Edward Lam, a founding member of Zuni Icosahedron and then established Edward Lam Dance Theatre, where he serves as the artistic director, during his residence in London (1989-1995).
Since returning to Hong Kong in 1995, he devoted himself to theatre and directed 75 original productions. Lam was awarded Best Director at Shanghai Theatre Festival
Modern Drama Valley’s One Drama Awards on several occasions, including Men and Women, War and Peace (2010), The Doppelgänger (2012), and What is Sex? (2017).
A firm believer in education, Lam has given lectures at The University of Hong Kong, the Academy of Film at Hong Kong Baptist University, and The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. In 2015, he launched the first edition of ELDT On Screen, a cinematic showcase of four of his adaptations of literary classics. He has also published books of collected essays, including Waiting for Hong Kong, The Meaning of Entertainment, Evil But Glamorous, My TV Dinner Years, and Leading Ladies in the Mandarin Cinema. In 2016, Taiwanese journal Performing Arts Review published Who is Afraid of Edward Lam, Hsu Yen-mei’s analysis of Lam’s stage productions from 2006 to 2015. Lam was named Artist of the Year (Theatre) by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council in 2017.