
Mumba Dodwell
Mumba trained as an actor at Arts University Bournemouth, she then later joined the Intro to Directing Course in 2017/2018 at the Young Vic Theatre. After been awarded the National Youth Theatre Bryan Forbes Assistant Director position in 2019-2020,
she is now an Associate Artist. Mumba is one of the Co-Founders of the Diversity School,
an organisation that was set up to hold drama schools accountable for inclusivity training for all.
Awards and nominations
2019/2020 OFFIE Nomination for Direction, People's Ensemble,
Sound Design and Costume Design for Great Expectations.
Productions
2023 | |
DEATH OF ENGLAND (Associate Director) | Director: Clint Dyer National Theatre |
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES (Assistant Director) | Director: Whitney White Almeida Theatre |
OTHELLO (Associate Director) | Director: Clint Dyer National Theatre |
2022 | |
BOY/GIRL/BOY/GIRL | Playing Up 2022, National Youth Theatre Workshop |
INTIMATE APPAREL | Guildhall School of Music & Drama |
2021 | |
THE ANCESTORS | National Youth `Theatre & English Heritage |
2020 | |
LITTLE REVOLUTION | University of Bournemouth |
2019 | |
GREAT EXPECTATIONS | National Youth Theatre |
2018 | |
TALES FROM THE GARDEN | John Thaw Studio, Actors Centre |
BLACK ICE | Theatre503 |
ADDICT | Cockpit Theatre |
BLACK BOYS DON'T CRY | Theatre Royal Stratford East, Scratch Night |
ASSISTANT & ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR | |
DEATH OF ENGLAND: CLOSING TIME | Director: Clint Dyer |
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES | Director: Whitney White |
OTHELLO | Director: Clint Dyer |
DADDY | Director: Danya Taymor |
OTHELLO | Director: Miranda Cromwell |
ROCKETS AND BLUE LIGHTS | Director: Miranda Cromwell |
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM | Director: Matt Harrison |
FRANKENSTEIN | Director: Emily Grey |
THE COURT MUST HAVE A QUEEN | Director: Sam Curtis Lindsay |