Mai Anh (Aster) Bui

Writer Dramaturg Set Designer Costume Designer

I am an interdisciplinary theatre maker with experience in costuming and set, but specialising in writing and storytelling. I explore themes of grief, nostalgia, female trauma, intergenerational trauma, and Vietnamese identity with a "speaking nearby", as explored by Trinh T. Minh Ha, approach to activism through my writings and performances.
Armed with Reiki, meditation, a nerdy obsession with language and etymology, and chronically online observations, I hope to create tender spaces that soothe the spirit.

Credits

Dramaturgy, co-writer, performer, set design, Just Girly Things, Central Saint Martins Black Lab, 2 nights, 2024

Writer, performer, Costume design, Set design, Nho: Miss Remember, Central Saint Martins Black Lab, 3 nights, 2024

Stagehand, Costume Maker, When a Lamb Runs It Runs Fast, Central Saint Martins Platform Theatre, 2 nights, 2023

Set design, Puppeteer, Dramaturgy, Bodies of Water, Central Saint Martins Platform Theatre, 2 nights, 2023

Costume Maker, The Volcano For Now, Central Saint Martins Platform Theatre, 1 night, 2023

Fly Tower Operator, Bach in the Clouds, Central Saint Martins Platform Theatre, 1 night, 2023

Performer, Bank Robbery, Central Saint Martins Black Lab, 2 nights, 2022

Training

BA (Hons) Performance: Design & Practice at Central Saint Martins, UAL

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Film - documentary
  • Film - feature
  • Gaming and interactivity
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Costume Design
  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Facilitating
  • Performing
  • Prop Making
  • Set Design
  • Theatre making
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Vietnamese

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