Koh Hui Ling

Koh Hui Ling is a Singaporean theatre practitioner who finds meaning in the process of community engagement and the participation of non-artists in art-making. She is currently the Co-Artistic Director of Drama Box, a socially engaged theatre company founded in 1990 that creates works to inspire dialogue, reflection and change. Her desire to create alternative avenues for public dialogue led to the development of GoLi - The Moving Theatre, Singapore's first inflatable moving theatre that transforms spaces into vibrant places for arts and culture.

As a leader in Drama Box, Hui Ling laid the foundation for the company's youth engagement work and developed a comprehensive set of Drama-in-Education and Theatre-in-Education programmes for youths, teachers and adult-learners. Her notable theatrical works include IgnorLAND of its Time, IgnorLAND of its Loss, Chinatown Crossings, Camp-O, A Young Person's Guide to Surviving in Singapore, and MISSING: The City of Lost Things, which was nominated for Best Multimedia at the 2019 Straits Times LIFE Theatre Awards.

Recognised for her outstanding contributions to community, youth and culture, Hui Ling received the Young Artist Award from the National Arts Council Singapore and the Singapore Youth Award from the National Youth Council both in 2013. In 2015, she was named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World Award recipients by the Junior Chamber International Singapore for Cultural Achievement. She completed her Master of Arts in Applied Drama with Distinction from the University of Exeter in the UK, with research focused on the sustainability of community-based theatre companies.