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wyonglin@gmail.com

Actress, Director, Drama tutor and workshop facilitator

Co-Artistic Director of Dirks Theatre: www. dirkstheatre.blogspot.com

Universities or Professional Institutions Attended

1. Central School of Speech and Drama, London, U.K. (September, 2010 - current), Master Degree in Movement Studies

2. University of Leeds, U.K. (August, 2004- August, 2005), Master Degree (with merit) in Performance and Cultural Industries, Theater as Social Intervention

3. Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, (September, 1999- May, 2003) Bachelor (Hons) degree in Fine Arts, Acting

Scholarships, fellowships, grants held at present or in past,

1. HKADC - FCO Chevening – University of Leeds Scholarship 2004/2005

2. Sir Edward Youde Memorial Scholarships, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, 2002/2003

3. HKAUW Cheng Suen Man Shook Undergraduate Scholarship, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, 2001

4. The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Cooperation Exchange Scholarship (to United State, Minnesota) of the year 1997

Employment Record:

Acting:

Music Video: Art.War.Entertainment, Kavsrave / The break up (2011)

Theatre:

Theatre Fanatico, 'The Maids*2' (2010); Dirks Theatre, 'Intimate Strangers' (2009); Theatre Du Pif, Hong Kong, collaboration with Macao Cultural Center ‘Sunrise’(2009) ; OutTo Production, Taiwan and South Korea, ‘Puzzle in Puzzles’(2008) (Lead), Chuncheon International Mime Festival; On and On Theatre at Cattle Depot with Robert Draffin’s actor’s training workshop, Hong Kong, ‘Seneca’s Oedipus’(2007), Jocasta; FenZ! Production, Macau, ‘Solitude’(2007), (Lead); Macau Conservatory, School of Drama, Macao, ‘Finding Little Prince’(2006), (Lead); Theatre Ensemble, Hong Kong, ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ (2005), (Lead); University of Leeds, U.K., ‘The Dispute’(2005), (Lead); Jumbo Kid’s Theatre, Hong Kong, ‘Wizard of Oz’(2004), All Witches, door guide; No Man’s Land, Hong Kong, ‘The Man, The Chair and the Turtle: A Meditation on Cultures and the Mind’ (2004) ; TNT Production, Hong Kong, ‘Musical - Forever Teresa Tang’(2004), Teresa Tang’s little brother, Taiwan; Ching Ying Theatre company, Hong Kong, ‘Far Away…yet so close’(2003), (Lead); Drama Gallery, ‘International Arts Carnival- Parents on the moon’(2003), orphan; Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong, ‘Slaughter’(2003), daughter, old woman, soldier and movement chorus, ‘Family’(2003), Madam Wong; ‘The Lesson’(2002), the student; ‘The Caucasian Chalk Circle’(2001), Ludovica and singing chorus; ‘The Legend of White Snake’(2000), ching ching, the green snake, tour to the 2^nd International Experimental Theatre Festival Shanghai; Amateur Theatre, ‘The Forced Marriage(1999)’, (Lead); Ohio State University Asian American Theatre, U.S., ‘Letter to the student Revolutionary’(1998), BeBe; Duluth Central High School, U.S.,‘The Miser(1998)’, Jacque

Directing

Dirks Theatre, 'Intimate Strangers' (2009); Dirk’s Theatre collaborate with Burntmango Dance Theatre, Alice Dreamosis (base on Susan Sontag’s ‘Alice in Bed’ (2009); Macao Conservatory, School of Drama, Macao, ‘In the Crowd: A Project to the community Youth Theatre(2008)’; IDEA2007, 6^th World Congress for International Drama/ Theatre and Education Association, Hong Kong, ‘Dreaming on the Wild Sea’(2007); University of Leeds, ‘MA Festival – Once Upon A time…There was Karma’(2005); The Access Academy, U.K. ‘The Dispute’ (2005); The Recap Theatre, U.K., ‘TIE on Bullying’(2004); St. Peter’s Parish Primary School Annual Drama Performance, Hong Kong (2004); HK Joint School Drama Society, ‘The story about Bobby’(2003)

Teaching:

2010 Hong Kong Drama Festival Adjudicator, Primary Schools division; Macao Prison (2009); 2009 Hong Kong School Drama Festival Adjudicator, English division; Faculty at the Macau Conservatory, School of Drama (Movement Improvisation, Mime, Youth Theatre and Fundamental Acting classes), Macao (Dec.,2005 to July.,2008); Blenheim Primary School Racism workshop(March,2005), U.K.; The Recap Theatre Touring workshop on Bullying (December,2004), U.K.; St. Peter’s Parish Primary School Drama courses and annual performance(October,2003-May 2004), Hong Kong

Also varies acting workshops with the Hui Kok Theatre Company, Macao (2009), the LIVE Theatre, HK (2009), Belheim Primary School on racism workshop, UK (2005)

Translation

Macao Conservatory, School of Drama, ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’; Internal Affairs Production, Hong Kong, ‘Months on Ends’ (2005); Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong, ‘The Miser’(2004)

Stage Management:

True Heart Theatre(2011), 73A, SM & DSM; Drama co-association of Universities in Macao, Macao, ‘Theory of Everything’ (2007), DSM; Ohio State University, U.S., ‘Angles in America’(1999), ASM and construction crew; Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, ‘Blood Wedding’(1999), ASM

Television:

RTHK ‘The Road Stories’ (2005), ‘The Long Nights’(2005), ‘The Mobile phobia’(2004), ‘The Funny sounds’ (2003)