Prior to becoming the Artistic Director of the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre in 2023, Poon Wai Sum held the post of Dean of the School of Drama at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts from 2017 to 2022, after having served as Resident Playwright and Discipline Leader of Dramatic Writing from 2012 to 2017. Previously, he was the Artistic Director of Prospects Theatre Company from 1993 to 2012. He was awarded the Drama Practitioner Annual Achievement Award in 1999 and the Award for Arts Achievement in 2003 from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, and was awardee of the Secretary for Home Affairs’ Recommendation Scheme in 2006. He is currently Adjunct Professor at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and a member of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
 
His publications include Man of Tiger – A Collection of Short Stories by Poon Wai Sum, as well as a dozen of playscripts, including The Emperor, his Mom, a Eunuch and a Man, Hu Xueyan, my Dear, The Insects Series – An Anthology of Plays by Poon Wai Sum, Poon Wai Sum: The Two-Handed, The Isle and Moscow Express.