Lola Shaw
Director, WriterHello, my name is Lola (she / her)
I am interested in theatre that uses multimedia. I want to communicate with an audience through more than just one medium mainly in an attempt to combat our generation’s dwindling attention spans and because I think it looks cool...
I want to make theatre that is revealing without being preachy..That platforms the issues my generation faces but does it through intimate portrayals of relationships that are both heartbreaking and funny.
I also prefer theatre that doesn’t pander to naturalism and isn’t afraid to embrace absurdity.
Credits
Director - ReAct Festival at Lyric HammersmithDirector - Speedy by Will Dobson at White Bear Theatre
Director and Writer - Old Vic Theatre Makers' Showcase, 2021
Director and Writer - Ned, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, 2021
Director - Filling the Void by Merle Wheldon Posner, Bomb Factory Theatre Summer Festival of New Writing, 2021
Assistant Director - White City Youth Theatre, ongoing
Training
NYT, Old Vic Theatre Makers, National Theatre Playwriting Course, MA in Acting at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, NYT Directing course.Location
LondonExperience
1-2 years
Art forms / Disciplines
- Comedy
- Film - feature
- Film - short
- Theatre / Live perfomance
- TV - documentary
- TV - drama
What I do
- Devising
- Directing
- Dramaturgy
- Facilitating
- Outdoor performance
- Performing
- Theatre making
- Verbatim theatre
- Working with young people
- Working with young people with special educational needs
- Workshopping & Development
- Writing
