Yanni Ng

Yanni is a Manchester-based director and theatre-maker who specialises in new writing with a focus on exploring the fluid concepts of time, identity, and memory.

Hailing from Hong Kong, she strives to create work surrounding East Asian communities and to champion other underrepresented narratives in a positive light.

Credits

DIRECTOR, The Thing With Feathers, Salford Arts Theatre (Manchester), 17 May, 2024
CO-WRITER, CO-DIRECTOR, Another Life, John Thaw Studio Theatre (Manchester), 16-17 March, 2024
JERWOOD TRAINEE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Untitled F**k M*ss S**gon Play, Young Vic (London), 18 September - 4 November, 2023
STAGE MANAGER, Skies in the Cloud, Space 2 at theSpace (Edinburgh Fringe), 14-19 August 2023
JERWOOD TRAINEE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Untitled F**k M*ss S**gon Play, Royal Exchange Theatre (Manchester), 24 June - 22 July, 2023
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, Behind the Curtained Door, John Thaw Studio Theatre (Manchester) & University of Leeds/Nottingham/Edge Hill, 29-30 September, 2022 & 13-16, 23-24 June, 2023
DIRECTOR, Referendum, Student Union Theatre (University of Manchester), 13 May, 2022
PRODUCER, LIGHTING DESIGNER, Grecian Idolatry, Contact Theatre (Manchester) & Olive Studio (Edinburgh Fringe), 2-4 March & 23-27 August, 2022
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Frankenstein, Sha Tin College (Hong Kong), 4-5 December, 2019
CO-DIRECTOR, Hansel and Gretel, Sha Tin College (Hong Kong), April, 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Cinderella, Sha Kok Youth and Children’s Centre (Hong Kong), August, 2017
CO-WRITER, COMPOSER, Iffy: The Musical, Hong Kong Fringe Theatre (Hong Kong), 15-16 June, 2017

Training

Kiln SPARKS Backstage Skills Course, 2024
Sheffield Theatres Bank Cohort (Directors), 2024-2025
New Earth Theatre Makers Academy+, 2023-2024
Drama (BA), University of Manchester, 2020-2023
Bravo! International (in partnership with LAMDA), 4-week intensive acting course, July-August 2018
AFTEC's Bravo! Hong Kong Youth Theatre Awards Scheme, 2017-2018