Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio

Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio, a registered charity, was formerly known as No Man’s Land which was founded in 1996. The more renowned works of No Man’s Land include Three Women in Pearl River Delta (1997), Millennium Autopsy (1999), My Murder Story (1999), The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other (2000), Between Life and Death (2002), Deathwatch (2002) and The Two or Three Ways of Making Love around Sunset (2003). Works of No Man’s Land have been presented in the Henson International Puppet Theatre Festival of New York, San Francisco Ghost Festival, Hong Kong Arts Festival and Macau Fringe Festival and have received a number of awards in the Hong Kong Drama Awards.

In 2009, No Man’s Land was renamed Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio, with the mission to bring quality theatre works to wider audience. Being a centre for theatrical research and creation, the Studio is dedicated to promote a better quality of life to the public through their experience in participation of performing arts. Having physical theatre and minimalist aesthetics as its artistic direction, the Studio has a vision to bring new paths to the Hong Kong theatre. It aims at creating long-running productions, showcasing the unique culture of Hong Kong and at the same time exploring potentials to operate independently in the market. We also hope to facilitate cultural exchange, so that the theatre of Hong Kong will be given a proper place on the world stage. The Studio is open to cooperate with any organisations or individuals who share the same vision as ours.

Tang Shu-Wing Theatre Studio is financially supported by the Springboard Grant under the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and has also established a long-term collaboration with the Hong Kong Arts Centre as its Residential Theatre Company.

The works of the Studio include Titus Andronicus, Titus Andronicus 2.0, Next Generations (co-production with Drama Box, Singapore), Detentionand Thunderstorm. Titus Andronicus was invited to participate in the Globe to Globe Festival at the Shakespeare’s Globe in the London Cultural Olympiad 2012 and became the first Cantonese production ever performed in this theatre, followed by an international tour of Titus Andronicus 2.0 in Fredrikstad (Norway), Wroclaw and Bytom (Poland), Beijing and Taipei whilst Detention, before embarking a 5-cities tour in China, was highly acclaimed by the U.K. media in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012. Thunderstorm, premiered in the New Vision Arts Festival of Hong Kong in October 2012, was performed in Huayi Festival of Arts in Singapore in February 2013 with enthusiastic reception. In 2014, it participated in Kuandu Arts Festival as one of the representatives to Hong Kong Week 2014.

In August 2015, Studio has been invited to premiere Macbeth in Globe and re-run Detention in Edinburgh Fringe Festival respectively. In September 2015, the studio will re-run Titus Andronicus 2.0 in Hong Kong.