Candace Chong Mui Ngam () is a Chinese playwright from
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
who has written scripts for play such as The ''French Kiss (2005)'', ''Murder in San José (2009)'' and ''The Wild Boar (2012)''. She has won the Hong Kong Drama Award four times in the category of Best Script and in 2010 was given the title best drama artist by the
Hong Kong Arts Development Council
The Hong Kong Arts Development Council (ADC) is a statutory body in Hong Kong tasked with development of the arts in the territory.
The ADC was created in 1995, under the Hong Kong Arts Development Council Ordinance, Chapter 472, replacing t ...
.
Life and career
Chong was born in Hong Kong in 1976 and attended
St. Paul's Co-educational College before deciding to study psychology at the
Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a public research university in Ma Liu Shui, Hong Kong, formally established in 1963 by a charter granted by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It is the territory's second-oldest university an ...
. After graduating in 1999 she majored in play-writing at the
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) (Chinese: 香港演藝學院) is a provider of tertiary education in Hong Kong. Located near the north coast of Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island, the main campus also functions as a venue for pe ...
and then traveled to London to complete her master's degree at
Royal Holloway, University of London
Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL), formally incorporated as Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, is a public research university and a constituent college of the federal University of London. It has six schools, 21 academic departm ...
.
After completing her formal education, Chong joined the
Chung Ying Theatre Company where she wrote her award-winning plays ''Alive in the Mortuary (2003)'', ''Shall We Go to Mars? (2005)'', ''French Kiss (2005)'', ''Murder in San José (2009)'' and ''The Wild Boar (2012)''. In 2011 she worked with American composer
Huang Ruo
Huang Ruo (黃若, born 1976) is a Chinese-born composer, pianist and vocalist who now lives in the United States.
Biography
Born on Hainan Island off the southern coast of China in 1976, Huang was taught piano and composition from the age o ...
to write a
libretto
A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the t ...
for an opera about ''
Dr. Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen (; also known by several other names; 12 November 1866 – 12 March 1925)Singtao daily. Saturday edition. 23 October 2010. section A18. Sun Yat-sen Xinhai revolution 100th anniversary edition . was a Chinese politician who serve ...
''. The completed work premiered at the
National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing and later was adapted worldwide after it was well received.
References
External links
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1976 births
Living people
Alumni of Royal Holloway, University of London
Alumni of St. Paul's Co-educational College
Alumni of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Alumni of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Chinese women dramatists and playwrights
Women screenwriters
Hong Kong dramatists and playwrights
Hong Kong screenwriters