Ashen Gupta

Ashen (they/them) is a director, facilitator and musician, whose work spans new writing for the stage, opera and short film in theatre. Much of their work is political in nature and has a focus on young people, community groups, and marginalised communities (particularly those of the south asian diaspora and the queer community) as well as having a musical element.

Credits

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Real Ones, Bush Theatre, 7 weeks, 2024
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Laughing Boy, Jermyn Street Theatre/Theatre Royal Bath, 7 weeks, 2024
DIRECTOR, Natural People, Theatre 503, rehearsed reading, 2024
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Jack and the Beanstalk, Theatre Royal Stratford East, 7 weeks, 2023/2024
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR + ASM, The Promise Opera, UK Tour, 1 month, 2023
DIRECTOR, Khab Jeetigi as part of 5 Shorts, Young Vic, 1 performance, 2023
DIRECTOR + WRITER, Pygmalion, Lyric Hammersmith, 1 week, 2023
STAFF DIRECTOR, Carmen, London Coliseum, 9 performances over a month, 2023
STAFF DIRECTOR, Gloriana, London Coliseum, 1 performance (recorded for BBC), 2022
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Chasing Hares, Young Vic, 4 weeks, 2022
DIRECTOR, Britannicus Response Project, Lyric Hammersmith, 1 performance, 2022
FACILITATOR, Community Club, The Old Vic, 4 weeks, 2022
DIRECTOR, Truly, Madly, Baldy, Pleasance Theatre/Wildcard Studios, 2 weeks, 2022
FACILITATOR, A Dolls House workshops, Lyric Hammersmith/Ark Acton Academy, 3 months, 2021
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Zidane of the Ends, New Wolsey Theatre, 1 recorded performance, 2021
FACILITATOR, NW Trilogy schools project, Kiln Theatre/Alperton School, 5 weeks, 2021
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, NW Trilogy, Kiln Theatre, 2 months, 2021
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Scratch That Itch 2.0, The Vaults, 2 performances 2021
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, I Threw It, The Old Vic, filmed, 2021
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, JINEOLOJÎ, Shoreditch Town Hall, filmed, 2021
1ST ASSISTANT/SCRIPT SUPERVISOR, Living Newspaper, Royal Court Theatre, 4 weeks filming, 2021
FACILITATOR, Take the Lead, The Old Vic, 1 month, 2021
FACILITATOR, Frontline Online, The Old Vic, 2 months, 2020
DIRECTOR, Brown Sheep, The Vaults, 2 performances 2020
BORIS KARLOFF TRAINEE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, TWENTYTWENTY, Young Vic, year long project, 2020-2021
COMPOSER, MUSICAL DIRECTOR & PIANIST, Four Of A Kind (Page Hall: The Immigrant Musical), VAULT Festival 2020 (postponed due to COVID-19)
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, How It Came To Be (ENO Baylis response to Carmen), London Coliseum, 3 performances, 2020
STAFF (OBSERVING) DIRECTOR, Carmen, London Coliseum, 10 performances over a month, 2020
CO-DIRECTOR, Fast, Etcetera Theatre, 2 performances, 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Orange Juice, Tristan Bates, 2 performances, 2019

Training

Intro to Directing at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, 2019.