Chris Fung
resident associate artist
2026 - 2027
“I am overjoyed to be spending a year building a new play with Piers Black and Ali Michael at Ransack Theatre. Piers and Ali are tremendously exciting creatives, full of momentum and moxie. I am so delighted to be playing with and learning from them for this next year. I am grateful to have been selected from what was an extremely competitive field of sparkly eyed playwrights, and I would love to pledge now, that I am going to do my best to both make the most of this opportunity, as well as to find tangible ways to uplift and share THE GOOD STUFF with the wider UK playwriting community.
Alongside director Eilidh Evans, I run Camino Meets, a free dramaturgical development community for low socioeconomic London Playwrights. We meet every month in central London. If you’re interested in saying hello, bringing some work, please pop on by! @caminomeets
It is an honour to be Ransack Theatre Company’s Resident Associate Playwright for 2026 to 2027.”
Chris Fung (he/him) is an award-winning writer and performer from Sydney.
Chris’s play FRANK AND JEN won Soho Theatre's 2026 Tony Craze Award and is currently in development with Roy Alexander Weise MBE attached to direct. His play GLOBAL MAJORITY, winner of the inaugural 2026 Ilfeld Prize, will receive its debut London production in 2026, with support from ACE, with Rupert Hands directing. Chris’s actor-muso adaptation of AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS will tour the UK in 2026, directed by Tara Noonan.
Chris's other work includes THE SOCIETY FOR NEW CUISINE, dir. Rupert Hands, which premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2023 before transfering to Omnibus Theatre and Norden Farm in 2025. The production received the OffWestEnd Assessor’s Choice Award 2025, alongside multiple OFFIES nominations including Best Performance Piece. It was also nominated for five Fringe Theatre Awards including Best New Play and Best Production.
Chris is an alumni of the Criterion Theatre New Writing Programme (2026), Soho Theatre Writers’ Lab (2025/26), New Earth Writers (2025), and the ATG Musical Theatre Writers Programme (2026). He has received commissions by Rafia Hussain Productions, and Gabriella Sills Productions. Chris is currently an Affiliate playwright for Pint-Sized Theatre. Chris has been longlisted for the Pentabus Jerwood Associate scheme.
Chris is the founder and director of Fun Guy Theatre Productions, and is the Director of Camino Meets, a free dramaturgical development community for low socioeconomic London Playwrights.
Chris is represented by Kelly Knatchbull and Charlie Weedon at Sayle Screen for his writing.
Chris is represented by Kristian Evans at Carlton West Artists for his performance.
As Writer:
The Society for New Cuisine dir. Rupert Hands (EdFringe ‘23, Omnibus ’25); Global Majority dir. Rupert Hands debut run in London TBA ‘26; Frank and Jen dir. MBE Roy Alexander Weise - in development. Around the World in 80 Days dir. Tara Noonan (UK Tour '26), Those Who Can’t Teach - in development.
As Performer:
Cyrano de Bergerac dir. Jamie Lloyd (West End and NT Live), Evita dir. Jamie Lloyd (Regents Park), Frozen dir. Michael Grandage (West End), Your Lie in April dir. Nick Winston (West End), The Society for New Cuisine dir. Rupert Hands (Ed Fringe, Omnibus), The King and I dir. Chris Renshaw (Australia Tour)
Writing Schemes and Awards:
Tony Craze Award Winner 2026 (for Frank and Jen)
The Ilfeld Prize Winner 2026 (for Global Majority)
Offies Assessor’s Choice 2025 (for The Society for New Cuisine)
Photo credit: Street Photographer Kenny Kung