Si’an Chen ( 陈思安 ) is a playwright, theatre director, poet, short story writer and literary translator. She was born in Inner Mongolia and now lives and works in Beijing. Her work for the Royal Court includes 海水火锅 (Ocean Hotpot), which was performed as part of a Royal Court Theatre residency at the 2019 Edinburgh International Festival, and 在荒野 (Underpass), which was performed as a rehearsed reading as part of the series New and Now: Plays from China at the Royal Court in 2018.