Adelina Ong has been active in theatre scene since she was in her teens. Since her beginnings as a founding member of SRT’s Young Company in 1997 and as company manager from 1998 – 2001, Adelina has acted widely on stage and television and was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Life! Theatre Awards for her role in Postcards from Persephone (2000) which she also co-produced. Adelina also co-organised interdisciplinary festival such as the digital film project Digital Compassion 02 (2002) and Pulp (2003) which focused on creating respect for street arts. In 2004, she was honoured to be one of fifty international female theatre practitioners selected to participate in TRANSIT IV: Roots – an international theatre festival in Holstebro, Denmark. She acted, directed and produced When The World Was Green, a play about the malleability of memories, forgiveness and loss from 20 – 23 September 2010.

Working closely with non-profit organisations through the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre from 2005 – 2007, she has learnt much from the social sector and hopes to combine this knowledge with her experience in theatre to benefit the children of The Little Arts Academy and help them achieve their dreams.

"Once upon a time Home was the place I was born. Then it got invaded by aliens and it shrunk to the size of my room which was a safe haven (for a while). But even that was slowly infiltrated by the junk mail and noise and spam that makes you feel harassed even when you're sitting in bed at night trying to read.

So I withdrew into my books.

Now Home is a place in my head that I recreate where I feel safe and accepted for who I am and who I want to be.

I am currently working towards invading other territories in the metaphysical and metaphorical realm."