William Yap

An actor, a script writer, a director, a producer and a publicist, the multi-talented William Yap Yai Leong has been active in the local Chinese speaking theater scene since school days.

He made his directing debut in January 2010 by initiating & co-producing “LOVE” short play project and received Best Original Script for his recent “SORRY IN LOVE” project in ADA Drama Awards 2012. His recent directive works such as <PEOPLE LIKE US>, <FIRST LOVE>, <LONG TERM RELATIONSHIP>, <OLD BIRD>, <SICK>, <O.N.S.>, <w(b)itches>, <BFF>, <35>, <P2>, <Ri Chang>, <In Between (never give up)>, <Living Together> had received critical acclaims and overwhelmed box office from the audience. His works were always got nominated & won in ADA Drama Awards such as Best Lead Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Poster & Best Original Script for <SICK>. He was invited to be one of the 10 directors to be featured in the klpac 10th Anniversay Director Showcase in which his <Messy Water> was well received too. His recent work <35> won the best set and the best lighting design in 15th Boh Cameronian Arts Awards.

William is also the cofounder of CloudJoi, an online ticketed streaming platform for arts & culture shows. Designed and developed by Malaysian theatre practitioners, its innovative digital theatre has successfully bring the physical theatre experience online, by mimicking physical theatre experiences like front of house ticket checking, lounge area, live chat, live voting, photo-booth, and post-show dialogue. Since its inception, it has brought many local play, comedy, music, and musical performances online, reaching audiences both locally, and internationally from 50 countries.

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William叶伟良是一名马来西亚资深剧场工作者，涵盖的工作包括编剧、导演、制作人、宣传以及演员。2010年1月开始，他发起和制作“爱的系列”舞台剧 – 《等爱》、《恋爱》、《错爱》、《DO LOVE》、《FIRST LOVE》，除了获得观众们的喜好，他个人也凭着《错爱》之《我们不要再酱错下去，好吗？》获得第十届戏炬奖的最佳原创剧本奖。此外，William制作和编导的长剧《PEOPLE LIKE US》、《LTR》、《ONS》、《BFF》、《P2》、《In Between (never give up)》、《同居之第100天》更创下场场爆满的佳绩，并赢得标青的票房与优质的口碑。其“破格”转型作品如《老鸟》、《鬼。病》、《35》和《日常》也凭着深沉的执导方式，突破以往一贯的写实喜剧作风让观众眼前一亮。他也受邀参与“klpac十周年舞台剧导演系列”成为编导之一，同时也是《别让XX知道的事》系列的编导常客。他的作品也是戏炬奖和Boh Cameronian Arts Awards的入围常客。其中值得一提的是《鬼。病》共获得第十三届戏炬奖四大奖项，《35》则获得第15届Boh Cameronian Arts Awards 的最佳布景设计和最佳灯光设计。

2020年5月他与李浩锋在新冠肺炎疫情期间首创了网络剧场【云剧场】让马来西亚以及海外表演艺术界得以在剧场被迫停止运作之时还可以继续办演出，可谓为表演艺术界带来一丝生机之余，还看见剧场加科技的完美结晶。