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'''Indhu Rubasingham''' is an English theatre director and the current artistic director of the ] in Kilburn, ]. She succeeded ] in May 2012. '''Indhu Rubasingham''' is an English theatre director and the current artistic director of the ] in Kilburn, ].


== Early life ==
Since new leadership, the Tricycle Theatre has received an ] for ‘Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre’<ref>http://</ref> in honour of its production of ]’s '']'', which transferred from the Tricycle to the ] in London's West End<ref></ref> and went on National Tour,<ref></ref> directed by Rubasingham.
⚫ Born in ] to ] parents from ], Rubasingham was educated at ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Nottingham%20Girls'%20High%20School&item_type=topic|title="Nottingham Girls|last=LLC|first=Revolvy,|website=www.revolvy.com|language=en|access-date=2017-01-28}}</ref>, after which she studied drama at ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www2.hull.ac.uk/student/alumni/newspublications/notablealumni/mediaentertainment.aspx|title=Media & Entertainment - University of Hull|website=www2.hull.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-01-28}}</ref>.


== Career ==
Other notable awards include the ] and ] for '']'' by ] featuring ]. ''Red Velvet'' opened Rubasingham’s inaugural season at the Tricycle in 2012 and garnered awards for Most Promising Playwright<ref></ref> and Best Actor.<ref></ref> ''Red Velvet'' transferred to New York<ref></ref> and also played in the West End as part of the ] Theatre Company’s season at the ] in 2016,<ref></ref> directed by Rubasingham. ''Red Velvet'' is based on the story of ], the first black actor to play ] on a London stage in 1833.


=== Freelance directing ===
Her extensive freelance career includes directing at the ], ], ], and ]. In 2015 she directed ]' '']'' at the National Theatre as part of ]' inaugural season.<ref></ref> Other credits include '']'' at the Almeida Theatre and an adaptation of the '']'' for Birmingham Rep, which went on to perform at the National Theatre. Credits at the ] include ''Belong'', ''Disconnect'', ''Free Outgoing'', ''Lift Off'', ''Clubland'', ''The Crutch'' and ''Sugar Mummies''.<ref></ref>
⚫ Soon after graduating ], she won an ] Bursary to work as an assistant director at the ], where she assisted director ] and worked on a range of theatre from pantomime and musicals to new writing plays<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/feb/20/indhu-rubasingham-tricycle-theatre-profile|title=Indhu Rubasingham: artistic director, Tricycle theatre – profile|last=Barnett|first=Laura|date=2013-02-20|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2017-01-28}}</ref>. She then went on to work as an associate director at the ], the ], and the ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://masterclass.org.uk/view/indhu-rubasingham|title=Indhu Rubasingham Masterclass|website=masterclass.org.uk|access-date=2017-01-28}}</ref>.


Notable freelance directing work includes productions at the ] (most recently in 2015 ]' ] as part of ]' inaugural season<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/jun/18/the-motherfucker-with-the-hat-review-sex-addiction-and-honour-among-dudes|title=The Motherfucker with the Hat review – sex, addiction and honour among dudes|last=Billington|first=Michael|date=2015-06-18|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2017-01-28}}</ref>), West End, ] (including ''Belong'', ''Disconnect'', ''Free Outgoing'', ''Lift Off'', ''Clubland'', ''The Crutch'' and ''Sugar Mummies''), ] (most notably ]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://almeida.co.uk/whats-on/ruined/15-apr-2010-5-jun-2010|title=Ruined|newspaper=Almeida Theatre|language=en|access-date=2017-01-28}}</ref>), ] (including ''Secret Rapture, Romeo & Juliet,'' and ''The Misanthrope''), ], ] (for instance an adaptation of the ] for Birmingham Rep which went on to perform at the ]), ], ] and ], New York. She has also worked in Cuba, Mexico, Brazil, Uganda and India.
⚫ Born in ] to ] parents from ], Rubasingham was educated at ].,<ref></ref> after which she studied drama at ].<ref></ref>


She has further directed radio plays for ], ] and the ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://masterclass.org.uk/view/indhu-rubasingham|title=Indhu Rubasingham Masterclass|website=masterclass.org.uk|access-date=2017-01-28}}</ref>.
⚫ She won an ] Bursary to work as an assistant director at the ], where she assisted director ] and worked on a range of theatre from pantomime and musicals to new writing plays.<ref></ref> She then went on to work as an associate director at the ], the ], and the ].<ref></ref>


=== Tricycle Theatre ===
⚫ Since being at the Tricycle, productions directed include ''Paper Dolls'',''The House That Will Not Stand'', '']'', '']'', ''Multitudes'', and ''A Wolf in Snakeskin Shoes''.
Indhu Rubasingham succeeded ] as Artistic Director of the ] in 2012. Rubasingham’s inaugural production was the multi award-winning '']'' by ] (Evening Standard Award and Critics’ Circle Award<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/theatre/evening-standard-theatre-awards-why-our-judges-chose-the-winners-8349073.html|title=Evening Standard Theatre Awards: why our judges chose the winners|date=2012-11-25|newspaper=Evening Standard|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-01-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21012198|title=Adrian Lester named best actor at Critics' Circle Theatre Awards|last=Masters|first=Tim|date=2013-01-15|newspaper=BBC News|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-01-28}}</ref>), which transferred to New York in April 2014 and London’s West End in January 2016 as part of the ] ‘Plays at the Garrick’ season<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.branaghtheatre.com/red-velvet/company.php|title=Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company {{!}} Red Velvet Company|last=Premier|website=Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company|access-date=2017-01-28}}</ref>. '']'' is based on the story of ], the first black actor to play ] on a London stage in 1833. 
She has also directed radio plays for ], ] and the ].


Indhu further directed ]’s ] at the Tricycle Theatre in autumn 2013, where it won an ] for ‘Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre’<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/olivier-awards-2014-winners-list-in-full-9257767.html|title=Oliviers 2014 winners list in full: Chimerica a big success on the|date=2014-04-13|newspaper=The Independent|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-01-28}}</ref> and transferred to the West End in 2014 with a subsequent National Tour in 2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.handbaggedtheplay.com/tourdate/|title=Tour Dates Archive - Handbagged the Play|website=Handbagged the Play|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-28}}</ref>. '']'' was also nominated for an ] for Best Comedy. 
Other awards include the Asian Women of Achievement Award<ref></ref> and the Liberty Human Rights Award.<ref></ref>


⚫ Other Tricycle productions directed include ''Paper Dolls'', ''The House That Will Not Stand'', ''Multitudes'', ''A Wolf in Snakeskin Shoes'' and '']''. 
In August 2014, while she was artistic director, the Tricycle Theatre was at the centre of a ] of the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/theatre-director-indhu-rubasingham-i-just-didnt-want-to-take-sides-in-a-very-emotional-passionate-situation-9651159.html|title=Theatre director Indhu Rubasingham: I just didn’t want to take sides in a very emotional, passionate situation|last=Curtis|first=Nick|date=6 August 2014|work=]|accessdate=8 August 2014}}</ref>

In August 2014, while she was artistic director, the Tricycle Theatre was at the centre of a ] of the ].</sup>]]

In 2017, Indhu was awarded an ] in the New Year’s Honours List.

Other awards include the Asian Women of Achievement Award<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://asianculturevulture.com/portfolios/major-award-indhu-rubasingham/|title=Major award for Indhu Rubasingham - Asian Culture Vulture|newspaper=Asian Culture Vulture|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-28}}</ref> and the Liberty Human Rights Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/tags/human-rights-awards|title=human rights awards|website=Liberty Human Rights|language=en|access-date=2017-01-28}}</ref>.

Rubasingham is currently rehearsing ''Ugly Lies the Bone'' by Lindsey Ferrentino for the ], opening in February 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/ugly-lies-the-bone|title=Ugly Lies the Bone {{!}} National Theatre|website=www.nationaltheatre.org.uk|access-date=2017-01-28}}</ref>.


==Notable productions== ==Notable productions==

Revision as of 16:06, 28 January 2017

Indhu Rubasingham is an English theatre director and the current artistic director of the Tricycle Theatre in Kilburn, London.

Early life

Born in Sheffield to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka, Rubasingham was educated at Nottingham Girls' High School, after which she studied drama at Hull University.

Career

Freelance directing

Soon after graduating Hull University, she won an Arts Council Bursary to work as an assistant director at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, where she assisted director Mike Leigh and worked on a range of theatre from pantomime and musicals to new writing plays. She then went on to work as an associate director at the Gate Theatre (London), the Young Vic, and the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.

Notable freelance directing work includes productions at the National Theatre (most recently in 2015 Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Motherfucker with the Hat as part of Rufus Norris' inaugural season), West End, The Royal Court (including Belong, Disconnect, Free Outgoing, Lift Off, Clubland, The Crutch and Sugar Mummies), Almeida Theatre (most notably Ruined), Chichester Festival Theatre (including Secret Rapture, Romeo & Juliet, and The Misanthrope), Hampstead Theatre, Birmingham Rep Theatre (for instance an adaptation of the Ramayana for Birmingham Rep which went on to perform at the National Theatre), Liverpool Everyman, Theatre Royal Stratford East and St Ann’s Warehouse, New York. She has also worked in Cuba, Mexico, Brazil, Uganda and India.

She has further directed radio plays for BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 3 and the BBC World Service.

Tricycle Theatre

Indhu Rubasingham succeeded Nicolas Kent as Artistic Director of the Tricycle Theatre in 2012. Rubasingham’s inaugural production was the multi award-winning Red Velvet by Lolita Chakrabarti (Evening Standard Award and Critics’ Circle Award), which transferred to New York in April 2014 and London’s West End in January 2016 as part of the Kenneth Branagh ‘Plays at the Garrick’ season. Red Velvet is based on the story of Ira Aldridge, the first black actor to play Othello on a London stage in 1833. 

Indhu further directed Moira Buffini’s Handbagged at the Tricycle Theatre in autumn 2013, where it won an Olivier Award for ‘Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre’ and transferred to the West End in 2014 with a subsequent National Tour in 2015. Handbagged was also nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Comedy. 

Other Tricycle productions directed include Paper Dolls, The House That Will Not Stand, Multitudes, A Wolf in Snakeskin Shoes and The Invisible Hand. 

In August 2014, while she was artistic director, the Tricycle Theatre was at the centre of a controversy over the funding of the UK Jewish Film Festival.

In 2017, Indhu was awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours List.

Other awards include the Asian Women of Achievement Award and the Liberty Human Rights Award.

Rubasingham is currently rehearsing Ugly Lies the Bone by Lindsey Ferrentino for the National Theatre, opening in February 2017.

Notable productions

References

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