Kwan Hon Clement Lee

Dramaturg Playwright Librettist Theatre Director Poet

I’m a Hong Kong born Chinese now residing in the UK. I’ve been a playwright, librettist, director, theatre critic, drama educator and English teacher in both primary and secondary setting in Hong Kong for the last 10 years. I’ve also started to self-taught myself as a dramaturg since a few years ago, and have liaised with artists internationally. As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, I’m interested in theatre-making about voices of said community in the East Asian context, both native-born British and immigrants. I’m now studying dramaturgy at Birkbeck and am interested in working as a dramaturg, playwriting and directing. My preferred pronounce is he/him.

Credits

Librettist and Director, The Banquet at elBulli, Hong Kong Voices, 2 days, 2020

Stage Manager, Project Mayhem, Secret Theatre, 5 weeks, 2017

Assistant to Director and Rehearsal Translator, Buried Child, Hong Kong Repertory Theatre, 8 days, 2017

Playwright and Director, Men at Sea, Hong Kong Repertory Theatre/Hong Kong Museum of History, 3 weeks, 2015

Project Leader and Director, Youth Musical Theatre Showcase, Theatre Noir, 2 days, 2014

School Tour Actor, Various Shows, Theatre Noir, 1 year, 2013-2014

Actor, Cabaret Des Annees Folles, Theatre Noir/Le French May, 3 days, 2013

Co-playwright and Co-Director, A Walk in the Park with Charles Dickens, RHUL/Slough Museum, 1 day, 2012

Training

MA Dramaturgy, Birkbeck, University of London, 2021-2022

‘What is Stage: Dynamics of Seeing' Scenography Workshop with Jan Versweyveld, West Kowloon Cultural District/Edward Lam Dance Theatre/Internationaal Theatre Amsterdam, 2017

Workshop with Stefan Kaegi on Documentary Theatre, West Kowloon Cultural District/On and On Theatre/Rimini Protokoll, 2015

Stand-up Comedy Course, The Comedy School, 2012

MA Applied Theatre, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2011-2012

Location

London

Experience

5-10 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Dance
  • Literature
  • Opera
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Languages
  • Music - Can Read
  • Music - Singing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Working with young people
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Cantonese, Mandarin (conversable)

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