Olivia is an educator, dramaturg, researcher and performance-maker based in Singapore. With an eclectic blend of experience across fields of theatre, dance, education and community-based work, she has a particular interest in facilitating and creating interdisciplinary work that is devised and movement-based. More recently, she graduated from the University of Glasgow with an M(Litt) in Theatre and Performance Practices (Distinction) where she has been exploring the transmedia possibilities of posthuman performance and working with more-than-human matter.
Her approach to performance-making is one that is self-aware and collaborative, and one that seeks to bring people together and to build them up. In this way, her performance work dovetails with her passion for education, in particular, working with and mentoring young people both in Singapore and Glasgow. She has designed and facilitated various programmes that use creative pedagogies in different educational contexts both in Singapore and in Scotland.
She currently teaches at the National University of Singapore and is one of the dramaturgs-in-residence at Centre 42 this year.