Chung Ying Theatre

Founded by the British Council in 1979, Chung Ying Theatre Company (Chung Ying) is now a registered charitable organisation and one of Hong Kong’s leading professional theatrical arts companies, financially supported by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Led by Artistic Director Dominic Cheung, Chung Ying dedicates itself to producing quality stage productions, and drama education and outreach programmes, with an aim to promote theatrical arts, facilitate cultural exchanges and enrich the city’s cultural life. Our productions are full of local characteristics while with an international perspective.

Throughout the 41 years, Chung Ying has staged more than 360 productions, receiving over 96 awards in the previous 28 Hong Kong Drama Awards Presentation Ceremony, and has toured to many cities around the world for cultural exchange.

As the first local theatre company to integrate the example of the UK’s “Theatre-in-Education” movement into its work, Chung Ying has hosted over 5,730 schools touring performances, recorded around 900,000 student attendances and has won plaudits from the Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies and Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Chung Ying embraces tertiary institutions, primary and secondary schools and community specific organisations through Drama-in-Education programmes, and inherits local culture with oral history theatre programmes.