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Robert Awosusi

Director Writer Dramaturg Theatremaker

Robert (he/him) is a director / writer / dramaturg / theatremaker based in London. but that doesn't mean he can't work elsewhere. He's into making art about people not listened to.

He creates performance work (live and recorded) that explores socio-political issues, championing and uplifting marginalised voices and communities in meaningful and stimulating worlds. His current personal focuses are around Blackness, capitalism and climate change.

It matters not only in the stories told but the form in which they take and the process we use to get there, the result is the audience/s experience of the live.

Credits

Director
hang | LAMDA | debbie tucker green | 2021
JASMINE. HOME. MOTHER. [Online] | Young Vic | Carmen Nasr | 2021
Made at Home: A Virtual Scratch [Online] | Tamasha | 2020
Bullring Techno Makeout Jamz [Pint Sized Plays] | Bunker Theatre | Nathan Queely-Davies | 2019
New Views [Rehearsed Readings] | National Theatre | 2019
Virtue [Rehearsed Reading] | Bunker Theatre | Stella Ajayi | 2018
Our Tower | The Arcola | Nathan Lucky Wood | 2018
The Derek Smith Show | Karamel Club | Robert Awosusi | 2017
phroot sahlad | Lyric Hammersmith x North Wall x Camden People’s Theatre | Jules Orcullo | 2017
Lockout | North Wall Arts Centre | Jules Orcullo | 2016
The Lost | Young Vic | Matthew Dunster | 2016

Associate Director
Radio Elusia S1 + S2 | Boundless Theatre | Nina Segal | Dir. Rob Drummer| 2019- present
We Know Not What We May Be [artistic associate] | Barbican | Dir. Zoe Svendsen | 2018-19

Assistant Director
Constellations | Donmar Warehouse x Vaudeville | Dir. Michael Longhurst | 2021
“DADDY” – A Melodrama | Almeida Theatre | Dir. Danya Taymor | 2020
Fairview | Young Vic | Dir. Nadia Latif | 2019-20
Let Kilburn Shake [Kiln Young Company] Kiln Theatre | Dir. Harry Mackrill | 2018-19
Trainee Assistant Director | The Trial | Young Vic | Dir. Richard Jones | 2015

Training

Mental Health First Aider | MHFA | 2019

Workshop Leader Training Course | National Theatre | 2019

Playwriting for Directors Scheme | Young Vic | 2017/18

Fresh Direction Scheme | Young Vic | 2015 - Present

University of Hull | BA Hons. Drama & Theatre Practice | 2:1 | 2014

Location

London

Experience

5-10 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Film - short
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • New technologies / digital
  • Other
  • Radio/Audio
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Creative Access
  • Curating
  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Facilitating
  • Music - Plays Instruments
  • Music - Singing
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performance Art
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Street Theatre
  • Theatre making
  • Working with young people
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

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