About

I am a theatre-maker and educator, currently Associate Dean, Practice Research at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), University of the Arts Singapore (UAS). At NAFA, I spearhead initiatives that develop practice research including an annual conference — the Arts & Design Practice Research Exchange (ADPRex). My research explores devised theatre-making, collaborative authorship, and creative interventions in playwriting. Often inspired my training at the École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, I also investigate how objects shape and inspire theatre-making, and how collaborative creation intersects with performance copyright. I am currently co-editing a special double issue of the journal Performance Research extending from ADPRex 2025, titled ‘Capturing Practice’. 

As a teacher, I am a specialist in Shakespeare and in Lecoq based techniques, including devised theatre-making, chorus, clown, and mask. I have taught people of all ages and abilities, including those on the autistic spectrum in my work with Kelly Hunter and Touchstone Shakespeare Theatre (now Flute Theatre).

My practice as a creator and performer often guides my research. As a creator-performer, my theatre collective, Autopoetics, make work in Singapore. Together, we have staged two productions; Provenance (2018, Drama Centre Black Box) and no there there (2024, NAFA Studio Theatre). Provenance was developed from my writing in the form of a (play)box, discussed in my MA thesis.

As a playwright, my play Dive was staged by W!ld Rice in September 2024. An audio play Hide and Seek, was produced by Centre 42 in Singapore as part of the Waterloo Street Stories for the Singapore Night Festival in September 2023, and my work has been published in Scriptum: Creative Writing Research Journal. My acting experience includes work at the Tron Theatre, the Arts Theatre, the New End Theatre, Southwold Rep, Eye Theatre, and for Mercurial Productions, 3 Short 1 Tall, Rumpus, and Dreamthinkspeak. Notable directors I have worked with include Thomas Ostermeier and Tristan Sharps.

I was a founder member of 3 short 1 tall, which performed at the Edinburgh Festival and in London: ‘This company is slick, fast and talented’, The Scotsman; ‘Female of the species…is…a sexy physical theatre piece in the style of Frantic Assembly, a bittersweet comedy reminiscent of Anthony Minghella’ and ‘This is engaging stuff’, Time Out.

As casting assistant for Sarah Crowe, one of the UK’s top casting directors, I worked with Oscar-nominated directors, Peter Cattaneo and Armando Iannucci amongst others.

I received an Entente Cordiale Scholarship and the Daebliz Award to study at the École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq for two years. I was also awarded the Percival Steeds Prize on my graduation with a degree in Acting from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD), now the Royal Conservatoire Scotland (RCS). In 2019, I was awarded a Master of Arts from the University of Birmingham and am a final year PhD candidate at Royal Holloway, University of London.

I am a member of the Theatre and Performance Research Association (TaPRA), the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR), and the Singapore Drama Educators Association (SDEA).