

Nabilah is a former arts correspondent and critic for The Straits Times and has six years of experience as a communications professional with the Singapore Art Museum, National Heritage Board and various creative agencies. She was selected for the Boiler Room incubation programme cycle 2015 at Centre 42 in Singapore. In 2015, she was chosen by the National Arts Council to represent Singapore for the Southeast Asia Literary Council drama retreat held in Indonesia. Nabilah was the artist-in-residence for Teater Ekamatra from 2016 to 2017. In 2018, she co-founded Lazy Native, an international theatre collective that champions Southeast Asian narratives. She is the founder of Main Tulis Group, a collective of playwrights creating work in Malay and English.

Her plays have been staged in Singapore and London. Nabilah Said is a playwright, critic, poet and the editor of arts media website, ArtsEquator.
