-D Generation”, “Little Theatre Movement” and “The Hong Kong Theatre & Education Conference”.

In 2001, Chan received a Lee Hysan Foundation Fellowship from Asian Cultural Council to join a 10-month cultural exchange residency in New York, staying at the Ontological-hysteric Theatre under the mentorship of Richard Foreman.  A year later Chan established Cattle Depot Theatre at Cattle Depot Artist Village - the first performance space operated by local performing company.

Since 2010 Chan has curated the New Writing series and established the New Writing Lab. Apart from innovative / cutting-edge creative works, Chan has directed for local theatres such as Hong Kong Repertory Theatre, Chung Ying Theatre and Hong Kong Arts Festival. Important works include: Best Wishes, Tête-bêche, Waking Dreams in 1984, The House, Metamorphosis, Fly Fly Fly Archaeology Bird, Vision Invisible: the happy journey, Oleanna, Fisher King N’ Handless Maiden, No Significant Abnormality Detected, Tian Gong Kai Wu, hamlet b, 17 Scenarios Likely & Unlikely to Happen in 2012, The Missing Case of a Doomsday Traveller, The Golden Dragon, etc.