Recently returned to Sydney after 16 years of performing in Hong Kong, Rick Lau is a 54-year-old HK-Chinese Australian musical theatre singer-actor/ cabaret artist. He graduated from NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art, Australia) in Musical Theatre. His main professional theatre credits in Australia include Miss Saigon (“Engineer” (1st u/s)), Thoroughly Modern Millie, Hair the musical, Box & Quotations from Chairman Mao, The Popular Mechanicals, Empress of China, The River Skaters, Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens and Naked Boys Singing etc.
In Hong Kong: Freespace x HK Repertory’s The Impossible Trial, Yat Po Singers’ Our Immortal Cantata, Om Encounter, Save the Next Song for Me and Pica Pica Choose, Leon Ko’s The Originals, HK Sinfonietta’s The Passage Beyond in Concert and The Amazing Filmphony, City Contemporary Dance Company‘s Home Sweat Home, Actors Family’s Cinematic Memories on Train No.5, The Good Person of Szechwan, Chung Ying Theatre’s A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum and The Underpants, HK City Chamber Orchestra’s Bug Symphony, HK Arts Festival’s June Lovers, 3AMI’s Smokey Joe’s Cafe and The Pajama Game, and HK Ballet’s Cinderella, Swan Lake, Carnival of the Animals and Sleeping Beauty.
Rick has produced, co-written and performed in 12 cabaret shows: LauZone (nominated for Best Actor at the 2022 HK Theatre Libre Awards), Tri Ka Tsai, The Farewell Comeback Tour, Rick Lau’s Lonely Hearts Club Hour, My Queer Valentine, When Rick Met Marsha…, The 3 Singing Bitches, My Generation, Men In Love, SunRice, I know where I'm going... I think, and How Now Rick Lau (commissioned by the Sydney Opera House) in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and West End London.
Rick was recently the singing voice for the lead villain “King Magnifico” in the 2023 Disney animated film Wish (HK version).
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"A one-man tour de force… Lau's haunting vocals and razor-sharp wit had the audience stomping for more"– The Australian
"Imbued with a hefty sense of emotion and playful wit" – Time Out Hong Kong
"Evocative and intensely personal... Rick Lau had cast a spell over his audience" – South China Morning Post
“A one-man revolution… Rick belted with his rich, powerful and versatile voice so that the hair stood on the audience’s heads and arms.” – www.fridae.com
"Slick, intimate, engaging cabaret at its best" – AziaCity.com
"Simply awe-inspiring and uplifting" - HK Magazine
