Inge-Vera Lipsius

I am a theatre director and writer (b. 1996, she/her) from a Dutch-American background, now based in London. After graduating from the University of Cambridge (BA and Master in literature), where I worked on over thirty productions as actor/director/assistant director, I studied theatre and performance at Ecole Philippe Gaulier and Ecole Jacques Lecoq in France.

I directed two productions abroad in Amsterdam—both of which were sold out and very well received. My most recent production (which I wrote and directed) was the first play about the doping scandal surrounding Kamila Valieva at the 2022 Winter Olympics, and I recently translated it into English to have it performed in London. I have also completed assistant directing internships with Ivo van Hove and Barrie Kosky.

Credits

Coming up: Director/Writer, English-language premiere of "Quad Loop: A play on the Kamila Valieva doping scandal," 2024

Coming up: Director/Actor, "Racine's Queens: Monologues from the plays of Jean Racine," The Merchant House (Amsterdam), 2024

Director/Adaptation, Revival of "Paranoia: A play after the novella by W.F. Hermans," 1 week, The Merchant House, 2023

Screenwriter, "Black Dunes" (short film) dir. Julia Hakkenbroek, 2023

Director/Writer, "Quad Loop: A play on the Kamila Valieva doping scandal," The Merchant House, 1 week, 2023



Assistant Director Intern, “Turandot" dir. Barrie Kosky, Dutch National Opera (DNO), 4 weeks, 2022

Director/Adaptation, "Paranoia: A play after the novella by W.F. Hermans," 1 week, The Merchant House, 2022

Assistant Director, "Un Vent de Fronde" by Compagnie Oghma, Bibliothèque Mazarine (Paris), 1 week, 2022

Assistant Director Intern, “The Damned" dir. Ivo van Hove, ITA / Amsterdam Bostheater, 4 weeks, 2022

Director/Producer, "All's Well That Ends Well," Pembroke College Gardens (Cambridge), 1 week, 2017

Assistant Director, "Pravda" by David Hare, ADC Theatre (Cambridge), 1 week, 2015

Assistant Director, "Launch" by Marcus Martin (new writing), Corpus Playroom (Cambridge), 1 week, 2015

Director/Producer, "Julius Caesar," Pembroke New Cellars (Cambridge), 1 week, 2014

Training

Ecole Philippe Gaulier, Etampes (France), 2020-21

& Ecole Jacques Lecoq, Paris, 2021
— At Gaulier: Full-year program of study of physical comedy and staging in a variety of genres; presented solo pieces to high praise, including from The Oresteia, Hamlet, and bouffon plays; was frequently sought out for advice on restaging student course assignments
— At Lecoq: “Stage l’absurde” and studies of physical theatre, mime, and acrobatics

Pembroke College, University of Cambridge (UK), 2018-19
— MPhil in Comparative Literatures (French literature and theatre), Distinction, 2019.
Performed in: Hedda Gabler (role: Hedda Gabler, ADC Theatre), Wild Honey [Platonov] by Chekhov/Michael Frayn (role: Anna Petrovna, ADC Theatre), Machinal by Sophie Treadwell (role: Young Woman, Corpus Playroom), The Bacchae (role: Agave, Edinburgh Fringe).

Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, 2014--17
— BA Hons in English literature, Starred First with Distinction, 2017 (Graduated rank 2 / 195 students).
Directed: All’s Well That Ends Well (Pembroke College Gardens), Julius Caesar (Pembroke New Cellars). Assistant directed: Launch (Corpus Playroom), Pravda by David Hare (ADC Theatre). Performed in: Crave by Sarah Kane (role: M, Edinburgh Fringe), Hippolytus (role: Phaedra, ADC Theatre), Romeo and Juliet (role: Mercutio, Corpus Playroom), among others.