Trained in dance and music from an early age, MeiMei (WU Yanmei) is an actress, dancer, singer and Chinese zither player who has since gone on to perform to international acclaim. Originally from Jiangsu province, China, MeiMei’s dance performances have been broadcast both on China Central Television (CCTV) and the BBC. In 2006 she gained her MMus in (East Asian) Music Performance from SOAS, University of London and was also selected by Theatre-Rites, a London based theatre company for children, to receive a bursary for black or minority ethnic visual artists and/or choreographers.

Theatre Credits include: Jurong in opera Confucius Says (Hackney Empire, London); MeiMei in Lighten Up (Unicorn Theatre, London); Master Yin/Lady Meng in The First Emporor (The British Museum), Riko in Peace Pagoda Act 1 (Royal Opera House, London); and Weaver Girl in Defying Fate (Tramway Theatre, Glasgow).