ABOUT

Andrea is an interdisciplinary artist : a director, writer, dramaturg and practitioner within theatre, installation, film and visual arts. Her work advocates for social change and connection through art, finding the right form for a story or exchange to take hold. Andrea recently won the Genesis Future Director’s Award directing ‘The Earthworks’ by Tom Morton-Smith at the Young Vic. In 2020, Andrea won the Jerwood Live Work Award.

Her heritage, Bolivian and Chinese, influences her personal work examining the intersection of culture, capitalism, colonialism and ecology. In 2021, Andrea founded Pacha People, an interdisciplinary arts company making work that is co-curated/ co-created within communities to incite change.

As a director and dramaturg, Andrea creates and supports new work for theatre, film and installation. She also specialises in devising and new writing.

Andrea trained on the: Acting and Contemporary Theatre course at East 15; Young Vic Director’s Programme; Young Vic Writer’s programme (Led by Leo Butler); Soho Theatre Writer’s Lab and New Earth’s Professional Writers Program. She has been an associate director for Metis Arts and Paper Birds Theatre Company.

Andrea has worked as a director, associate artist, dramaturg and assistant director at leading theatres including: Young Vic Theatre, Royal Court, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Barbican, New Earth Theatre, National Theatre’s New Work Department, The Place and Shakespeare’s Globe.

Recent work includes: direction on ‘First Love is the Revolution’ by Rita Kalnejais (New Diorama); director/dramaturg on ‘Pink Transcripts’ devised theatre/film with LGBTQ+ migrants (SEEAC), lead artist on ‘PACHA’ (Theatre/Sound installation) commissioned by Good Chance Theatre (Bernie Grant Arts Centre & Museum of the Home) and dramaturg on ‘zaazaa’ by Nemo Martin (National Theatre New Work Dept/ New Earth).

Andrea has extensive experience teaching, leading workshops, facilitating community projects and working with young people. Andrea has led masterclasses for primary, secondary and university level and has specific interest to support and inspire people whose identity is not truly yet represented in the arts industry. For more information click here.

For directing CV click here.