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Indhu Rubasingham is an English theatre director and the current artistic director of the Tricycle Theatre in Kilburn, London. She succeeded Nicolas Kent in May 2012. Since new leadership, the Tricycle Theatre has received an Olivier Award for ‘Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre’〔http://()〕 in honour of its production of Moira Buffini’s ''Handbagged'', which transferred from the Tricycle to the Vaudeville Theatre in London's West End〔()〕 and went on National Tour,〔()〕 directed by Rubasingham. Other notable awards include the Evening Standard Award and Critics' Circle Theatre Award for ''Red Velvet'' by Lolita Chakrabarti featuring Adrian Lester. ''Red Velvet'' opened Rubasingham’s inaugural season at the Tricycle in 2012 and garnered awards for Most Promising Playwright〔()〕 and Best Actor.〔()〕 ''Red Velvet'' transferred to New York〔()〕 and is also scheduled to transfer to the West End as part of the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company’s season at the Garrick Theatre in 2016,〔()〕 directed by Rubasingham. ''Red Velvet'' is based on the story of Ira Aldridge, the first black actor to play Othello on a London stage in 1833. Born in Sheffield to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka, Rubasingham was educated at Nottingham Girls' High School.,〔(The Girls' Day School Trust website. )〕 after which she studied drama at Hull University.〔()〕 She won an Arts Council Bursary to work as an assistant director at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, where she assisted director Mike Leigh and worked on a range of theatre from pantomime and musicals to new writing plays.〔()〕 She then went on to work as an associate director at the Gate Theatre (London), the Young Vic, and the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.〔()〕 Her extensive freelance career includes directing at the National Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre, Almeida, and Birmingham Rep. In 2015 she directed Stephen Adly Guirgis' ''The Motherfucker with the Hat'' at the National Theatre as part of Rufus Norris' inaugural season.〔()〕 Other credits include ''Ruined'' at the Almeida Theatre and an adaptation of the ''Ramayana'' for Birmingham Rep, which went on to perform at the National Theatre. Credits at the Royal Court Theatre include ''Belong'', ''Disconnect'', ''Free Outgoing'', ''Lift Off'', ''Clubland'', ''The Crutch'' and ''Sugar Mummies''.〔()〕 Since being at the Tricycle, productions directed include ''Paper Dolls'',''The House That Will Not Stand'', ''Handbagged'', ''Red Velvet'', ''Multitudes'', and ''A Wolf in Snakeskin Shoes''. She has also directed radio plays for BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 3 and the BBC World Service. Other awards include the Asian Women of Achievement Award〔()〕 and the Liberty Human Rights Award.〔()〕 In August 2014, while she was artistic director, the Tricycle Theatre was at the centre of a controversy over the funding of the UK Jewish Film Festival. ==Notable productions== * ''The Motherf * *ker With The Hat'' by Stephen Adly Guirgis, National Theatre, 2015 * ''Multitudes'' by John Hollingworth, Tricycle Theatre, 2015 * ''The House That Will Not Stand'' by Marcus Gardley, Tricycle Theatre, 2014 * ''Handbagged'' by Moira Buffini, Tricycle Theatre, 2013; Vaudeville Theatre, 2014 * ''Red Velvet'' by Lolita Chakrabarti, Tricycle Theatre, 2012; St. Ann's Warehouse, 2014 * ''Belong'' by Bola Agbaje, Royal Court Theatre, 2012 * ''Stones in His Pockets'' by Marie Jones, Tricycle Theatre, 2011 * ''Ruined'' by Lynn Nottage, Almeida Theatre, 2010 * ''Women, Power and Politics'', by various authors including Moira Buffini and Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Tricycle Theatre, 2010 * ''Disconnect'' by Anupama Chandrasekhar, Royal Court Theatre, 2010 * ''Detaining Justice'' by Bola Agbaje, Tricycle Theatre, 2009 * ''The Great Game'' (with Nicolas Kent), Tricycle Theatre, 2009 * ''Wuthering Heights'', adapted by April De Angelis from the novel by Emily Brontë, Birmingham Rep, 2008 * ''Free Outgoing'' by Anupama Chandrasekhar, Royal Court Theatre, 2007 * ''Sugar Mummies'' by Tanika Gupta, Royal Court Theatre, 2006 * ''Fabulation'' by Lynn Nottage, Tricycle Theatre, 2006 * ''Anna in the Tropics'' by Nilo Cruz, Hampstead Theatre, 2004 * ''Yellowman'' by Dael Orlandersmith, Liverpool Everyman and Hampstead Theatre, 2003 * ''The Misanthrope'' by Molière, in an adaptation by Martin Crimp, Minerva Theatre, Chichester, 2002 * ''Romeo and Juliet'', Chichester Festival Theatre, 2002 * ''Secret Rapture'' by David Hare, Minerva Theatre, Chichester, 2001 * ''Clubland'' by Roy Williams, Royal Court Theatre, 2001 * ''The Waiting Room'' by Tanika Gupta, National Theatre, 2000 * ''Ramayana'', Birmingham Rep, 2000 * ''Lift Off'' by Roy Williams, Royal Court Theatre, 1999 * ''Shakuntala'' by Kalidasa adapted by Peter Oswald, Gate Theatre (London), 1997 * ''No Boys' Cricket Club'' by Roy Williams, Theatre Royal Stratford East, 1996 * ''Sugar Dollies'' by Klaus Chatten, Gate Theatre (London), 1996 * ''D’yer Eat With Your Fingers?!'', Theatre Royal Stratford East, 1994/1995 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Indhu Rubasingham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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