Dubheasa Lanipekun

Director

Dubheasa is a director, producer and writer working across theatre, film and documentary photography. Her practice is grounded in a strong interest in new writing, visual storytelling and stories which explore the social truth within drama.

Pronouns she/her

Credits

Director:
Labyrinths of Fire by Lola Rose Wood | Greenwich Theatre
Resurrections by Mary Waireri | Golden Goose Theatre
Pathways Programme - WIP Showcase | Royal Court x Clean Break
Bone by John Donnelly | Omnibus Theatre
Blue Corridor 15 (short film) | BBC 4, Dazed, ICA, ACE
Deb and Joan by Isaac Rathbone | The Canal Café Theatre
Blind Date by Brad Johnson | Katzpace
A.I. In Wonderland by Eve Ruck | University of Warwick.

Associate Director:
Never Have I Ever by Deborah Frances-White | Minerva Theatre - CFT

Assistant Director:
Cold War, book by Conor McPherson | Almeida Theatre
Women, Beware the Devil by Lulu Raczka | Almeida Theatre
Paradise Now! by Margaret Perry | Bush Theatre
Handbagged by Moira Buffini | Kiln Theatre
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT GRIEF by Sonia Jalaly (R&D) | Donmar Warehouse
I Know My Husband Loves Me by Pete Talman | The Union Theatre.

Training

Directing: Fresh Direction (Nimmo Ismail and Monique Touko), Young Vic; Directors In Practice Programme, StoneCrabs Theatre; Springboard, (Jennifer Tang), Young Vic; Core Directing Skills (Katie Mitchell), Young Vic; National Theatre Young Studio.

Writing: Ifeyinwa Frederick scholarship Soho Theatre’s writers lab.

Dramaturgy: Script Panel, Royal Court; Theatre and Dramaturgy (Zoë Svendsen), Young Vic; New Writing Co-ordinator, Warwick Rep Theatre Company.

Other Relevant Training: Sundance X Adobe – Ignite Fellowship; TYTP Young Company, Talawa Theatre Company; Edinburgh TV Festival's The Network Talent Scheme; Critics of Colour Collective short course in theatre journalism; Magnum Photos short course in photography; London Creative Network Artist with Photofusion.

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Comedy
  • Fashion
  • Film - documentary
  • Film - feature
  • Film - short
  • Music
  • Photography
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • TV - drama
  • Visual arts

What I do

  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Lighting Design
  • Producing
  • Theatre making
  • Working with young people
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

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