Estrella Mabika

Director Writer Actor

Estrella Mabika (She/Her) is a creative from Hackney, East London. She developed her interests in the performing arts after studying Drama for her GCSEs and joining Almeida Theatre’s youth group. Continuing her development Estrella studied Drama and Creative writing at Kingston University where she also went on to receive her Masters in Creative writing. Estrella's main practices are directing, writing and acting.

Credits

DIRECTING
KNOTTED. Arts 1 Pinter Studio. November 2023
PHONE KILLER. George Wood Theatre. November 2023
NIL BY SEA. Barons Court Theatre. September 2023
I AM. Short film. September 2023
LET ME KNOW. Music video promo. June 2023

WRITING
UNMUTED. Hackney Empire. August 2023

ACTING
THREE SINGLE LADIES. Canada Water Theatre, R&D. October 2023
1ST TRAVELLER. Royal Court Theatre, Staged Reading. September 2023
CRUNCHITS. Student commercial. November 2022
TONY. Short film. January 2021.
POWER. Stage play. January 2019
SEX, LATTES AND HIDEOUS DATES. TV episode. October 2018
THE SHOVEL. Student film. September 2016

Training

Foundation Acting - ALRA
Intake Course - NYT
Almeida Youth Programme
BA Drama and Creative writing
MA Creative writing

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Film - documentary
  • Film - feature
  • Film - short
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • TV - drama

What I do

  • Directing
  • Performing
  • Theatre making
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Lingala, French (intermediate)

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