CHRISTOPHER LING is the associate artistic director of The Actors Studio Malaysia. His work over the last 20 years as a director and production designer of plays, operas and musicals has been seen in Malaysia, Singapore and London, UK.

Previously, as the co-founder and artistic director of Malaysian theatre collective, theatrethreesixty, his work also includes:

Theatre: Tony Kushner’s ANGELS IN AMERICA (2014, 2015), Duncan Macmillan’s EVERY BRILLIANT THING (2016-2018). He has also directed the BOH CAMERONIAN ARTS AWARDS ceremony since 2018.

Opera: L'ELISIR D'AMORE (2014, 2023), AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS (2014), LA BOHEME (2016), HANSEL & GRETEL (2018), LA TRAVIATA (2019)

Musical Theatre: THE EDGE (2018), LOST/FOUND (2019), FOLLOW THE LIGHT (2022)

For The Actors Studio Foundation, most recent credits include the Kembali Ke Pangkuan season: Saccharine, Perhiasan Kaca, Trilogi Bulan.

He is a multiple Boh Cameronian Arts Award recipient for Best Direction in the Theatre category in 2023 as well as the Musical Theatre category in 2012. He also received the Anugerah Seni Negara (National Arts Awards) Young Talent Award for Theatre Directing in 2009.

Christopher trained in Drama and Theatre Arts at Middlesex University, UK and with the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. To date, he has taught at ASWARA (National Arts Academy), Nilai University, Perdana University and Methodist College Kuala Lumpur.