Bonni Chan

Bonni is the Co-Artistic Director of Theatre du Pif. She graduated from the Hong Kong Academy of Ballet and went on to study acting at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, winning the Best Actress of the Year award for three consecutive years. After graduating, she joined the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre and performed in a number of productions. In 1991 she moved to London to study with various teachers, and in 1992 founded Theatre du Pif with Sean Curran. Since returning to Hong Kong in 1995, she has continued to devise and direct all of Theatre du Pif's original productions.
She was voted Best Actress at the Hong Kong Drama Awards for her roles in Fish Heads and Tales - A Tender War and The Oak Tree - An Odyssey. In 2015 she was again nominated for the Best Actress Award for her portrayal of Hedda Gabler in Adrian Noble’s production of Ibsen’s classic play. In 2016, she received an honorary fellowship of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. The Hong Kong Theatre Libre voted her Best Actress of the Year for her performance in 4.48 Psychosis – A Staged Reading, she also won IATC (HK) Art Critic Award’s The Best Performance, The Best Director, The Best Performer and The Best Technical Arts for the performance 4.48 Psychosis. She is a professional Feldenkrais practitioner.

Source: Theatre du pif