Liu Xiaoyi is a Singapore-based artist, curator, educator, and cultural strategist. As Artistic Director of Emergency Stairs, he has been a leading voice in experimental theatre and intercultural artistic collaboration across Asia. He has initiated long-term platforms such as Southernmost, The Peripheral Experiment and Emergency Academy, which connect independent artists across regions and disciplines. His work has been presented internationally, and he has received major honours including the “Young Artist Award” and the “Global Outstanding Young Leader Award”. He currently serves as artist-in-residence in Jiangsu, Senior Research Fellow at NAFA (University of the Arts Singapore), and Guest Professor at the Institute for Applied Theatre Studies in Gießen.