As a playwright myself, I believe that theatre is not only about telling an interesting story on the stage. It also involves different forms of theatre performances, and the cultural, historical and aesthetic knowledge and practical experience about these theatre forms. Theatre education should enrich students about them.

Therefore, I am very excited and proud to be able to play a role in reforming and designing our theatre minor programme. Our idea is to provide solid training in theory and practice in theatre. It emphasizes not only the textual side of theatre works and their interpretations, but also on the performative side like acting, directing, staging, design, sound and music, costume, etc. With our strong tradition in theatre studies, a wonderful team of professional teachers, and very keen and dedicated students, I believe that the Baptist University will play a key role in theatre education in Hong Kong.

「生死去來，棚頭傀儡；一線斷時，落落磊磊。」日本能劇大師世阿彌(Zeami Motokiyo, c. 1363 – c. 1443)曾經引用這首詩﹐來比喻戲劇與人生的關係。作為編劇﹐我一直相信﹐不止戲劇反映人生﹐人生也會從戲劇中得到啟發。

浸會大學文學院的戲劇研究副修課程﹐著重戲劇的理論和實踐的教育。我們設計了一系列新的理論課程﹐包括悲劇理論﹑喜劇理論﹑戲劇美學和哲學﹐課程內容涵蓋希臘悲劇﹑莎士比亞﹑契訶夫﹑布萊希特﹐荒誕劇﹑以至日本能劇﹑中國戲曲等﹐務求擴闊同學對戲劇的眼界。另一方面﹐我們又設計了一系列新的戲劇實踐課程﹐如編劇﹑演戲﹑導演﹑劇評等﹐並好高興邀請到香港戲劇界頂尖的人才任教﹐如陳炳釗先生﹑邵美君小姐﹐憑他們的藝術成就和經驗﹐同學一定會獲益良多。

我們課程的宗旨是﹐戲劇不止是劇本裡面的文字﹐更加是立體的表演﹐所以我們整個課程設計﹐都希望讓同學能從智性和感性兩方面﹐理解戲劇藝術。