Choy-Ping Ní Chléirigh-Ng 吳彩萍 (they/she) is a Hong Kong-Irish writer, director and designer. They were born and raised in Enniskerry, Wicklow. After graduating with an MA in Performance Design from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, they won both a Linbury Prize and John Elvery Prize. They have worked at the Abbey (Ireland’s National Theatre), Bristol Old Vic Theatre, Singapore Repertory Theatre and on the West End. Their piece WINDOW A WORLD (2022) was co-produced by Dublin Theatre Festival and BUDA Belgium as part of the EU’s Be SpectACTive! project. Ping received the Arts Council of Ireland’s Next Generation Award (2022) and was part of Irish Theatre Institute’s Six in the Attic Programme (2025). They’ve also been supported by the three-year Propel Programme Award (2023) with Strollers Network, a partnership made up of ten arts centres across Ireland.
In their personal work, Ping is primarily inspired by their heritage, examining language, colonialism and queerness with innovative design. Their projects often involve people without experience working in the arts, reflecting their belief that art should be more accessible to everyone. Ping was selected for Rough Magic’s inaugural Rough Ideas (2022) and presented extracts of this new play. WHERE ARE YOU FROM? (2019) was inspired by interviews with their father Chi Wai 子威. It was staged at the Abbey and Electric Picnic. MY LITTLE CHINA GIRL (2017) was a nine-hour long piece on the representations of East Asian women in Western media.
Ping is particularly interested in design-led work and has experience across theatre, film, dance and opera. They have worked as an associate / assistant to Vicki Mortimer, Sabine Dargent and Nina Dunn. Ping incorporates meaningful sustainability into their design process where possible, inspired by the Theatre Green Book.
Ní Chléirigh-Ng is pronounced: nee clair-ree ng, like the end of “ring” or “sing.” Credits prior to 2024 were noted with the surname Clarke-Ng.
Photograph: Owen Clarke
Calligraphy (on mobile): Chi Wai Ng 吳子威
Agent: Holly Carey: holly@sovrancarey.com
hello@choyping.com