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Garen Abel Unokan

Director

I'm a theatre director and fiction writer.

I'm a writer and director who is interested in work about truth and its nuances, complicated family dynamics, and myths. style and genre-wise, I love fantasy, science-fiction, and non-naturalistic works

my pronouns are she/her/hers!

Credits

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Jacaranda, Pentabus Theatre, Pentabus Theatre Company and Theatre By The Lake, 2 months, 2021

DIRECTOR, Hear Me Now presents: lovesexidentityambition, Theatre 503, 1 night, 2020

DIRECTOR, Blend.Share.Mix, Rapid Write Response, Theatre 503, 2 nights, 2019

DIRECTOR, Fresh Direction: Replay project, as part of the Young Vic Directors Program,1 night, 2019

DIRECTOR, Tiger Mum, Rosemary Branch Theatre, 2 nights, 2019

DIRECTOR, Can I Touch Your Hair?, VAULT Festival, 2 nights, 2019

BORIS KARLOFF TRAINEE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Convert, Young Vic, 6 weeks, 2019

DIRECTOR, The Ball, Tristan Bates Theatre, 2 nights, 2019

Training

I completed Introduction to Directing at the Young Vic in 2017, and trained at Identity School of Acting earlier that same year.

Location

City of Edinburgh

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Literature
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Conversational French and German

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