She/Her

Director / Writer / Theatremaker

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.

A drama graduate from the University of Manchester, she previously was the Jerwood Trainee Assistant Director for Untitled F**k M*ss S**gon Play and is also involved in New Earth’s Theatre Makers Academy Plus (2023).

Credits for Sheffield Theatres

2024 Bank Cohort

Assistant Director, A Doll’s House (2024)

Social Media

Twitter:@yanni_ngs

Instagram: @yanni_ng