ABOUT

Andrea Ling is a director, writer and dramaturg working between theatre, film and installation.

Her directing has been supported by the Genesis Future Directors Award (The Earthworks, Young Vic) and the Jerwood Live Work Award, and she is currently Director Fellow at the National Theatre of Scotland.

As a dramaturg, Andrea has supported new work for over six years, collaborating with British and international playwrights. She has worked with playwrights at the Royal Court Theatre, National Theatre Studios and New Earth Theatre. She also teaches playwriting at East 15 Acting School. Her dramaturgical approach is adaptive—offering close collaboration from initial ideas through to rehearsal, or providing support at key stages of the process.

Andrea is also a writer. Recently, short play beginnings was commissioned by Arts & Climate and published in the 2024 anthology All Good Things Must Begin. Her writing has been staged by the Young Vic, Good Chance Theatre, New Earth Theatre and the Bernie Grant Arts Centre.

Andrea’s Bolivian and Chinese heritage informs her personal work, which explores the intersections of culture, colonialism, ecology and capitalism. In 2021, she founded Pacha People, an interdisciplinary company making co-created and community-driven work to incite change.

She has over 14 years experience as a director, including developing new writing and devised work. Andrea has worked with leading organisations including the Young Vic, Royal Court, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe, National Theatre (New Work Department), Barbican, The Place, Metis Arts and Paper Birds Theatre Company.

Andrea also has extensive experience as a facilitator, workshop leader and educator, with a strong commitment to supporting voices currently underrepresented in the arts.