DYSPHORIA is selected as a Finalist in the Canadian Screen Awards Qualifying @worldfesthouston.
FOLDING, starring Joseph Marcell and Shin-Fei Chen, screens at @BritishShorts in Berlin.
WRITING: Shin-Fei Chen and Yennis Cheung sign with literary agent Andrew Mills
SELMA & CLARICE, a new dark comedy by Yennis Cheung & Shin-Fei Chen, has won 6 awards, including Best Female Scriptwriter at the Toronto International Women Film Festival, and Best TV Pilot at both the Toronto Film Magazine Fest and Vancouver Independent Film Festival.
Congrats team for winning Best TV Pilot in Vancouver Independent Film Fest! @shinfeichen @eddydeg @rebeccagyeo @BenEMWong @KillaVista our 5th win.🙏👏🙌 pic.twitter.com/P3Gi1cUZDt
— Yennis Cheung 張茵 (@yennischeung) June 15, 2021
VOICEOVER
Futures Theatre announces the upcoming release of Fully Amplified, out on July 26, 2021.
'Not Just Two People In Love' inspired by talks with a multi-racial group of women on their experience of interracial relationships. Starring @shinfeichen in 'Geometries of Love and Power' by Marinella Mezzanotte, directed by @TianShakira https://t.co/vW2QcWcYIN#FullyAmplified pic.twitter.com/wFBTHlkeUb
— Futures Theatre Co (@Futures_Theatre) June 23, 2021
Shoot, Shag, or Marry, written by Natasha Kathi-Chandra as part of Tamasha’s Hear Me Now Podcast, is released on Spotify, Apple, and Google Podcasts. Click here to listen (Episode 6, timestamp: -10:20)
THEATRE503
Shin-Fei Chen leads in Landing Fall, part of Theatre503’s Rapid Write Response.
It’s been very special for us to see the reactions to #RWROnline
Due to popular demand and so you can continue to behold the wonders that our writers, directors and actors have created, we’re extending viewing for another month on our @YouTube Channel!https://t.co/HFteWJQpKx — Theatre503 (@theatre503) May 13, 2020
Tune in to Quiz Nite! on @BBCRadio4 at 11:30 this morning. It’s a lovely series of comedy plays written by Punt and Dennis.
This week with @JonPointing, @Darren_Kuppan, Shin-Fei Chen, and Elizabeth Bennett. https://t.co/o4Z84odcbepic.twitter.com/pe5l4QjnGK
— The Now Show (@BBCNowShow) September 27, 2019
CHINESE BURN (BBC)
Broadcast: “Some of the future entertainment hits will surely come from the wave of new talent BBC3 has nurtured, such as Chinese Burn’s Yennis Cheung and Shin-Fei Chen”
The Guardian: We Female Screenwriters Need TV to Change
Chinese Burn Nominated for Edinburgh TV Festival’s Debbies Award (Debut Writer Category)
Observer TV reviews: The week in TV
Deadline: BBC Serves Up 12 Comedy Pilots
BBC Radio 4 – Front Row – Chinese Characters on TV
i: Chinese Burn: the new BBC comedy aiming to smash East Asian stereotypes
British Comedy Guide: BBC Three Announces New Show ‘Chinese Burn’
BBC Media Centre: Shane Allen Announces Twelve Comedy Pilots Across BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Three
The Telegraph: The 10 Best New Films and Shows on Netflix UK, April 2017
THREE SISTERS (LYRIC THEATRE BELFAST)
Exeunt Magazine – ‘…Shin-Fei Chen, looking back from the present with warmth but also curiously elegiac’
The Big List NI – ‘Anyone who has moved abroad to start a new life in a new culture will feel what Siu Jing feels – and Shin-Fei Chen deserves special mention for conveying this.’
The Guardian – ‘Compelling’
The Irish News – ‘The sister-in-law, now Chinese born, took us beyond the fourth wall and into the house where all the desperation and longing was about to take place. Shin-Fei Chen as Siu Jing delivered the piece to audience well.’
AVENUE Q (UPSTAIRS AT THE GATEHOUSE)
WhatsOnStage – Avenue Q – ‘Chen, especially, gets plenty of belly laughs every time that she is onstage.’
Jonathan Baz Reviews – Avenue Q – ‘Shin-Fei Chen’s manic Christmas Eve are amongst the best of the evening’s comedy.’