DIRECTOR
Andrea is drawn to experimental forms and radical reimaginings of classics, creating work that opens new perspectives and brings audiences into unfamiliar or uncharted spaces.
She works across devised and text-based projects, collaborating closely with writers, performers, and interdisciplinary teams.
Andrea was previously an Associate Artist with Metis Arts and Paper Birds Theatre Company, and is currently Director Fellow at the National Theatre of Scotland. In 2023, she received the Genesis Future Directors Award and directed The Earthworks by Tom Morton-Smith at the Young Vic.
UK-based theatre director working across contemporary theatre and new writing, with a practice that also spans immersive performance and installation work.
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Genesis Future Director’s Award, 2023
Jerwood Live Work Artist, 2021
Shortlisted film for Creative Access, commission organised by BBC + Calling the shots, 2019
Boris Karloff Trainee Assistant Director, 2013
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Directing Credits
Our Brother by Jack MacGregor, Play, Pie & Pint, Oran Mor & Traverse Theatre, 2025
Spring Awakening by Anya Reiss, Tron Theatre (main stage), RCS in BSL & English, 2025
The Earthworks by Tom Morton-Smith, Young Vic, 2024
Borderlands: As Above, So Below by Rogelio Braga, Royal Court Upstairs, 2023Oil by Ella Hickson, Hoxton Hall, East 15 2023
endings by Andrea Ling. Young Vic, Five Shorts, 2023
First Love is the Revolution by Rita Kalnejais, New Diorama, East 15 2022
PACHA, Comissioned by Good Chance Theatre, Bernie Grant Arts Centre & Museum of the Home, 2022
Anatomy of a Suicide by Alice Birch, Corbett Theatre, East 15 2021
InSoles, co director (devised) Clifftown Theatre, East 15 2020
Miss Philippines by Rogelio Braga, New Earth Theatre Digital Festival, 2020
Oilby Ella Hickson, Corbett Theatre, East 15 Acting School 2020
Protestby Brad Birch, Young Vic, Claire theatre
(Fresh Direction 5 plays project, as part of the Young Vic Directors Program) 2016Un Día en Bolivia Documentary (Bolivia and online), 2014
Momentum Short film, London, 2014
NomadLive performance at Contentious One, Old Street, 2013
Showcase CitiesVarious performances/ live installations, RichMix from 2012-2013
INK by Lois Baldry (Edinburgh Fringe Festival, C Venues) 2011
Associate Artist
Love Letters to a Liveable Future, Artsadmin, Metis Arts, 2020
We know Not What We May Be, Barbican (Pitt), Metis Arts, 2018
Factory of the Future, Film installation with Metis Arts, Oslo Architecture Triennale 2019
Artistic Associate for Paper Birds Theatre Company 2016 - 2021
Assistant Director Credits
White Pearl, Royal Court, written by Anchuli Felicia King directed by Nana Dakin, 2019
All's Well That End's Well, by W. Shakespeare, directed by Caroline Byrne (Shakespeare's Globe) 2018
Oliver Twist, adapted by Anya Reiss and directed by Caroline Byrne ( Regents Park Open Air Theatre) 2017
Like Enemies of the State, with BeFrank Theatre company. (STOFF Festival at Standstearten Stockholm, New Diorama) 2013
A Season in the Congo, Boris Karloff Trainee Assistant Director, directed by Joe Wright. (Young Vic) 2013
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Training:
Directors Programme at the Young Vic
The National Theatre Studio Director’s Course
1st Degree BA in Contemporary Theatre at East 15 Acting School.
Programs:
VR & Access, Young Vic
New Earth’s Professional Writer’s Program, 2021
Springboard for Dramaturgs 2019 Workshops hosted by Young Vic, led by Ruth Little, Suzanne Bell, Scott Graham and Réjane Collard
New Creatives short film Programme/ BBC Arts, Calling the shots, 2019
Young Vic's writing course with Playwright Leo Butler 2018
Soho Theatre Writers' Lab 2017
Peter Brook & Marie-Helene Estienne workshop, 2016 (2 days)
Springboard 2016 (Young Vic) A week of practical workshops led by practitioners including Ria Parry, Joe Hill-Gibbons and David Lan.
Yoga as a Preparation for Rehearsals: Two Day Workshop with Melly Still on Yoga and Theatre
Short Director’s Reel
Excerpts of work
ANATOMY OF A SUICIDE (CORBETT THEATRE)
FIRST LOVE IS THE REVOLUTION (NEW DIORAMA)
POST PLAY INSTALLATION 2, THE EARTHWORKS (YOUNG VIC)
PACHA (MUSEUM OF THE HOME)