LIU Tianya was born in Jiangsu, China and had been living in Taiwan since 2012. The director of Voleur du Feu Theatre and now working as a playwright and producer. Her theater works had toured more than 150 performances in China mainland, Taiwan, Canada, Japan and Malaysia. She has both local and international experience working as a producer and program co-leader.

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MASTER, MAJOR IN PLAY-WRITING

The Department of Theater

Taipei National University of the Arts (TNUA)

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BACHELOR, MAJOR IN PLAY-WRITING

The Department of Theater, Film and Television Arts of Nanjing University, China 

MAIN WORKS
 

2020

Producer and playwright, The Last Dinner, Tainan Arts Festival, Tainan Municipal Xinying Cultural Center

Producer and playwright, Dream A Little Dream, Yuanlin Performance Hall, experimental Theater

Workshop leader and playwright, The Year 2070, 2nd Baguashan Power Art Festival, Chang-Hua

 

2019

Co-director and program leader, Documentary Theatre Workshop in Chang-hua, 1st Baguashan Power Art Festival, Chang-Hua

Playwright and producer, Transfer Student II, Yuanlin Performance Hall, Experimental Theatre

Playwright and producer, The Missing Mickey, Experimental Theatre of National Performing Arts Centre

Film Script Translator, Someone who was Lost, a movie directed by Hugo Cheong

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2018

Playwright and producer, 2018 Sinophone Original Play Biennial

Script Adaptation and producer, Voleur du Feu Theatre X Oriza Hirata Transfer Student, New Idea Theatre Festival, Experimental Theatre of National Performing Arts Centre,

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2017
Script Adaptation, Voleur du Feu Theatre  X Oriza Hirata Taipei Notes, Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama, Yokohama Museum, Japan; Taipei Arts Festival, Wellspring Theatre.

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2016

Playwright and producer, Le Cri, 2016 Sinophone Original Play Biennial; 2017 Chang-Hua Theatre Art Festival; 2017 Avant-garde Theater Festival of Taiwan and China, Beijing, China mainland.

Playwright and producer, Ici là-bas, The 7th Beijing Nanluoguxiang Performing Arts Festival, Beijing, China mainland; China Jiangsu Original Studio Theatre Biennale, Nanjing, Yangzhou, China mainland; ACT Shanghai International Theatre Festival, Shanghai, China mainland.

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2015

Playwright and producer, Le Petit Paris, a tour of 23 performances in Tainan, Taipei, Nanjing and Hangzhou.

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2014

Playwright, Buy Four Get One Free, Taipei and Kaohsiung.

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2013

Script Adaptation, Miss Julie, Asia Theatre Directors’ Festival, Toga, Japan.

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

PLAYWRIGHT

2020 2nd Baguashan Power Art Festival, Chang-Hua, Taiwan.

2019 1st Baguashan Power Art Festival, Chang-Hua, Taiwan.

2018 Sinophone Original Play Biennial, Taipei, Taiwan.

2017 Avant-garde Theater Festival of Taiwan and China, Beijing, China mainland.

2017 Chang-Hua Theatre Art Festival, Chang-Hua, Taiwan.

2016 Sinophone Original Play Biennial, Taipei, Taiwan.

2016 ACT Shanghai International Theatre Festival, Shanghai, China mainland.

2016 China Jiangsu Original Studio Theatre Biennale, Nanjing, Yangzhou, China mainland.

2016 The 7th Beijing Nanluoguxiang Performing Arts Festival, Beijing, China mainland.

2015 Weiwuying Arts Fesitval, Kao-Hsiung, Taiwan.

2015 Avant-garde Theater Festival of Taiwan and China, Beijing, China mainland.

2015 Tainan Arts Fesitival, Tainan, Taiwan.

2012 Les Fêtes Internationales du théâtre, Montreal, Canada.

 

PRODUCER AND PROGRAM CO-LEADER

2018 4th Tua-Tiu-Tiann International Festival of Arts, Taipei, Taiwan. 2018 New Idea Theatre Festival, Taipei, Taiwan.

2017 Taiwan New Theater Festival, Chang-Hua, Taiwan

2017 Chang-Hua Theatre Art Festival, Chang-Hua, Taiwan.

2017 Kao-Hsiung Spring Arts Festival, Kao-Hsiung, Taiwan.

2016 Sinophone Original Play Biennial, Taipei, Taiwan.

2015 Avant-garde Theater Festival of Taiwan and China, Beijing, China mainland.

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SCRIPT ADAPTATION

2018 New Idea Theatre Festival, Taipei, Taiwan.

2017 Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan.

2017 Taipei Arts Festival, Taipei, Taiwan.

2013 Asia Theatre Directors’ Festival, Toga, Japan.

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THEATRE REVIEW

2019-2021 Invited Critic of Repazine, Hong Kong Repertory Theatre

2020 Invited Critic of Performing Arts Review, Theatre and Performance, Nanjing University

2013 Invited Critic of Performing Arts Review, National Culture and Arts Foundation