Anna Niland is an English actress. She is the Associate Director of National Youth Theatre and oversees their talent development programmes, including our free industry-led alternative routes into the industry, the NYT REP Company and flagship social inclusion courses Playing Up and Stepping Up. She trained with the National Youth Theatre and at Rose Bruford College and worked extensively as an actor on stage, screen and radio. Recent directing credits include Shout Out Loud, an award-nominated LGBTQ+ themed site-specific show at Eltham Palace in partnership with English Heritage, Consensual by Evan Placey at Soho Theatre (as Associate Director), Stephen Kelman’s Pigeon English adapted for stage by Gbolahan Obisesan at Ambassadors Theatre, William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice by Tom Stoppard at Ambassadors Theatre, You Can by Luke Barnes at Ambassadors Theatre, Red Riding Hood at Latitude Festival, SLICK at Sheffield Park Hill Estate and Tits Teeth by Michael Wynne at Soho Theatre.