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This is an in-person only event in the British Library Pigott Theatre. 

Sinophobia is sadly not a thing of the past. Dating from the 19th century, when groundless fears of the Ye…

A new play written by Melanie Lam which I directed and also performed 

In 2007/2008 I went behind the camera for the first time and made my debut documentary film Abandonded Adopted Here. It was not an easy journey and there were a couple of major challenges; at one point I really did think that I would never complete the f…

On the 16th and 17th of November 2024 an extra ordinary event will take place online
DECOLONIZING ADOPTION
I'm honoured to be taking part in this event
A chance for the real experts on adoption to take centre stage and share with the public their lived exp…

I had the privilege of visiting Palestine in 1987. We landed the day the Intifada broke.

I was there working, researching with a UK theatre company who had commissioned the Egyptian writer Karim Alrawi, then resident in the UK, to write a new play about …

I’m still floundering in a writer’s-block sea.
Treading water by indulging myself, watching old TV dramas, listening to long forgotten radio plays; watching movies, reading (and listening to) a lot of recorded drama, audio books (more than I normally do…

The series centres around a popular English teacher, who begins to hear a low humming sound that no one else around her can hear.

Photos:Rebecca Hall (Image: Daemian Smith and Christine Suarez) and Ollie West (Ellius Grace)

"The Listeners is a captivating …

Review of Ping Png by Peter Bradshaw 37 years on!

"This mystery comedy from 1986 stars Lucy Sheen, and has some pointed comments on the racism Chinese communities faced in the UK"

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9th February Ping Pong the British feature from 1986 directed by Po Ch'h Leong was quitely given a cinematic relaunch. Playing in cinemas across the UK. In the centre of London at The Prince Charles until 15th feb. For a full list of cinemas and dates th…

That was how the British East Asian Artists group came together, before evolving, in 2017, into Beats (“Advocates for British East and South East Asians working in the Screen and Stage Industries”). Sheen, with actor and filmmaker Daniel York Loh, among …

I’ve been trying to catch up on a backlog of writing. Writing, put on the back-burner because I’ve been lucky enough to be filming. A nice problem to have.

About three days ago, I hit the papyrus wall! Initially, I thought the plot of what I was tyring…

As a writer, as an artists and as a person of an ethnic minority; in the country which I call home and have lived and worked in for over have a century. I stand with the people of Palestine. I am horrified by the brutality of the IDF and the Israeli gove…

💛Adoptee Remembrance Day is held annually on October 30th. To remember all the adoptees and transracial adoptees that have gone many by their own hand. There is data available from both US and Swedish sources but the for the UK (which is where I live) th…

The following is a copy of my contribution to the ICVA -Inter country Adoptee Voices collated and curated by Lynelle Long

Published 20th September 2023
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The notion of legality and illegality is like history created and defined…

Wednesday 13thSeptember 01:05 the British feature film Ping Pong directed by Po Ch’ih Leong got its second UK airing on national TV via Film4, after over thirty-seven years!

I have never enjoyed watching myself on screen. Sounds like a contradiction for …

30th October 2022 - Today is Adoptee Remembrance Day.

Why is it so important for us to remember? When I write ‘us’ I’m not just referring to the global community of adoptees and transracial adoptees but the wider societies who have facilitated, are activ…

I'm currently beginning some research it's hopefully going to lead to a new written work.

You never know what you're going to discover even when you're doing quick and dirty research. That is a mid to deep internet trawl of research that someone else has…

First published in the Observer, Sunday 24, July 2022

"Everyone has a different story...."

Poet Lemn Sissay, with the help of London’s Foundling Museum, has gathered 59 athletes, artists, CEOs and others who, like him, spent part of their childhoods in ca…

Posted in Sight & Sound May 2022

Ping Pong
This warm comedy underlines how rare films about the Chinese-British experience are - and makes you wonder why there aren't more of them

As the British government threatens to privatise Channel 4, it's worth looki…

Posted on Feb 26th, 2022

Trigger warning: the interview tells of Lucy’s personal experiences of trauma, but also includes potential triggers such as experiences of racism and graphic references to racist language. 

Lucy Sheen is an actor, playwright, p…

Posted circa 2021

Lucy Sheen is an actor of East and South East Asian heritage who is also a published writer, playwright and poet. She has worked at The Royal Exchange, The National, The RSC and Bristol Old Vic alongside many of Britain’s top actors, inc…

First published in 2016

"As part of the CinéWomen program, designed to celebrate the contribution of women to cinema, and on the occasion of 73rd Venice International Film Festival, womenartconnect.com is organizing an evening of discussion on the topic T…