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THEATRE PRODUCER JOYCE CHEUNG 張珮華
Theatre Producer · Literary Agent · Publisher

A Hong Kong theatre producer and presenter with 30+ years of experience and produced over 20 stage productions, from masterpieces like Equus and God of Carnage to original Cantonese plays. Now based in Vancouver.

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張珮華 Joyce Cheung
 
A graduate in Acting from the School of Drama at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Joyce Cheung went on to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Directing (First Class Honours) from the Academy, and a Master of Arts from the Department of History at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She served as the full-time Executive Director of the Hong Kong Film Awards Association and as a Drama Arts Advisor to the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Her career spans film, theatre and arts administration.

Joyce began working in arts administration for large-scale stage productions in the 1990s. In 2013 she co-founded Dionysus Contemporary Theatre, serving as its Executive Director and producer. Over the years she has produced many of its best-loved works, including Equus, God of Carnage, The Sunset Warriors, ART, Enigma Variations and To Kill or To Be Killed, and has run several editions of a theatre producing course to nurture the next generation of producers. She has also worked extensively in writing, editing and publishing. She was a columnist for City Entertainment and AM730, and served as executive editor on publications commissioned by the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre and the Hong Kong Film Directors’ Guild. She has represented playwright Loong Man Hong as his script rights agent for nearly fifteen years.

Now based overseas, she founded Cantolive Culture 喜悅文化 in Vancouver and launched Hong Kong Theatre Live 映活香港劇場, bringing Hong Kong stage productions to mainstream cinema screens. She also runs performing arts courses, and is dedicated to promoting Cantonese performing arts and culture.

畢業於香港演藝學院戲劇學院表演系,後獲導演系藝術學士(一級榮譽)及香港中文大學歷史系文學碩士,曾任香港電影金像獎協會全職執行總幹事及香港藝術發展局戲劇藝術顧問,是橫跨影視、劇場與藝術行政的專業文化工作者。
 
早於九十年代已投身大型舞台劇藝術行政工作,2013年成為「神戲劇場」共同創辦人之一,出任行政總監及演出監製,多年來出品無數膾炙人口的舞台經典,包括《EQUUS馬》、《狂揪夫妻》、《夕陽戰士》、《ART呃》、《極地謎情》及《螳螂捕蟬》等,並開辦多屆劇場監製課程培育後進。她亦長年深耕文字編輯與出版,曾為《電影雙周刊》及 AM730 專欄作者,並先後獲香港話劇團及香港電影導演會委約擔任執行編輯,現為編劇龍文康之劇本版權代理人,合作近十五年。
 
近年移居海外,於溫哥華創辦「喜悅文化 Cantolive Culture」,並推出「映活香港劇場 Hong Kong Theatre Live」,將香港舞台演出搬上主流戲院大銀幕,亦開辦演藝課程,致力推廣粵語演藝文化。
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