Publications and Writings
LIGHT IN POSTDRAMATIC THEATRE. Master of Fine Arts in Theatre and Entertainment Arts (Lighting Design Major) thesis, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Amy Chan (2023) When light comes to matter: reimagining light in contemporary theatre through intra-actions. Theatre and Performance Design, 9:3-4,150-158, DOI: 10.1080/23322551.2023.2289364
Amy Chan (2020) The Diffracting Light in Contemporary Theatre. Performance Research, 25:5,107-113, DOI: 10.1080/13528165.2020.1868852
Reimagining Light, Technology and Spectatorship in Contemporary Theatre. (Coauthored with Natalie Cheung) Critical Stages/Scènes critiques: The IATC journal/Revue de l'AICT – June/Juin 2022: Issue No 25 (Translated Chinese version: 重思當代劇場中的燈光、技術與觀演關係 in IATC (HK) ARTiSM 2022年10月號)
與光影構作共舞 (Dancing with the Dramaturgy of Light and Shadow). 舞蹈手札 dance journal/HK 2022: Issue 24-3.
Light in Infinite Darkness. (on light installation for Infinito Nero, a project of Hong Kong New Music Ensemble)
Notes on Light: The Musicality of Light and Theatre. Critical Stages/Scènes critiques: The IATC journal/Revue de l'AICT – June 2020: Issue No 21 (Turkish translated version on Mimesis)
Medicine, Theatre and Light in the Era of Postdramatic Theatre. (Coauthored with Natalie Cheung) Critical Stages/Scènes critiques: The IATC journal/Revue de l'AICT – June 2018: Issue No 17
Two Girls from Ngau Tau Kok in City Stage: Hong Kong Playwriting in English. Edited by Mike Ingham and Xu Xi. Hong Kong University Press, 2005
牛頭角兩條女 (Two Girls from Ngau Tau Kok) in 臨界點上：香港戲劇 2001（香港劇本叢書第五輯）(Hong Kong Drama 2001. Hong Kong Plays Series No. 5). Edited by Stephen Lam. IATC (Hong Kong Division), 2004
《牛頭角兩小妹》(Two Girls from Ngau Tau Kok) (graphic novel). Stepforward Multimedia, 2002
《交纏在疾病、光影與劇場的現場之間 --探討病理誌的美學與醫學》 (Exploring the Art and Medicine of Morbid Anatomy, coauthored with Natalie Cheung) 劇場閱讀 (Performing Art Forum) Vol. 10 Issue 48 (2020)《演疫時代》。澳門劇場文化學會。
本地舞台美學轉向之機遇——記「甚麼是舞台」工作坊 (Scenographic Turn: on "What is Stage" scenography workshop series by West Kowloon Cultural District, Chinese Only) ARTiSM Online, December 2019.
我們與研究的距離 — 觀．聲．陣第六組的觀察。觀。聲。陣 - 參與式在地劇場研究計劃觀察報告 (The Distance between Artistic Research and Us - the observers' report on Participatory Theatre Project, Chinese only. ) Coauthored with Natalie Cheung. Originally published on project website (https://participatorytheatreproject.com/), 2019
真實的領域 ─ 記「舞台製作的劇場構作 ─ 劇場與社會政治」藝術家工作坊 (The Realm of the Real - on West Kowloon Cultural District "Production dramaturgy – Theatre and the Socio-political" 2018 Artist Workshop, Chinese Only), 香港話劇團劇誌 Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Repazine#24, 2018
感官的詩學 - 記西九國際劇場工作坊節之感官劇場工作坊 (on West Kowloon Cultural District International Workshop Festival 2015 - Workshop on Theatre of Senses, Chinese only), originally published on the Stand News (https://www.thestandnews.com/), 2015
Artist Interview - Enrique Vargas and Tang Shu-Wing, conducted for West Kowloon Cultural District International Workshop Festival of Theatre 2015
Conference Presentations
2023 - Invited speaker of PQ Talks - Thinking Light! International Perspectives on Light in Performance, Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space 2023, Prague, Czech Republic. (Moderator: Dr Scott Palmer, Associate Professor in Performance Design, University of Leeds, UK)
2019 - Invited speaker of Postdramatic Theatre in transcultural perspective panel in Postdramatic Theatre Worldwide Symposium, Akademie der Künste, Berllin, Germany
2019 - Presentation:“The Fable of the Ungrateful Wolf” at the intersection of Cantonese opera and Light – adaptability and plasticity as creative strategy. (co-presented with Natalie Cheung Kit-Ying, Chak Lui Chan and Chin Mei Law) PSi25, Performance Studies International Annual Conference, Calgary, Canada.
2018 - Free paper presentation: The Potentiality of Drama Education and Multidisciplinary Arts Project in Medical Bioethics Teaching. Medical Education Conference, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2017 - Free paper presentation: Exploring the Role of Postdramatic Theatre Performance in Medical Bioethics Teaching. Medical Education Conference, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2016 - Paper presentation and performance: Dramaturgy of Light as Critique in Performance. The Congress of the Society for Theatre Studies, Frankfurt and Gießen, Germany
2016 - Invited seminar presentation: 一次墜進異境的劇場美學與應用劇場實驗—《1894香港鼠疫》個案研究 (On Applied Theatre and Aesthetics: A case study on The Hong Kong Plague of 1894, in Chinese) Co-presented with Natalie Cheung. 2016澳門劇場研討會 (2016 Macau Theatre Studies Seminar)
2016 - Paper presentation and performance: Death in Postdramatic Theatre. Death, Art and Anatomy Conference, University of Winchester, UK
2015 - Paper Presentation: Theatre-in-Education in the Era of Postdramatic Theatre: A case study on The Hong Kong Plague of 1894 Project. (co-presented with Natalie Cheung Kit-Ying) National University of Tainan Department of Drama Creation and Application 2015 Conference, Tainan, Taiwan.
Performance Reviews
手機應用程式的戲劇構作及美學——評《舞照跳》(2021) IATC (HK)
從存在到缺席, ARTiSM Online, December 2020, IATC (HK)
感知的政治，重構的想像 —— 評《人造新北極》(2019) IATC (HK)
AquaSonic——與水同行，探索可能 (2018) IATC (HK)
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