POO Hong-chen
Director
Malaysian-born POO Hong-chen is a veteran theater director in Taiwan trained in the Grotowski system of acting. He worked as resident director at Off Performance Workshop before establishing M.O.V.E. Theatre in 2006, where he serves as artistic director. He is a long-time observer of psychological and social states and develops experimental and artistic works, which feature poetic physical landscape and multi-perspective collaged narrative to construct a surreal visuality and a unique theater esthetic. His works have been performed at Avignon Off and in Asia. His recent productions have been recognized with the outstanding director award at Hong Kong’s Chinese Drama Festival and Best Script, Director, Art Design and Physical Performance awards at the Bangkok Theatre Festival.