User:Pat To Yan/sandbox

Playwright, Director, Educator. Artistic Director of Reframe Theatre. 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 (pass with distinction). His play A Concise History of future China is selected by 2016 Berliner Festspiele Theatertreffen Stuckemart as one of the five theatre works presented. It is the first ethnic Chinese play ever selected. The staged reading (full or abridged version)of this play was already performed in Berlin, London, Munich, New York and Taipei. 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. This play is under the programme of World/Stage. In May 2018, he has been invited by National Chengchi University (Taiwan) as Artist-in-residence. He now serves as an Part-time Lecturer and is also a committee member of the Hong Kong Literature House.

Theatre works (selected): 2018

The second year of Jianfeng (On & On Theatre Workshop, An adaptation from a Hong Kong novel by Chan Koonchung) (Writer, Director)

Stream of consciousness (Hong Kong Fringe Club, Immersive Theatre) (Writer, Co-director)

How to present the love life of Hong Kong people to Aliens (Reframe Theatre) (Writer, Director)

White Blaze of the morning (Re-run, Hong Kong Repertory Theatre) (Best Play, the 8th Hong Kong Theatre Libre) (Writer, Co-Director)

2017:

Flow of time (Hong Kong Fringe Club, Immersive Theatre) (Writer, Co-director)

2016:

A Concise History of future (Hong Kong New Vision Festival, World Premiere) (Writer, Director)

2015:

White Blaze of the morning (EMW Festival of Hong Kong Repertory Theatre) (Best Play, the 8th Hong Kong Theatre Libre) (Writer, Co-Director)

The Sorrows of Young Yat Sum (Hong Kong International Arts Carnival, one of the three major theatre festivals in Hong Kong) (Writer)

Les Marchands by Joel Pommerat (Reading salons of On and On Theatre workshop) (Director)

Thieves by Dea Loher (Reading salons of On and On Theatre workshop) (Director)

The stone by Marius von Mayenberg (Reading salons of On and On Theatre workshop) (Director)

Musical (A short play, Royal Holloway Winter Festival at Caryl Churchill Theatre) (Writer, Director)

2014:

I tremble 1 & 2 by Joel Pommerat (Reading salons of On and On Theatre workshop) (Director, Co-translator)

2012:

Western Xia Hotel (New Writing Festival of On and On 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:

A Number by Caryl Churchill (Reading salons of On and On Theatre workshop) (Director and translator)

Other works: '''Literature:

Pencil/Rubber—A pictorial book of a city of magical realism (Elected by ‘A good reading’ -- a magazine about books -- as 2009 Book Exhibition 100 recommended books) (Text: Yan Pat To; Visual: KY Chan, 2009);

Video:

Nothing’s Gonna Change My World – in which he served as the co-script writer 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)

This shore．That shore (Nominated for Taiwan’s ‘Golden Sugar Cane Film Festival’ Competition) (Co-director, 2007)

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