Ashen Gupta

Ashen (they/them) is a director, facilitator and musician, who's work spans new writing, opera and short film. Much of their work has a focus on young people, community groups, and migrant stories (particularly those of the south asian diaspora) as well as having music at its core.

Credits

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.