AJ Yi

AJ Yi is a mixed-race Chinese writer and performer based in London. Their work spans writing for stage, screen, songwriting, and occasionally drag kinging.

AJ trained through the Soho Theatre Writer’s Lab in 2018 where they wrote LOVE SONGS, a one-person show; which debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe and transferred to Soho Theatre. It received Guardian Pick of the Fringe, was nominated for two comedy awards and the Tony Craze Award. In 2023 their debut play A PLAYLIST FOR THE REVOLUTION – a rom com taking place against the backdrop of the 2019 Hong Kong Protests – was commissioned by and premiered at the Bush Theatre. AJ was nominated for an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre, an Off-West End Award for Most Promising New Playwright, and PLAYLIST was selected as one of the The Stage’s top shows of the year.

AJ developed their first TV pilot through the BBC Writersroom Drama Room development scheme in 2020, and progressed onto the BBC TV Drama Writer’s Programme in 2021.

In 2021, AJ was part of the writers’ room for the adaptation of Dolly Alderton’s book EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE (BBC One / Working Title), and EVERYTHING NOW (Netflix / Leftbank Pictures). More recently they have worked on multiple writer’s rooms with Working Title, Brock Media and Warp Films. AJ has multiple projects in development for TV, film and theatre with companies including Working Title, Double Dutch Productions and Headlong.