The School of Drama trains talented young people to become professional actors, directors or playwrights of drama. Students are encouraged not only to acquire technical skills, but to develop their creativity.

Professional skills acquired, learnt primarily through formal training in class, are developed in performance. Student performances take place both in workshop and in public, using theatre spaces specially designed to be adaptable to both traditional and innovative work.

The School also aims to provide the students at the Degree level with a far-ranging background, and cultivate an appreciation of the performing arts as a whole, both oriental and occidental.

The School is committed to the development of drama in Hong Kong and to meeting the needs of the local audience. Therefore all its productions are in the local dialect of Cantonese.