Artist-in-Residence Programme 2021/22 Mr Dominic Cheung Ho-kin

Mr Dominic Cheung Ho-kin, Artistic Director of Chung Ying Theatre Company, is PolyU's Artist-in-Residence 2021/22.
 
The Artist-in-Residence Programme consists of the following activities:

Meet-the-Artist Session

11 November 2021
12:30 pm - 2 pm
Chiang Chen Studio Theatre, PolyU

Auditions - PolyU Theatre: Our Town 

19 December 2021 & 12 June 2022

Chiang Chen Studio Theatre, PolyU

Theatre Appreciation Programme: Man of La Mancha 

(Programme suspended)

PolyU Theatre: Our Town 

(Programme suspended)

Biography of Dominic CHEUNG Ho-kin

Mr Dominic Cheung Ho-kin is a veteran theatre practitioner. His experience in theatre work includes the roles of producer, director, actor, translator, and even theatre critic. Cheung started his career in drama by playing Henry in the first production of the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Company, Skin of Our Teeth, in 1977. He was a founding member of Seals Theatre Company, and in 1982 became a professional actor with Chung Ying Theatre Company after graduation from Hong Kong Baptist University. In 1987 Cheung left Chung Ying to further his studies at the University of Hong Kong, while working as the General Manager of High Noon Production Company Limited at the same time. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Translation in 1989 and in 2011 he attained a Master of Fine Arts in Directing from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. In recognition of his contribution to the development of art and culture in Hong Kong, he was awarded the Certificate of Commendation by the Home Affairs Bureau in 2014.

Cheung has translated numerous of well-known plays for various theatre groups including Pope John Paul II’s The Jeweler’s Shop, Lapine’s Sunday in the Park with George, Wilder’s Our Town, Schmitt’s The Visitor, Wright’s Vincent in Brixton, Mann’s Judgment at Nuremberg, Christie’s The Unexpected Guest and The Hollow, Sontag’s Alice in Bed, his MFA Graduation Project, Pinter’s Betrayal, Mighton’s Possible Worlds and Fugard’s The Road to Mecca. In 2009, he was awarded the Silver Jubilee Outstanding Translation Award by the Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies.

His directing career began in 1990. Since then, to name a few, plays directed including Paul Poon’s The Swordsman Wong Ng, Rose’s Twelve Angry Men, Leonard’s Da, Liu & Cheung’s Taichi, Lapine’s Sunday in the Park with George, Mann’s Judgment at Nuremberg, Gorgin’s Nunsense, Cheung’s Calming the Chaotic Seas and Szeto’s All My Life I shall Remember. His directorship earned him eleven nominations for Best Director Award by the Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societiesand he won the category twice:for Best Director (Comedy/Farce) in 1994 and Best Director (Drama/Tragedy) in 2004.

Cheung played major role in Master Builder, Annie, the musical, Ibsen in Blackbox, A mad World, My Masters, The Club, Confucius 63 and Confucius 63 Revisited. His performance in Sisters Rosensweig got him the nomination of Best Actor Award in 1993.

Cheung has held the posts of Artistic Director of Chung Ying Theatre Company since 2019, Vice-chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies since 1994, Honorary Artistic Director of the Women’s Drama Group of the Hong Kong Family Planning Association since 2009, Advisory Group Member of Radio Hong Kong since 2007, and Drama Assessor of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council since 2005. He is also currently on the Board of Directors of Theatre Space Foundation Limited and iStage Theatre Company.

Enquiries: 3400 2433