Ian Leung

Ian Leung is a producer, theatre director and arts administrator. He is currently working as the Outreach Manager for the Hong Kong Arts Festival.  He was previously Assistant Programme Manager, in which he was given the opportunity to produce a series of award winning theatre productions in Hong Kong including: Murder in San José, The Truth About Lying and The Liaisons. He also took the companies to Shanghai (as part of Shanghai World Expo 2010) and Esplanade, Singapore.

Ian studied a BSc in Hong Kong, worked as a Quantity Surveyor Graduate and on the construction of Hong Kong Disneyland, remaining an active theatre practitioner and volunteer in social services. He co-founded Thealosophers (Theatre+philosophers) and was nominated Best Director in 2009 Hong Kong Drama Festival. He also served in the Leo Club of Repulse Bay where he seeks to apply Arts in community services.

In 2008, he was awarded MA in Arts Administration and Cultural Policy by Goldsmiths. During his studies, he did an internship with Shared Experience, where he has participated in the national tour of War & Peace. Ian’s dissertation focused on the impact of West Kowloon Cultural District project in Hong Kong and the way forward for sustainable Arts development in the City.

The MA course introduced Ian to the professional world of arts administration but also inspired him to better know Cultural Policy. Ian aspires to be an Artistic Director of an Arts Complex; at the same time, constantly challenges himself in producing contemporary theatre with his company Thealosophers, bringing cross-disciplinary media together in interpreting the world we live today.