Lavinia Serban
Dramaturg Literary Associate Assistant Director Theatre makerI am a dramaturg and assistant director based in London. Pronouns she/her.
I am interested in new writing, verbatim and gig theatre and adapting stories for the stage.
I am passionate about storytelling structures, specifically about innovating storytelling structures.
As a Romanian living in London, I have the experience of being formed “theatrically” in two cultures, mixing in my practice the experimental form found in Eastern-European theatre scene and the power of the story deeply rooted in the British theatre scene. The experience of being an “outsider” also helps me connect on a human level with groups of people whose stories have been marginalised.
Credits
Assistant Director, The Boy, Soho Theatre Upstairs, 6 weeks, 2023Script Reader, Talawa Theatre, 4 weeks, 2022
Dramaturg, Talawa Theatre, 4 weeks, 2022
Script Reader, Bruntwood prize reader, 1 week, 2022
Theatre Critic, Various publications, 2012-2015
Training
Wildcard workshop series on Dramaturgy (with dramaturg Lauren Mooney).The Ethical Dilemma of Positioning in Jelinek’s performance texts (course organised by Gorki Theatre in Berlin).
Location
LondonExperience
2-5 years
Art forms / Disciplines
- Theatre / Live perfomance
What I do
- Directing
- Dramaturgy
- Editing
- Facilitating
- Languages
- Music - Can learn by ear
- Site Responsive/Immersive
- Theatre making
- Working with young people
- Working within a Community / with community participants
- Workshopping & Development
- Writing
Additional Languages
Romanian, Spanish
