ANJANA VASAN:Building Your Own Rulebook

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Date
Archive Event
Time
2.30PM - 4.00PM
Venue
The Shaw Theatre, 100, 110 Euston Rd., London NW1 2AJ
Type
Masterclass

Join Olivier Award winner Anjana Vasan for a Masterclass on building your own rulebook as a performer.  

Known for her performances on stage in A Streetcar Named Desire (Almeida and West End), Brace Brace (Royal Court), and A Doll’s House (Lyric Hammersmith), as well as her work on screen with We Are Lady Parts, Killing Eve and Wicked Little Letters, Anjana has carved a critically-acclaimed path in the industry.  

Using examples from some of her own recent shows, Anjana will share her approach to preparing and crafting authentic performances, from fresh new scripts to timeless classics. This session will offer practical insights to help you grow as a performer, or to support performers as a director. There will be plenty of opportunity for audience questions.  

Biography

Theatre includes: A Streetcar Named Desire (Phoenix), Summer and Smoke (Duke of York’s) (Almeida); A Doll’s House (Lyric Hammersmith); Rutherford and Son, Dara, Behind the Beautiful Forevers (National); An Adventure, The Rules – 66 Brooks (Bush); King Lear, Midsummer Night’s Dream (Globe); Life of Galileo (Young Vic); Image of an Unknown Young Woman (Gate); Macbeth (Park Armory New York/ Broadway); Taming of the Shew, Much Ado About Nothing (RSC); The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning (National Theatre Wales).

Television includes: Towards Zero, Black Mirror, Killing Eve, We Are Lady Parts, Temple, Brexit: The Uncivil War, Sex Education, Pls Like, Hang Ups, Ill Behaviour, Call the Midwife, Fresh Meat. Film includes: Wicked Little Letters, Cyrano, Mughal Mowgli, The Children Act, Cinderella.

Awards include: Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress (A Streetcar Named Desire); Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (A Streetcar Names Desire); RTS Award for Best Female Comedy Performance (We Are Lady Parts).