Hong Kong Drama Award for Best Director (Comedy/Farce) is presented by the Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies at the Hong Kong Drama Awards ceremony, recognizing the most outstanding direction in a comedy or farce production of the year.
Past winners YearName TitleTheatre company/productionRef.1992(1st)Cheung Tat-mingFar Way HomeChung Ying Theatre Company Jeffrey Ho Love In The Marketplace Wan Chai Theatre Roy Szeto Luv Actors' Family1993(2nd)Chung King-faiA Foxy TaleHong Kong Repertory Theatre Daniel Yang The marriage of Figaro James Mark FoolsHigh Noon Production Company1994(3rd)Dominic Cheung Ho-kinMove Over Mrs Markham Daniel Yang Other People's Money Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Tang Shu-wing The Affair of the Rue de Lourcine Horizonte Chung King-fai Driving Miss Daisy Exploration Theatre1995(4th)Ko Tin-lungThe School & IChung Ying Theatre Company Chung King-fai and Sammy Lam Lap-sam Guys and dolls Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Anthony Chan Kam-kuen You Can't Take It with You Hong Kong Repertory Theatre1996(5th)Fredric MaoRed Room, White Room, Black RoomHong Kong Repertory Theatre Jeffrey Ho One Man, Two Guvnors Jacob Yu Chun-kau Laughter on the 23rd Floor Horizonte Raymond To Forever Yours Chung Ying Theatre Company1997(6th)May Fu Yuet-maiLost in YonkersHong Kong Federation of Drama Societies Sammy Lam Lap-sam God's Favourite Exploration Theatre Sammy Lam Lap-sam and Desmond Tang Wai-kit Damn Yankees Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts1998(7th)Lee Chun-chowThe ProfessionalChung Ying Theatre Company Fredric Mao Le Médecin malgré luiHong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Anthony Chan Kam-kuen 19411999(8th)James MarkThe BureaucratsChung Ying Theatre Company Jeffrey Ho The Imaginary Invalid Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Desmond Tang Wai-kit Don't Dress For Dinner Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies2000(9th)Lee Chun-chowAladdinChung Ying Theatre Company Anthony Chan Kam-kuen The Quick Change Room Dominic Cheung Ho-kin Art Theatre Space2001(10th)Jeffrey HoLet Me Love OnceHong Kong Repertory Theatre Daniel Yang A Midsummer Night's Dream Lee Chun-chow Sylvia Chung Ying Theatre Company2002(11th)Weigo Lee Kwok-waiSpiders in MeditationProspects Theatre Jeffrey Ho Hong Kong For Sure! Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Victor Pang and Mandy Yiu Yun-man Under Construction Actors' Family2003(12th)Poon Wai-sumOf Fire And FireworksTheatre Ensemble and Prospects Theatre Lee Chun-chow Little Shop of Horrors Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Luther Fung On Golden Pond Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies2004(13th)Chan Suk-yiOldsters on FireWan Chai Theatre Jeffrey Ho Haunted Haunted Little Star Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Jim Chim and Olivia Yan Sure Win Theatre Ensemble2005(14th)Henry FongFunny MoneyHong Kong Federation of Drama Societies Alvin Wong Chi-lung and Joey Leung Queer Show W Theatre Fredric Mao and Roy Szeto A Small Family Business Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Poon Wai-sum Of Minds and No-mind Theatre Ensemble and Prospects Theatre2006(15th)Tony Wong Lung-pun and Pichead AmornsomboonTwo of Us2 On Stage Chan Chu-hei I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! Windmill Grass Theatre May Fu Yuet-mai February 14 Hong Kong Repertory Theatre2007(16th)Weigo Lee Kwok-waiThe Massage KingProspects Theatre Henry Fong The Last Bet of My Dead Aunt Chung Ying Theatre Company Szeto Wai-kin Xi Nai On RockHong Kong Repertory Theatre2008(17th)Weigo Lee Kwok-waiArt Trumpets and Raspberries Cinematic Theatre Roy Szeto and Alvin Wong Once in a Lifetime W Theatre Chan Suk-yi Journey to the West Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts2009(18th)May Fu Yuet-maiLove You ForeverHong Kong Repertory Theatre Jacob Yu Chun-kau and Joey Leung A Mad World, My Masters Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies Jeffrey Ho and Lee Wai-cheung To Dream the Impossible Dream Wan Chai Theatre Tang Shu-wing Le Dindon Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts2010(19th)Desmond Tang Wai-kitAcademy of LaughterThe Nonsensemakers Anthony Chan Kam-kuen A Flea in Her Ear Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Chung King-fai and Ko Tin-lung A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Chung Ying Theatre Company2011(20th)Roy SzetoLe Dieu du carnageHong Kong Repertory Theatre Communicating Doors Jacob Yu Chun-kau Le Dieu du carnage Theatre Space Poon Wai-sum Peacock Man & Durian Woman Windmill Grass Theatre2012(21st)Roy SzetoShed SkinHong Kong Repertory Theatre Henry Fong Caught in the Net Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies Terence Sin Chun-tung Boeing-Boeing Actors' Square2013(22nd)Chan Chu-heiThe Black and the Blue of a ManHong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Tony Wong Lung-pun The Scholar and the Executioner Weigo Lee Kwok-wai Occupy C.E.O. Amity Drama Club2014(23rd)Chan Ping-chiuDer goldene DracheOn & On Theatre Workshop Tony Wong Lung-pun The 39 StepsChung Ying Theatre Company Edmond Lo Chi-sun The Big Big Day2015(24th)Chan Ping-chiuPostcolonial God of FoodOn & On Theatre Workshop Rensen Chan Man-kong Academy of Laughter The Nonsensemakers Chan Suk-yi and Cecilia Ng Kit-yan Gap Life Whole Theatre Edmond Lo Chi-sun Go Go Ghost Chung Ying Theatre Company2016(25th)Chan Suk-yiAn Angel Dumped into New CityWhole Theatre and Artocrite Theatre Kenson Chan Wing-chuen title of show Art Peak Tony Wong Lung-pun The Government Inspector Chung Ying Theatre Company2017(26th)Fong Chun-kitThe Truth from LiarArtocrite Theatre Chan Suk-yi Spring Fever Hotel 2016 Dharma Workshop Victor Pang A Midsummer Night's Dream Actors' Family Daniel Yang Whose Wife is it Anyway? Hong Kong Repertory Theatre2018(27th)Fong Chun-kitSing OutDelia Memorial School (Hip Wo), Pui Ching Middle School, HHCKLA Buddhist Ching Kok Secondary School, Ebenezer School & Home for the Visually Impaired Lee Chun-chow The Truth Project Roundabout Chan Suk-yi An Accidental Rainbow Radix Troupe2019(28th)Wong Chun-hoThe Resistible Rise Of Arturo UiTheatre Horizon Anthony Chan Kam-kuen The Big Meal Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Ata Wong Chun-tat Papa Théâtre de la Feuille Desmond Tang Wai-kit The Memory of Water Project Roundabout2020(29th)Tony Wong Lung-punDust and DawnHong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Desmond Tang Wai-Kit Always by Your Side Hong Kong Arts Festival Tang Shu-wing Dead Man's Cell Phone Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio2022(30th)Chan Siu-tungTry to be FunnyBHT Theatre Weigo Lee Kwok-wai and Rocelia Fung Wai-hang A Winter Funeral Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Kingston Lo Yee-king Der goldene Drache Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts2023(31st)Andrew Chan Hang-faiThe VisitAlice Theatre Laboratory Rocelia Fung Wai-hang Love à la ZenHong Kong Repertory Theatre Poon Wai-sum Confrontations2024(32nd)Fong Chun-kitScapin in Jiānghú, Chap. 2023 Lee Chun-chow Moscow Express Chan Chu-hei Show Me Your Love SUCH HK2025(33rd)Kingston Lo Yee-kingThe BucketHong Kong Repertory Theatre Bobby Lau Shau-ching Vacant Possession Joey Leung and Edmond Tong Di-Dar Windmill Grass Theatre2026(34th)Fiona YimIn Hollywood We TrustDramoxic Tony Wong Lung-pun What the Buddha Said Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Edmond Lo Chi-sun The Play that Goes Wrong Chung Ying Theatre Company
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