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.

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), 2 weeks

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, 1 week

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, Audio

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

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

2021

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

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

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

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

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.