Hong Kong Drama Award for Best Script

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

Year	Name [1]	Title	Theatre company/production	Ref.
1992 (1st)	Cheung Tat-ming	Far Way Home	Chung Ying Theatre Company	[2]
	Anthony Chan Kam-kuen	大屋 lit. 'Big House'	Sha Tin Theatre
	Raymond To	扶桑過客 lit. 'The Fusang Passenger'	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
1993 (2nd)	Raymond To	A Foxy Tale	Wan Chai Theatre	[3]
		I Have a Date with Spring	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre	[4]
	Chow Yuk-ming	徘徊在纏綿時份 lit. 'Lingering in a tender moment'	Actors' Family
1994 (3rd)	Raymond To	The Mad Phoenix	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Mok Hei	我要結婚 lit. 'I want to get married'	Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies
	Anthony Chan Kam-kuen	The Legend Of A Storyteller	Chung Ying Theatre Company
1995 (4th)		Johnny Got His Guns	旭日坊劇團lit. 'Rising Sun Theatre Company'	[5]
	Chan Chu-hei, Jim Chim and Olivia Yan	再見紅日出 lit. 'See the red sun rise again'	PIP Theatre
	Ko Tin-lung	The School & I	Chung Ying Theatre Company
	Chow Yuk-ming	Sleeping Wife	Horizonte	[6]
1996 (5th)	Cheung Tat-ming	The End of the Long River	Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts	[7]
	Poon Wai-sum	Wu Song Fights the Mosquito	Prospects Theatre
	Raymond To	Forever Yours	Chung Ying Theatre Company
1997 (6th)	Ng Ka-hai	龍情化不開lit. 'Deep Love For Home Cannot Dissolve'	Exploration Theatre
	Ken Kwan	Oh, Touchwood!	The Nonsensemakers
	Raymond To	Love à la Zen	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Poon Wai-sum	The Oak Tree	Theatre du Pif
1998 (7th)		The Cockroach that Flies like a Helicopter	Prospects Theatre	[8]
	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	瘋雨狂居 lit. 'Mad Rain, Wild Home'	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
1999 (8th)	He Jiping	De Ling & Empress Dowager Ci Xi	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Raymond To	Butterfly Lovers	The Spring-Time Group
	Chan Chi-wah	Up he climbs, Down she crawls	Actors' Family
	Poon Wai-sum	The Rising Ants	Prospects Theatre	[8]
2000 (9th)		Cricket in My Life	Prospects Theatre	[8]
	Ko Tin-lung	The Merchant Of China	Chung Ying Theatre Company
	Raymond To	Forever and Ever	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
2001 (10th)	Poon Wai-sum	Hu Xueyan, My Dear	TNT Theatre
		To Kill or To Be Killed	Prospects Theatre	[8]
	Anthony Chan Kam-kuen	The New Thunderstorm	Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies
2002 (11st)	Poon Wai-sum	Spiders in Meditation	Prospects Theatre	[8]
		Ng Wong the Swordsman	Theatre Space
	Chan Chi-wah	蛋散與豬扒 lit. 'Egg Twists and Pork Chops'	Actors' Family
2003 (12nd)	Candace Chong	Alive in the Mortuary	Chung Ying Theatre Company
	He Jiping	Secret of Resurrection	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Poon Wai-sum	香港煙花燦爛 also known as 港燦 lit. 'Hong Kong's Dazzling Fireworks - Gongcaan'	PIP Theatre and Prospects Theatre
2004 (13rd)	Poon Wai-sum	Dragon Head	Prospects Theatre
	Fire Lee Ka-wing	Oldsters on Fire	Wan Chai Theatre
	Yu Hon-ting	The Country Teacher	Drama Gallery
2005 (14th)	Candace Chong	Shall We Go to Mars?	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Cheung Tat-ming	Rotate 270°
	Poon Wai-sum	虎鶴雙形 lit. 'Tiger Crane Paired Form'	PIP Theatre and Prospects Theatre
2006 (15th)	Candace Chong	The French Kiss	SNAP 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 Theatre
2007 (16th)	Szeto Wai-kin	The Last bet of My Dead Aunt	Chung Ying Theatre Company
	Wong Wing-sze	The Last Piece of Gold of Miss Pang	Prospects Theatre
	Poon Wai-sum	The Massage King
2008 (17th)	Elton Lau	Waiting for the Match	Cinematic Theatre
	Alvin Wong	Once in a Lifetime	W Theatre
	Poon Wai-sum	Dust and Dawn	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Wong Wing-sze	this happy VALLEY is VERY happy
2009 (18th)	Raymond To	I Love A-Ai [a]
	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 Gallery
2010 (19th)	Candace Chong	Murder in San José	Hong Kong Arts Festival
	Sylvia Chang	Design for Living	Edward Lam Dance Theatre
	Elton Lau	Soulmate	iStage and Chasing Culture
2011 (20th)	Wong Wing-sze	The Truth About Lying	Hong 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 Culture
2012 (21st)	Matthew Cheng Kwok-wai	The Last Supper	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Kenson Chan Wing-chuen	The Heydays	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Elton Lau	Beyond the Words	iStage
2013 (22nd)	Yu Hon-ting	Nitehawk	Drama Gallery
	Yau Ting-fai	The Cell	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Yuen Lup-fun, Luk Wai-hung, Rupert Chan, Tang Shu-wing, Lo Wai-luk and Ken Kwan	Another Last Lesson	Chung Ying Theatre Company
2014 (23rd)	Candace Chong	The Professor	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Poon Wai-sum	The Emperor, his Mom, a Eunuch and a Man	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Loong Man-hong	The Big Big Day	Chung Ying Theatre Company
2015 (24th)	Cheung Fei-fan	Checkmate 23	Theatre Space
	Alvin Wong	Shuraba	W Theatre
	Loong Man-hong	Go Go Ghost	Chung Ying Theatre Company
2016 (25th)		The Abandoned Harbour	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Judy Chu	Farewell the Good Old Days
	Matthew Cheng Kwok-wai	The Sin Family
	Elton Lau	Off Key Buddies	iStage
2017 (26th)	Chan Ping-chiu	Waking Dreams in 1984	On & On Theatre Workshop
	Birdy Wong Ching-yan	The Truth from Liar	Artocrite Theatre
	Tang Sai-cheong	Three Brothers	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
2018 (27th)	Poon Wai-sum	The Diary of Song	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Cheung Tat-ming	Forever Silence
	Loong Man-hong	Hong Kong Astronaut	Hong Kong Arts Festival
2019 (28th)	Wong Kwok-kui	No News is True News	Windmill Grass Theatre
	Kwok Wing-hong	Principle (2018)	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
	Matthew Cheng Kwok-wai	Auspicious Day
2020 (29th)	Candace Chong	May 35th	Stage 64	[10]
		My Very Short Marriage	Dharma Workshop
	Joey Leung and Melody Yuen	The Best Day In My Life	Windmill Grass Theatre
2022 (30th)	Matthew Cheng Kwok-wai	Ambiguous	Hong 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' Family
2023 (31st)	Candace Chong	One Last Gift	Emperor Entertainment Group	[11]
		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 Theatre
2024 (32nd)	Leung Shing-him	The Sympathetic Detonation	Class 7A Drama Group Limited
	Lee Wai-lok	Leave Him in The Dust	Theatre Formula
	Birdy Wong Ching-yan	I am Tree	Artocrite Theatre
2025 (33rd)	Jim Hui	The Bucket	Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
		Vacant Possession
	Joey Leung	Ana	Windmill Grass Theatre

Notes

1. The play was named Love You Forever ^[9]

References

1. "最佳劇本 - 獲提名者及獲獎者" [Best Script - Nominees and Winners]. Hong Kong Drama Awards (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 2025. Archived from the original on 2025-10-12. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
2. "舞台劇《近鄉途情怯》 三代港人移民回流尋根寫照" [The stage play Far Way Home portrays three generations of Hongkongers returning after emigration to search for their roots]. Ming Pao (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 2025-01-07. Retrieved 2025-10-12. 1992年年初，中英劇團舞台劇《客鄉途情遠》首演13場，全部爆滿，榮獲第一屆香港舞台劇獎最佳劇本，身兼編劇及導演的張達明奪得最佳導演（喜劇／鬧劇），並於同年6月重演。[In early 1992, the Chung Ying Theatre Company's stage play Far Way Home premiered with 13 sold-out performances. It won the 1st Hong Kong Drama Award for Best Script, while Cheung Tat-ming, who served as both playwright and director, also won the Best Director (Comedy/Farce). The play was restaged in June of the same year.]
3. "WanChai Theatre 40th Anniversary "A Foxy Tale"". art-mate. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
4. ""I Have a Date with Spring" by Spring-Time Experimental Theatre". art-mate. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
5. ""A Playwright Series of Hong Kong: From Playwright vs Playwright to Reading of their Plays" by Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies (Cancellation of Play Reading Sessions)". Leisure and Cultural Services Department (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 2025-10-12. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
6. "過往演出", Horizonte (in Chinese (Hong Kong)), archived from the original on 2025-01-24, retrieved 2025-10-12
7. "長河之末 [playscript]", Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts , archived from the original on 2025-10-12, retrieved 2025-10-12
8. 胡筱雯 (2021-02-26). 王素怡 (ed.). "潘惠森劇本以蟲喻民 「直播」小人物生活". Ming Pao Our Lifestyle (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 「昆蟲系列」在1997年到2001年間完成，當時5個劇本逐年上演，順序是《雞春咁大隻曱甴兩頭岳》、《螞蟻上樹》、《三姊妹與哥哥和一隻蟋蟀》、《螳螂捕蟬》及《在天台上冥想的蜘蛛》。5個劇本中，《雞》、《三》及《在》均獲香港戲劇協會頒發「香港舞台劇獎」的最佳劇本獎，而餘下兩個劇本則獲提名。[The Insect Series was completed between 1997 and 2001, during which its five scripts were staged annually in the following order: The Cockroach that Flies like a Helicopter, The Rising Ants, Cricket in My Life, To Kill or To Be Killed, and Spiders in Meditation. Among these five plays, The Cockroach that Flies like a Helicopter, Cricket in My Life, and Spiders in Meditation each won the Best Script category from the Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies' Hong Kong Drama Awards, while the remaining two were nominated.]
9. Hong Kong Repertory Theatre (September 2008), Hong Kong Repertory Theatre 2007-08 Annual Report, p. 32
10. "【舞台劇獎】莊梅岩六四故事《5月35日》掃5奬成大贏家 毋懼國安法阻創作" [Candace Chong's play about June Fourth, May 35th, swept five awards to become the big winner. She remains unafraid of the National Security Law's constraints on creative expression.]. 聞庫 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 2020-06-27. Retrieved 2025-10-20. 由編劇莊梅岩編寫的劇目《5月35日》獲得最佳劇本奬、最佳製作、最佳導演（悲劇 / 正劇）、最佳燈光設計和年度優秀製作。[The play May 35th, written by playwright Candace Chong, won five major awards — Best Script, Best Production, Best Director (Tragedy/Tragicomedy), Best Lighting Design, and Outstanding Production of the Year]
11. "莊梅岩第七度奪最佳劇本獎：多謝香港孕育自己" (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 2023-06-15. 莊梅岩的作品《最後禮物》、《我們最快樂》均獲提名入圍，最後憑《最後禮物》奪得最佳劇本獎，這亦是她第七次獲得該獎項。[Candace Chong's One Last Gift and We are gay were both nominated, and One Last Gift ultimately won the Best Script category. This marks her seventh time receiving the award.]