Choy-Ping Ní Chléirigh-Ng 吳彩萍

Choy-Ping Ní Chléirigh-Ng 吳彩萍 (°1997, they / she) is a Hong Kong-Irish theatre maker and designer of set, costume and video. Ping was born and raised in Enniskerry, Wicklow. They won a Linbury Prize and John Elvery Prize after graduating from MA Performance Design at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (2021). They have designed for venues including the Abbey Theatre, Bristol Old Vic and Singapore Repertory Theatre. Their most recent piece of theatre making / designing, WINDOW A WORLD, was co-produced by Dublin Theatre Festival and BUDA Belgium through the EU’s Be SpectACTive! project (2022). Ping is primarily inspired by their heritage while examining language, colonialism and queerness. They combine this with humour, surrealism and innovative design. Their projects include people with and without theatre experience, reflecting their belief that the medium should be open to everyone.