Owen Clarke
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.
They were a recipient of the Arts Council of Ireland’s Next Generation Award (2022).
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 sees design as an element that can feel as live as the performers onstage. Ping’s past experience is mostly in theatre, but they are interested in live music, dance, opera and design-led work in general.
They have worked as an associate /assistant to designers such as Vicki Mortimer, Sabine Dargent and Nina Dunn.
Ping is beginning to incorporate meaningful sustainability into their design process where possible, inspired by the Theatre Green Book.
