Ashleigh Sobowale

Director playwright Child and adult facilitator Dramaturge Singer/Actor

Ashleigh Sobowale is a graduate at Royal Central School of Speech and drama. At seventeen with no qualifications, the Young Vic Theatre introduced Ashleigh into the world of Theatre by providing the opportunity to perform on their stages (Parallel Yerma). Through the director's program, Ashleigh proceeded as an assistant director for a taking part production (UMBD) in 2020. As an aspiring writer, director and theatre practitioner, Ashleigh explores writing for community performance and directing meaningful staged/digital work. Ashleigh has experience with leading after-school drama clubs, with secondary schools in London. I am also keen to expand in this work by introducing drama to students who are capable and unfamiliar with it. I believe in the saying 'Good art never dies and lives on'.

Credits

Actor, Parallel Yerma, Young Vic, 6 weeks, 2016
Assistant director, UMBD,, Young Vic, 8 weeks, 2020
https://www.youngvic.org/young-vic-digital/under-my-barbie-duvet
Drama facilitator 6 months -Emergency party LTD.

Training

Parallel Yerma, Young Vic (2016)
Introduction to directing Young Vic (2019)
Ual performance and production extended diploma (two years, Uxbridge College)
Front line Facilitation (Old Vic) (2018)
Contemporary performance practice, with writing for performance, at The Royal Central School Of Speech and Drama 2019-2022.



Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Comedy
  • Dance
  • Fashion
  • Film - short
  • Literature
  • Music
  • Radio/Audio
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • TV - drama
  • Visual arts

What I do

  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Facilitating
  • Movement Direction
  • Music - Can learn by ear
  • Music - Singing
  • Performance Art
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Prop Making
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Working with Deaf non-professional adults / children
  • Working with disabled artists
  • Working with disabled non-professional adults / children
  • Working with learning disabled adults / children
  • Working with learning disabled artists
  • Working with young people
  • Working with young people with special educational needs
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Yoruba

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