Rohan Gotobed

he/him

I am a Director and Writer from Dorset determined to platform contemporary rural and semi-rural voices onstage. I am committed to creating new plays that keep audiences informed and empowers people to engage imaginatively with live performance.

In 2022 I formed Dorsetborn, a company that tells great stories, develops local artists and embraces new ways of working. We are an associate company of National Youth Theatre and have been supported by Arts Council England, New Diorama, Activate Performing Arts, and Poole Lighthouse. Our first production, 'Georgia and the Iceberg' is embarking on a SW tour from February - April 2023.

As a writer and director I am inspired by a variety of artists including Caryl Churchill, Tim Crouch, Marianne Elliott, Robert Lepage, debbie tucker green, and Aaron Sorkin. I am under commission for MAST Mayflower Studios and on attachment to the Mercury Theatre Colchester.

I am also the Lead Facilitator for Poole Lighthouse's Young Writers programme. I am a Young Associate for the Gate Theatre. I am a member of the Almeida Theatre's Youth Advisory Board, on the BCP Cultural Compact Board, and am a trustee for Activate Performing Arts.

I'd love to connect with other artists and look for opportunities to collaborate on upcoming projects. You can discover more about my work at rohangotobed.co.uk.

Credits

2023

DIRECTOR, Macbeth, Arts University Bournemouth (and Schools Tour), 1 week

WRITER / DIRECTOR, A Shipwreck Story, Dorsetborn / Poole Museum, Digital

CO-WRITER / DIRECTOR, Pride, Dorsetborn / National Trust, Audio

DIRECTOR, Artrage by Natalia Lewis, The National Gallery, 1 night

DIRECTOR, Show 6 by Various, INK Festival, 1 week

DIRECTOR, Ways of Seeing, Wimborne Community Theatre, 3 nights

WRITER / DIRECTOR, Georgia and the Iceberg, Dorsetborn, 2 months

2022

CO-DIRECTOR (with Gemma Alldred), Broken & Golden, Extraordinary Bodies Young Artists and Co-Create Dorset, 1 night

DIRECTOR, Umbrella by Katherine Edwards, Bloomsbury Festival, Radio Play

DIRECTOR, The Caravan Plays by Rufus Love and Lauren Ziebart, Gate Theatre, 3 nights

DIRECTOR, The Delicate Act of Falling by Tom Wentworth, The Other Room, 3 nights

DIRECTOR, Fort by Tabitha Hayward, Dorsetborn, Rehearsed Reading

PRODUCTION MANAGER / ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Sw!m, Mowlem Theatre and Diverse City, Community Production (dir. Claire Hodgson and Deborah Paige)

WRITER / CO-DIRECTOR, Georgia and the Iceberg, Dorsetborn, R&D (co-directed with Priya Patel Appleby)

2021

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Child in the Snow by Piers Torday, Wilton's Music Hall, 5 weeks (dir. Justin Audibert)

DIRECTOR, Umbrella by Katherine Edwards, Bloomsbury Festival, Rehearsed Reading

DRAMATURG / ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Attack of the Wolfdogs by Nigel Barrett and Louise Mari, Unicorn Theatre, Digital

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Story Seekers by Justin Audibert, Unicorn / National Theatre, Digital

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Baby Show by Sarah Argent and Kevin Lewis, Unicorn Theatre, 3 weeks

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Marvin's Binoculars by Justin Audibert, Unicorn Theatre, Digital / Schools Tour, 2 months

DIRECTOR, Phaedra's Love by Sarah Kane (selected scenes), Gate Theatre, Digital

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Way of the World by William Congreve, Central School of Speech and Drama, 2 days (dir. Lindsay Posner)

DIRECTOR, Out of Nowhere, National Youth Theatre, Digital

2020

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Grimm Tales by Phillip Pullman, Unicorn Theatre, Digital (dir. Justin Audibert, Rachel Bagshaw, Polly Findlay, Tristan Fynn-Aideunu, Ola Ince, Bijan Sheibani)

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Huddle by Filskit Theatre, Unicorn Theatre, Digital (dir. Sarah Shephard)

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Twits by Roald Dahl, Unicorn Theatre, Digital (dir. Ned Bennett)

DIRECTOR, straight vodka by Gemma Lawrence, Theatre 503, 2 nights

2019

WRITER / DIRECTOR, Play Before Birth, Coast to Coast @ Edinburgh/East of England Tour, 3 weeks

DIRECTOR, Last Night in Europe, Coast to Coast @ Norwich Arts Centre, 1 night

2018

WRITER / DIRECTOR, About Lester, Coast to Coast, 4 nights

Training

Birkbeck, University of London
MFA in Theatre Directing (2019-Feb 2022)

Unicorn Theatre
Trainee Director (2020-2021)

University of East Anglia
BA (Hons) in English and Drama (2016-2019)
- David and Jo Spinks Award (2019)

Gate Theatre
Young Associate (2019-Present)

Channel 4's TV Drama New Writers Scheme (West and South West) 2022/23

Mercury Theatre Playwrights Programme 2022/23

National Student Drama Festival Company 2019/2020

National Youth Theatre Epic Stages Course 2017

Workshops with practitioners including Ian McKellen, Mike Alfreds, Tim Crouch, Rebecca Frecknall, Simon Godwin, James Graham, Robert Icke, Mike Leigh, Lynette Linton, Lucy Kirkwood, Winsome Pinnock, Lyndsey Turner & Sacha Wares.