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About Us
Jumbo Kids Theatre is a professional children’s theatre group founded in 1999. It is currently receiving One-Year Grant from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Jumbo Kids Theatre has been the Venue Partner of Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre since April 2018. It moved to Tai Po Arts Centre in November 2019, hoping to turn both venues into a theatre for children and young people in Hong Kong.
With passion and perseverance, Jumbo Kids Theatre presented high quality children's theatrical works with great critical acclaim in collaboration with different organizations, including Hong Kong Arts Development Council (HKADC) , Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) , Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) , Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education (CPCE) , Quality Education Fund , Home Affairs Department(HAD) , UNICEF , The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong , Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (SCOLAR) , Citigroup Inc. , Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) and more. Collaborative theatrical projects include school-touring performances, family activities, family workshops and public performances.
The mascots of Jumbo Kids Theatre are the half-mask characters – Toasty, Ah Lam, Ah Lui, 2 in 1, Little-star, Ming, Cousin Wai, Smiley and Nam Nam. They not only represent our passion and perseverance, but also bring joy and reflections for both children and adult. Our new series of performance are "Children's Literature Series" and “Early Childhood Theatrical Production” which aim to foster parent-child reading and provides theatrical experience to children in early-childhood.
For the past 24years, Jumbo Kids Theatre have reached 1,405,000 audiences.
Our Dream is to Dream the impossible Dream!
Missions
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Accompany children’s growth and enrich their life with professional theatrical performance
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Actively engage in adaptations, translations, and production of different genre of children’s theatrical performance
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Establish a children’s arts centre as a platform to play, learn and dream
Board of Directors
Chairman
Members
FU YUET MAI
YIU CHIN PANG
LAM MUK LAI
LAW YUK LUNG
POON MING CHU
LEUNG MAN MAN
Artistic and administrative staffs
Artistic Director
LAM YING KIT, EVEN
LI SIK YING, VIVIAN
Co-Artistic Director
LAW CHUNG KIN
Company Manager
CHENG CHUNG KEI, JOYCE
WING HO
Administrative Officer
Resident Director
FUNG KA FAI
Creative Programming Officer
LUK PANG YUE
何詩韻 BELLA HO
藝術行政助理
Arts Administrative Assistant
Stage Manager Trainee
楊希哲 GORDI YEUNG
見習多媒體設計師
Multimedia Designer Trainee
戴潔婷 TAI KIT TEIN
Our Team
Even Lam Ying Kit
Founding Member and Artistic Consultant
Even founded Jumbo Kids Theatre in 1999, he was the Production Manager from 1999 to 2003, Artistic Director & Company Manager from 2004 to 2022, and Artistic Director from 2022 to 2024. From 2024, he was an Artistic Consultant.
Even graduated from the Swire of Design of Hong Kong Polytechnic University in design, he later obtained his master's degree from the School of drama, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, majoring in acting and directing, respectively in 1991 and 2018.
Even was a full-time actor at Exploration Theatre from 1991 to 1997. He has participated in and created more than 80 productions in these 30 years. Some of his recent directorial works are : 2021 Cat Story & War Guy; 2020 Dot/Line/Plane@Superbaby; 2018 Don Quixote (HKAPA MFA Director Graduation Production Thesis Project), 2018 Snail & Whale Around The World; 2017 Toasty's Day Dreaming (Edinburgh Fringe Festival version); 2016 Toasty's Day Dreaming; 2011 The Critical Family, 2011 The Last Journey to the West(Hong Kong Version) and others.
Even have been engaged in drama performance & education for more than 30 years. From 2008 to 2010, he was committed to Little Mountain Arts Association (Macau) 2008 Magic Gems; 2009 Ten Brothers; 2010 The Last Journey to the West (Macau and Shanghai Exposition)
Even served as a member of the consultation panel West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (2009-2017) and as an adjudicator and tutor of the Hong Kong Drama Festival. He is currently the Artistic Director and Company Manager of Jumbo Kids Theatre Company, an examiner of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, and a judging panel on the evaluation of the Hong Kong Drama Federation of Societies.
Vivian Li Sik Ying
Founding Member and Artistic Consultant
Vivan founded Jumbo Kids Theatre in 1999, she was served as an Executive Director from 1999 to 2003, an Education and Development Manager from 2013 to 2022, an Administrative Director from 2022 to 2024. From 2024, she was an Artistic Consultant.
Vivian graduated from the School of Drama, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, majoring in acting in 1991. Vivian was a full-time actor at Exploration Theater & Mingri Theatre before starting up Jumbo Kids Theatre in 1999.
Vivian has actively participated in over 50 school touring and public performance productions, she has been a producer for all JK public performances namely recent production: including 2021 Cat story & War guy (as adapter & writer), 2021 Peter Pan & Toasty ( as producer), 2021 Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe (as director & translator), 2020 Dot/Line/Plane@SuperBaby2020 (Livestream Performance) (as a scriptwriter & producer, 24 Stories (Livestream Performance), 2019 A Fantasy Journey @Christmas (musical), 14 Town Musical, Tak's story ( Object Theatre), 2018 Mini Children Art Fringe Festival, Father & Mother, I love you, 2017 Toasty's Day-dreaming (Edinburgh version), 2016 Toasty's Day-dreaming and others. Vivian was an actress in 2013 to 2015 School Touring Performance Fortune Cookies, 2016 Toasty's Daydreaming debut, and 2017 Toasty's Daydreaming Edinburgh Fringe Festival version.
Vivian has worked as an actress, educator, playwright, director, producer & administrator for 30 years. 2018-2021 Jockey Club Jumbo Kids "We Go Together" Drama Programme, Kindergarten Touring Educational Theater, Parent-Child co-reading projects to complement the development of theatre company's venue partnership in Ngau Chi Wan Civic Center.
Our Team
Lawkin Law Chung Kin
Artistic Director
Currently the Artistic Director of Jumbo Kids Theatre, he is also a freelance actor, director, drama educator, and part-time teacher at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA). He was formerly a lecturer in the Department of Liberal Arts at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) and a full-time actor at Hong Kong Disneyland.
Graduated from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts (Honors), majoring in Acting. Graduated from the Department of Philosophy of The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2010 with a Master of Philosophical Literature. Graduated from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) in 2018 with a Master of Dramatic Arts, majoring in Directing. In 2024, he will study The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) "Short-Term Intensive Program in Stage and Production Arts", majoring in Lighting Technology.
In 2023, the production "我們所不知道的生活成本" directed by him for the Hong Kong Drama Association was nominated for Best Production at the 32nd Hong Kong Drama Awards; In 2014, he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Tragedy/Drama) at the 24th Hong Kong Drama Awards for his film drama production "報案人".
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Joyce Cheng Chung Kei
Company Manager
Since joining Jumbo Kids Theatre in 2009, she has served as an Administrative Assistant from 2009 to 2018, as an Administrative officer from 2018 to 2020, and Administrative Manager from 2020 to 2022. From 2022 onward, she was a Company Manager.
Her main duties include internal company administration, marketing, account management, coordinating large and small public performances and school touring productions, establishing contacts with other organizations and sponsors, and developing theatre resources. She has studied the Senior Executive Leadership Development Training Program 2024, the Professional Diploma in Human Resources Management, and the Diploma in Business Administration.
In recent years, she has produced many public performances of Jumbo Kids Theatre, including 2024 "湊大細路日記", "BB大過天 之 DO RE MI", 2023 "砵砵車的一生2023", "多士妹的唐吉訶德", 2022 "校園幹探易合一之 電玩危機2022", "三隻小豬非一般的故事", 2021 "《Toasty & Friends 大細路3D演唱會", Jockey Clube New Arts Power "BB大過天之點、線、面", ""小黑"and "阿爾的故事", International Arts Carnival "多士妹與小飛俠的奇幻旅程", "獅子女巫魔衣櫥", 2020 "BB大過天 之 點、線、面" Online Live Version".