Anastasia Osei-Kuffour

I'm a Writer and Director, trained through the Young Vic Directors Programme. Having been Associate Director at Theatre503, 2019-2021, completed two years as Trainee Artistic Director at tiata fahodzi as part of the Artistic Director Leadership Programme, I am now a freelance director and Artistic Director of Wrested Veil producing company.

I'm interested in:
-new writing and classic plays.
-dance and music in plays.
-writing and directing theatre and film.

I am also a Poet.


Pronoun: She/her

Credits

Full Productions:

Director, Typical-Film, Soho Theatre On Demand, 2021.

Director, Seeds, Leeds Playhouse, Live Newcastle, Derby Theatre, Warwick Arts Centre, 2020.

Director, Typical, Pleasance Courtyard Edinburgh Fringe, 4 weeks & Soho Theatre, 4 weeks, 2019.

Director, Cuttin' It, Royal Court UK schools tour to 19 schools in London and Birmingham, 1 month, 2018.

Director, Footprints on the Moon, Finborough Theatre, 9 shows, 2017.

Short pieces 2013-2017:
Director, An Adventure an excerpt, Bush Theatre;
Director, Cell, Young Vic;
Director, Here Comes the Bride, Black Lives, Black Words at Bush Theatre;
Director, All the Ways to Say Goodbye, Young Vic;
Director and Writer, Hosea’s Girl, Talawa Studio Firsts;
Director, Dishonour, Theatre 503;
Director, You Know That I’ll Be Back, Theatre 503;
Director, Universally Speaking, Theatre 503; and
Director, Pushers, Etcetera.

Associate Director, good dog, Spring 2019 National Tour.
Associate Director, Flowering Cherry, Finborough, 2015.
Associate Director, The Hackney Volpone, Rose Lipman Building, 2014.


Assistant Director, mixed brain, Roundabout, Summer Hall Edinburgh, 2017.

Assistant Director, Macbeth & Romeo and Juliet, National Theatre Dorfman, Stratford Circus, UK schools tour, 2016.

Assistant Director, Cuttin’ It — Young Vic’s Jerwood Assistant Director Programme, supported by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation, Young Vic, Royal Court, Birmingham REP, Sheffield Theatres and The Yard, 2016.

Assistant Director, Three Generations of Women, Greenwich, 2016.

Assistant Director, Andy Capp, Finborough, 2015.

Assistant Director, Plaques and Tangles, Royal Court 2015.

Assistant Director, Alpha Beta, Finborough, 2015.

Assistant Director, Henry the Fifth, Unicorn Theatre, 2015.

Assistant Director, Idomeneus, Gate Theatre, 2014.

As Boris Karloff Trainee Assistant Director — A Doll’s House, Young Vic, 2013.

Training

Doorway Project led by Kate Flatt.
Female empowerment for theatre directors led by Katie Mitchell.
Trainee Artistic Director, tiata fahodzi.
National Theatre Directors' Course
Royal Court Introduction to Playwriting.
Springboard, Young Vic.
Introduction to Directing, Young Vic