The Hong Kong Drama Award for Best Script is presented by the Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies at the Hong Kong Drama Awards ceremony, recognizing the most outstanding stage play script and playwright of the year.

Past winners YearName TitleTheatre company/productionRef.1992(1st)Cheung Tat-mingFar Way HomeChung Ying Theatre Company Anthony Chan Kam-kuen 大屋 Sha Tin TheatreRaymond To Tokyo blues Hong Kong Repertory Theatre1993(2nd)A Foxy TaleWan Chai Theatre I Have a Date with Spring Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Chow Yuk-ming 徘徊在纏綿時份 Actors' Family1994(3rd)Raymond ToThe Mad PhoenixHong Kong Repertory Theatre Mok Hei 我要結婚 Hong Kong Federation of Drama SocietiesAnthony Chan Kam-kuen The Legend Of A Storyteller Chung Ying Theatre Company1995(4th)Johnny Got His Guns旭日坊劇團 Chan Chu-hei, Jim Chim and Olivia Yan The Unbearable Twain Theatre Ensemble Ko Tin-lung The School & I Chung Ying Theatre Company Chow Yuk-ming Sleeping Wife Horizonte1996(5th)Cheung Tat-mingThe End of the Long RiverHong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Poon Wai-sum The Mosquito Hero Prospects Theatre Raymond To Forever Yours Chung Ying Theatre Company1997(6th)Ng Ka-haiDragon's legendExploration Theatre Ken Kwan Oh, Touchwood! The Nonsensemakers Raymond To Love à la Zen Hong Kong Repertory TheatrePoon Wai-sum The Oak Tree Theatre du Pif1998(7th)The Cockroach that Flies like a HelicopterProspects Theatre Anthony Chan Kam-kuen The Call of the White Orchid Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Leung Ka-kit The Professional Chung Ying Theatre Company Cheung Tat-ming Before the Rain StopsHong Kong Repertory Theatre1999(8th)He JipingDe Ling & Empress Dowager Ci Xi Raymond To Butterfly Lovers The Spring-Time Group Chan Chi-wah Up he climbs, Down she crawls Actors' FamilyPoon Wai-sum The Rising AntsProspects Theatre 2000(9th)Cricket in My Life Ko Tin-lung The Merchant Of China Chung Ying Theatre Company Raymond To Forever and Ever Hong Kong Repertory Theatre2001(10th)Poon Wai-sumHu Xueyan, My DearTNT Theatre To Kill or To Be Killed Prospects Theatre Anthony Chan Kam-kuen The New Thunderstorm Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies2002(11th)Poon Wai-sumSpiders in MeditationProspects Theatre Ng Wong the Swordsman Theatre Space Chan Chi-wah Under Construction Actors' Family2003(12th)Candace ChongAlive in the MortuaryChung Ying Theatre Company He Jiping Secret of Resurrection Hong Kong Repertory TheatrePoon Wai-sum Of Fire And Fireworks Theatre Ensemble and Prospects Theatre2004(13th)Dragon HeadProspects Theatre Fire Lee Ka-wing Oldsters on Fire Wan Chai Theatre Yu Hon-ting The Country Teacher Drama Gallery2005(14th)Candace ChongShall We Go to Mars?Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Cheung Tat-ming Rotate 270° Poon Wai-sum Of Minds and No-mind Theatre Ensemble and Prospects Theatre2006(15th)Candace ChongThe French KissSNAP Production Lucy Ching Man-fai and Ko Tin-lung One of the Lucky Ones (Step II) Chung Ying Theatre Company Matthew Cheng Kwok-wai February 14 Hong Kong Repertory Theatre2007(16th)Szeto Wai-kinThe Last Bet of My Dead AuntChung Ying Theatre Company Wong Wing-sze The Last Piece of Gold of Miss PangProspects Theatre Poon Wai-sum The Massage King2008(17th)Elton LauWaiting for the MatchCinematic Theatre Alvin Wong Once in a Lifetime W Theatre Poon Wai-sum Dust and DawnHong Kong Repertory Theatre Wong Wing-sze this happy VALLEY is VERY happy2009(18th)Raymond ToI Love A-Ai Leung Shing-him In the Wonderland Class 7A Drama Group Limited Lee Wai-cheung To Dream the Impossible Dream Wan Chai Theatre Yu Hon-ting Hello in There Hong Kong Repertory Theatre and Drama Gallery2010(19th)Candace ChongMurder in San JoséHong Kong Arts Festival Sylvia Chang Design for Living Edward Lam Dance Theatre Elton Lau Soulmate iStage and Chasing Culture2011(20th)Wong Wing-szeThe Truth About LyingHong Kong Arts Festival Daisy Wong and Poon Wai-sum Peacock Man & Durian Woman Windmill Grass Theatre Anthony Chan Kam-kuen Dr. Faustus Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Cheung Fei-fan and Owen Kwok The Best Wretches loft Stage and Chasing Culture2012(21st)Matthew Cheng Kwok-waiThe Last SupperHong Kong Repertory Theatre Kenson Chan Wing-chuen The Heydays Elton Lau Beyond the Words iStage2013(22nd)Yu Hon-tingNitehawkDrama Gallery Yuen Lup-fun, Luk Wai-hung, Rupert Chan, Tang Shu-wing, Lo Wai-luk and Ken Kwan Another Last Lesson Chung Ying Theatre Company Yau Ting-fai The CellHong Kong Repertory Theatre2014(23rd)Candace ChongThe Professor Poon Wai-sum The Emperor, his Mom, a Eunuch and a Man Loong Man-hong The Big Big Day Chung Ying Theatre Company2015(24th)Cheung Fei-fanCheckmate 23Theatre Space Alvin Wong Shuraba W TheatreLoong Man-hong Go Go Ghost Chung Ying Theatre Company2016(25th)The Abandoned HarbourHong Kong Repertory Theatre Judy Chu Farewell the Good Old Days Matthew Cheng Kwok-wai The Sin Family Elton Lau Off Key Buddies iStage2017(26th)Chan Ping-chiuWaking Dreams in 1984On & On Theatre Workshop Birdy Wong Ching-yan The Truth from Liar Artocrite Theatre Tang Sai-cheong Three BrothersHong Kong Repertory Theatre2018(27th)Poon Wai-sumThe Diary of Song Cheung Tat-ming Forever Silence Loong Man-hong Hong Kong Astronaut Hong Kong Arts Festival2019(28th)Wong Kwok-kuiNo News is True NewsWindmill Grass Theatre Kwok Wing-hong Principle (2018)Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Matthew Cheng Kwok-wai Auspicious Day2020(29th)Candace ChongMay 35thStage 64 My Very Short Marriage Dharma Workshop Joey Leung and Melody Yuen The Best Day In My Life Windmill Grass Theatre2022(30th)Matthew Cheng Kwok-waiAmbiguousHong Kong Repertory Theatre Chan Siu-tung Try to be Funny BHT Theatre Cheung Fei-fan A Tale of the Southern Sky Hong Kong Dance Company and Actors' Family2023(31st)Candace ChongOne Last GiftEmperor Entertainment Group We are gay Hong Kong Arts Festival Cheung Fei-fan The Impossible Trial Hong Kong Repertory Theatre and West Kowloon Cultural District Poon Wai-sum Confrontations Hong Kong Repertory Theatre2024(32nd)Leung Shing-himThe Sympathetic DetonationClass 7A Drama Group Limited Lee Wai-lok Leave Him in The Dust Theatre Formula Birdy Wong Ching-yan I am Tree Artocrite Theatre2025(33rd)Jim HuiThe BucketHong Kong Repertory Theatre Vacant Possession Joey Leung Ana Windmill Grass Theatre2026(34th)Jun LiIn a Perfect WorldOn & On Theatre Workshop Lee Wai-lok In Hollywood We Trust Dramoxic Cheung Fei-fan What the Buddha Said Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Lai Yiu-ming In Between Hong Kong Repertory Theatre

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