Leo Cheung

Leo Cheung is an accomplished set and lighting designer for dance, theatre, musical, opera and Chinese opera, and a set designer for dance productions. His designs can be found both in Hong Kong and abroad.

One of the most distinguished artists and masters of lighting in Hong Kong theatre, Leo has won a wealth of prestigious awards throughout his career. These include receiving the Outstanding Achievement of the Decade in 1994 and the Best Lighting Design award ten times (1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017 and 2022) from the Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies. He is also a fourtime winner (1999, 2007, 2010, 2013) of Hong Kong Dance Alliance’s Annual Dance Award for his sets and lighting designs. In 2014, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the development of arts and culture in Hong Kong, Cheung was conferred the Certificate of Commendation by the Home Affairs Bureau of the HKSAR government.

As a former Associate Professor at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, School of Theatre and Entertainment Arts, Cheung has been teaching for 23 years and nurturing many outstanding design talents in the Hong Kong performing arts industry. Cheung continues to merge and explore the potentials of light, shadows, spaces, and visual media elements in live performance, connecting different art forms and reflecting social and cultural issues.