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Olivia Yan (Chinese: 甄詠蓓; born 9 July 1968) is a Hong Kong theatre playwright, director, actress, teacher and writer.[1] With more than 20 years of experience in stage production, performance and theatre management, she has attracted batches of students eager to study under her.

Yan started attending Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 1986. After graduating, she went to Britain and France to study acting, movement and postures under well known instructors Philippe Gaulier and Monika Pagneux. She co-founded Theatre Ensemble in 1993 and reorganised it into the PIP Cultural Industries Ltd. in 2008. She then founded the O Theatre Workshop in 2010 to be a distinctive brand for her works. in 2013, she partnered Anthony Wong and Joyce Cheung to found Dionysus Contemporary Theatre and is its Joint Artistic Director.[2][3]

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  1. ^ "藝術總監 甄詠蓓 - O Theatre Workshop". www.otheatre.hk. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  2. ^ "Dionysus Contemporary Theatre".
  3. ^ Cheah, Ui-Hoon. "HK celebrities in gritty stage drama". The Business Times. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
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