Actor profile

Michael Chiang

Michael Chiang is a playwright and writer who pens comedies and musicals with a distinct Singapore flavour. He is best known for iconic stage works Army Daze and Beauty World, which were both adapted into screenplays for film and television respectively. Having started his career as a journalist with Singapore Press Holdings, Chiang went on to become CEO at MediaCorp Publishing, and considers himself an "accidental playwright", having always written his plays while holding full-time jobs.