
We are a small independent company with a track-record of critically-acclaimed and award-winning theatrical performances. We create work for people who feel they don’t belong, because theatre can open up imaginary spaces and embrace them (hence our name: ‘kiss witness.’).
Theatre has the power to draw you into alternative worlds, to allow you to revisit moments of fracture within the safety of fiction, characters and community. We want to use theatre to witness, so our audiences can feel seen. We want to uncover the systemic roots of traumas that may at first seem isolated, to decolonise the imagination and empower people.
We are proud to create theatre that is “distinctive and ambitious” (The Stage), and that “leaves an indelible mark on its audience” (The Stage
& Theatre Weekly).



photos by Genevieve Reeves
Our Core Team

Elisabeth Gunawan 吳金栵 is a a critically-acclaimed and award-winning writer and performer, as founder of KISS WITNESS, her work seeks to decolonise, transgress and empower. Her work has been supported by partners including New Diorama (Intervention01), the Royal Court, Barbican Centre (Open Lab), Lighthouse Poole (Sanctuary Program), Shoreditch Town Hall and The Pleasance, among others.
She wrote and performed Unforgettable Girl, which had its world premiere at Edinburgh Fringe 2023 at Pleasance as one of the winners of the Charlie Hartill Fund. The piece has received critical acclaim including 5-star reviews from The Stage, Theatre Weekly and The Reviews Hub, and won multiple awards including the OFFFest award at VOILA! Festival, Best Performer in a Play in The Stage Debut Awards 2022, Best Writing from Theatre Weekly’s Best of the Fest. [MORE]

Lokky Lau is a London-based actor with a business background. He holds a marketing degree from HKUST, together with his can-do attitude and keen eye on details, he accomplished a fast-track career as trainer and management in the corporate world. Acting/directing credits include Doctors (BBC One, TV actor), Chimerica (Channel 4, TV actor), Urinetown the Musical (HKUST, stage actor), The Faith of Choice (STFA LKKC, stage director). He is currently pursuing his Master of Fine Art in Professional Acting with Independent Production at Drama Studio London (2023-25) and aspires to be a theatre maker bringing shows to the Fringe and beyond.
Other brilliant artists that has helped us build our worlds, each with their own ever-changing practices:
JACQUI BARDELANG / EZZIE BARNARD / MONA CAMILLE / NATALIA CHAN / JASMINE CHIU / KYLL ANTHONY THOMAS COLE / YAEL ELISHEVA / YURI FURTADO / ERIN GUAN / BARTEL JESPERS/ LI YI LEI / JOAN LOW / MATEJ MATEJKA / AYA NAKAMURA / PEYVAND SADEGHIAN / OREST SHARAK / TANG SOOK KUAN / DANIEL YORK LOH
Our Partners & Supporters

