Indiana Lown-Collins

Hello! I'm Indiana (she/her), I'm a theatre director who grew up in Spain where I trained in Flamenco dancing and singing. I moved to the UK 10 years ago to develop a career in the arts.
I am this year’s winner of the JMK Award 2022 with my show, ‘The Solid Life of Sugar Water’ by Jack Thorne which is currently playing at the Orange Tree Theatre until 12th Nov 22.

As a disabled artist I am passionate about making theatre that’s representative of the world we live in, that champions unheard voices and that is authentic and raw. I am committed to trying to change the theatre landscape to represent the disabled community more widely in the arts. I want to make Theatre that puts disabled voices at the centre of the story.

I started working as an assistant director in 2016 and have had the privilege of working with new writing, Shakespeare and musicals across a number of different and exciting venues.
From (Jan 2019-Dec 2021) I was the Assistant Director and Producer at the Guildford Shakespeare Company. The role has offered me vast opportunities working in different areas, including casting, marketing, producing, access and diversity championing, facilitating and directing. During my time at GSC I worked on 14 main house shows.

Credits

Indiana is the winner of this years JMK Young Directors award (2022) with her proposal of 'The Solid Life Of Sugar Water'.

DIRECTOR, The Solid Life Of Sugar Water by Jack Thorne, Orange Tree Theatre, 4 weeks, 2022

DIRECTOR, Flap Dragons, Pentabus Theatre, Young Writers course, filmed performance, 2022

DIRECTOR, The Purple Princess by Ant Stones & Indiana Lown-Collins, Guildford Shakespeare Co, TIE, 3 weeks, 2021

DIRECTOR, The Dark Room by Ant Stones, Guildford Shakespeare Young Company, Live stream to YouTube to performances, 2021

DIRECTOR, The last Supper by Sophie Wu, Fresh Direction Replay Project The Young Vic, Nadia Latif, 1 performance, 2019
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MOVEMENT DIRECTOR, Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by Ant Stones, Guildford Shakespeare Co, 3 weeks, 2021

CHOREOGRAPHER, She Stoops To Conquer, directed by Tom Littler, Guildford Shakespeare Co., 3 weeks, 2021
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ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Macbeth, directed by Charlotte Conquest, Guildford Shakespeare Co., 3 weeks, 2020

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Merrily We Roll Along, directed by Charlotte Conquest, Quick Fantastic Alex Parker, 1 week (Community Theatre) 2018
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Julius Caesar, Summer 22 tour, Shakespeares Globe, 5 months, Mar 22 – Sep 22

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, As You Like It, directed by Caroline Devlin Guildford Shakespeare Co., 3 weeks, 2021

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, All’s Well that End’s Well, directed by Tom Littler ,Jermyn Street Theatre 7 weeks, 2019

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Twelfth Night and The Merry Wives of Windsor (Open air summer season), directed by Charlotte Conquest and Caroline Devlin, Guildford Shakespeare Co. 6 weeks, 2019

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Measure for Measure, directed by Charlotte Conquest, Guildford Shakespeare Co. 3 weeks, 2019

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Robin Hood (Open air) directed by Richard Neal, Guildford Shakespeare Co. 3 weeks, 2018

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Romeo and Juliet, directed by Charlotte Conquest ,Guildford Shakespeare Co. 3 weeks, 2018

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Cinderella directed by Jamie Smith, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, 6 weeks, 2018

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Alice in Wonderland, directed by Charlotte Conquest, Guildford Shakespeare Co., 3 weeks, 2018

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Legend of King Arthur, directed by Caroline Devlin, Guildford Shakespeare Co., 3 weeks, 2017

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, A Woman Alone, directed by Liz Arday, Etcetera Theatre, 3 weeks, 2016

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, All Aboard (A new musical by Alex Parker and Katie Lam), directed by Charlotte Conquest, Quick Fantastic, 1 week (Community Theatre), 2016
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Voice and Dialect Coach:

2017 Strictly Ballroom the Musical Drew McOnie Leeds Playhouse
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YOUTH THEATRE DIRECTOR, Young Company, Guildford Shakespeare Company. Devising and directing shows based on Shakespeares stories with young adults, 14 to 20 years. 2021-2022

DRAMA TEACHER, Guildford Shakespeare Company, Teaching and directing Shakespeare to students from 8 to 18 years. 2017-2021

YOUTH THEATRE DIRECTOR, Theatre4Kids, Drama and dance teacher for students aged 7 to 16 years. 2016-2018

DRAMA TEACHER, Stagecoach Theatre Arts, Teaching drama and directing end of year shows to students 6 to 18 years. 2015-2018
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Other:

Casting experience, bilingual (fluent Spanish & Valenciano), experience running live streams, choreography, flamenco singer & dancer, experience working on short film sets, reads music, workshop leader, drama teacher, Youth Theatre Director, experienced at directing amateur dramatic groups, agent assistant experience, actor training, music video director, TV and Radio presenting.

Training

3 year Professional Diploma in Acting for Stage and Screen, Performance Preparation Academy, 2016