Professional puppeteer from Taiwan, Chen followed Hoshikawa Yoshio and Nishikawa Koryu Troupe to study traditional Japanese puppetry and Hachioji Kuruma Ningyo respectively from 1996-99. She then moved to Hong Kong and co-founded Fantasy Puppet later in 2005. Her creations include The Sleeping Gypsy, Fantasy at an Exhibition, The World Behind the Shadow, Blessing of the Banyan Tree, Season of the Sweet Gum, Fruit Story, Happy Days Toy Shop, Hairy the Little Macaque, Show Me Once, Let Me Free, Fruit Story 3, etc.
She was also frequently invited and commissioned by different organisations including Standard Chartered Arts in the Park, Macao Cultural Affairs Bureau and The Charles K. Kao Foundation, and participates in various theatre productions. She recently created an online video programme Light Comes In for WeWeWebWeb Carnival organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.
Freelance actress and theatre teacher, Ko graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Acting Major, with a BFA(Hons) degree in 2015. She then joined the Theatre Horizon as one-year trainee actress in 2017. In 2020, she co-founded Nobodies Theatre with her friends.
Recent engagements include Prison Holiday and Lu-Ting The Merman (2018 Edinburgh Fringe and Tai-Nan International Human Right Festival Version), Luting : Goodbye History, Hello Future, Requiem, Ten Bulls - In Search of Hidden Treasures, Drug, Century-old Dreams of A Fishing Harbour Episode III The Awakening, The Just Assassins, Faustus, Beyond the Horizon, The Black and the Blue of A Man, Century-old Dreams of a Fishing Harbour - Episode II. Nightmares, The Garden Party, Seek and Hide by Theatre Horizon; Let’s Talk About Tai O by ProjectTaiO; Mid-Night Angel by Poor Guy Diary and Killing Time by K.O the Box.
Children art education practitioner, Yip used to use doll puppet and shadow puppet to enrich his art classes and were well received by the children, since then he is passionate about puppetry. He co-founded Fantasy Puppet in 2005 and became the director of the troupe. His creations include The Sleeping Gypsy, Blessing of the Banyan Tree, Fantasy at an Exhibition, Season of the Sweet Gum, Fruit Story, Fruit Story 2, Hairy the Little Macaque, Let Me Free, Hong Kong International Arts Carnival: Happy Days Toy Shop (2012) and Show Me Once (2014). His recent works include Fruit Story 3 (2019).