Pui-ka Cheng (she/her)
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Pui-ka Cheng (she/her) *
Actor, dubbing artist, puppeteer, drama teacher and director, currently Manchester based. Pui-ka graduated from the Chinese University of HK (Degree in Statistics) and the Drama School of HK Academy of Performing Arts (Major in Acting).
Pui-ka has a passion for puppetry and has collaborated with various puppet theatre groups such as Global Grooves Manchester, Make Friends With Puppet, HK Puppet and Shadow Art Centre and more. In 2023, she designed and produced puppets for the new play “The Wing” at Joyful Theatre.
In April 2024, Pui-ka received funding from the Art Council England’s GMCA Inspire Fund to develop and advance her personal puppet-making career.
In the field of drama education, Pui-ka has conducted workshops, seminars, teacher training days, and school tours in over 250 schools, tertiary institutions, and organizations. Starting in February 2025, she will collaborate with Z-arts Manchester to host Harmony Horizons workshops.
Since 2007, Pui-ka has provided Cantonese voice-over work for companies such as Disney, Marvel, Animax, TVN, NGC, and Netflix, voicing significant characters including Ryder for “Paw Patrol”, Zipp Storm for “My Little Pony: A New Generation”, the Rose for “The Little Prince” movie, Angol Mois for “Keroro Gunso the Super Movie”, Barbie for “Toy Story 3”, Ben for “Ben 10”, and more.
From 2020 to 2022, she served as one of the judges for the Hong Kong Drama Awards.
Pui-ka is keen to keep exploring the possibility of body and voice and find out the connection with soul, ontology and the world.