Manuel Bau

Originally from Italy, I am interested in international theatre, new writing and good storytelling. Currently looking to get more experience in opera directing and filmmaking.

Credits

Originally from Italy, I trained in theatre directing at Iuav (Venice), at the Lincoln Center Directors Lab and Living Pictures.

As a Director:
Checkpoint Chana -Jeff Page- (Finborough Theatre, first, a staged reading as part of Vibrant, then a full production)
Questions of Terrorism and Repression -Dario Fo- (Lion and Unicorn Theatre)
A Feyre Tale -P. Berringer- (The Space, Edinburgh)
The Man With The Flower in His Mouth (Christ Church College, Oxford)
How Does That Make You Feel? (Lion and Unicorn)
Soft The Moon Rose (Etcetera Theatre)
The White Room (Courtyard Theatre)
And has directed several short plays at Southwark Playhouse and Theatre 503, including "Lottery" by Nav Sidhu, "Salvage" by Rachel Tookey, "Boxes" by Jamila Barrett and "Girls Just wanna have Fun-Damental Human Rights" by Ashleigh Packham.

As Assistant/Associate Director:
The Omission of the Family Coleman (Ustinov Studio, Bath)
Le Grand Mort (Trafalgar Studios)
Allegro (Southwark Playhouse)
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Royal Festival Hall)
The Mikado (Charing Cross Theatre)
Porgy and Bess (Regents Park Open Air Theatre, Director on attachment)
Do I hear a waltz? (Park Theatre)
Trout Stanley (Southwark Playhouse)

I was also a member of the 2015 Lincoln Center Directors Lab in New York City and I was recently Language Consultant on the Encores! production of "Do I hear a Waltz?" at New York City Center.

Additional information:
Manuel worked on several short films, feature films and pilots (2010: training at the London Film Academy).

Training

2017 Movement Director-Director Workshop (RSC)
2017 “Conceptualising Productions”: Workshop with Natalie Abrahami (Living Pictures)
2015 Lincoln Center Directors Lab, New York City
2014 “Directing Shakespeare”: Workshop with Lyndsey Turner (Living Pictures)
2013 “The Directing Process”: Workshop with Ian Rickson and Patrick Marber (Living Pictures)
2011 London Film Academy (Diploma in Film Directing)
2010 BA of Fine Arts at IUAV, Venice, Italy (First in Theatre Directing)