Theatre
WRITER & PERFORMER | CAMDEN PEOPLE'S THEATRE x SOCIAL CONVENTION x OMNIBUS
A new, autobiographical take on Puccini's orientalist depiction of Japan and interracial relationships in Madama Butterfly. Initally developed as part of the BUTTERFLY PROJECT, the show will receive WIP performances at Omnibus Theatre as part of their Engine Room Programme and at the Social Convention as part of their 'In Transition' season.
'Meet real-life partners Joey and Gabs. This is a show about the show they never made. The true story of how a 1904 opera caused the breakdown of their relationship'.
SO THAT YOU MAY GO
BEYOND THE SEA
UNDONE THEATRE
Spring 2024
WRITER & PERFORMER | SOHO THEATRE - SOHO RISING FESTIVAL
Following a critically acclaimed, ★★★★★ run at the Hope Theatre, LESSONS ON REVOLUTION has been programmed at Soho Theatre as part of their Soho Rising Festival.
LESSONS ON REVOLUTION
UNDONE THEATRE
x CARMEN COLLECTIVE
Feb 2024
WRITER & PERFORMER | HOPE THEATRE
LESSONS ON REVOLUTION is a daring new piece of documentary theatre. It is a gripping and immersive journey through global and personal history which asks: in a new age of inequality and injustice, how can the voices of the past give us hope?
Funded by Arts Council England, supported by the London School of Economics
"a thought provoking production delivered with style"
★★★★★ - A Young(ish) Perspective
"one of the biggest highlights of my year in theatre"
★★★★ - Theatre and Tonic
"a triumph of writing and performance"
★★★★ - Broadway Baby
"touching, heartfelt, and full of hope"
★★★★ - The Upcoming
"a truly memorable and compelling show"
★★★★ - The Peg Review
★★★★ - London Theatre Reviews
★★★★ - Everything Theatre
LESSONS ON REVOLUTION
UNDONE THEATRE
x CARMEN COLLECTIVE
Sept-Oct 2023 (2 weeks)
DIRECTOR & DRAMATURG | UNDONE THEATRE x artsdepot
I directed the R&D of a new show responding to the use of yellow-face in opera, in collaboration with a writer, composer, and musical director. Joey Jepp's Butterfly Project encourages BESEA self-empowerment and speaking up against the (mis)representation of BESEA identities on stage.
Funded by Arts Council England, supported by the Japan Society, artsdepot, New Earth Theatre, Theatre Deli, London Performance Studios | Find out more here
BUTTERFLY PROJECT
UNDONE THEATRE
April 2023
DRAMATURG | CARMEN COLLECTIVE
'Something Is Wrong' is a physical and textual exploration of how London's inequalities are embodied in its citizens. As a dramaturg, I provided the team with research and starting points for a devising process that combined text with movement and choreography.
Funded by Arts Council England
SOMETHING IS WRONG
CARMEN COLLECTIVE
August 2022
DIRECTOR, CO-WRITER & CO-PRODUCER | VAULT FESTIVAL x ROSEMARY BRANCH
Following the cancellation of VAULT Festival 2022, Undone Theatre's all-new, ACE-funded production of the queer two-hander Selected Recordings of Us has been transferred to the Rosemary Branch Theatre.
Funded by the Arts Council, supported by Rosemary Branch, Boundless Theatre, Glass House
"Sensitively and complexly written" - Nic Connaughton, Head of Theatre @The Pleasance
"Joyous and bittersweet" - Alexander Knott, former Artistic Director of the Old Red Lion Theatre
SELECTED RECORDINGS
OF US
UNDONE THEATRE
April 2022 (1 week)
WRITER | BRIDGE THEATRE READING ROOM PROGRAMME
As part of the Reading Room programme, I am proud to present a reading of my play Ghostwriter at the Bridge Theatre to an invited industry audience. Ghostwriter is a non-linear, metatheatrical dark comedy that explores intergenerational struggles in the arts and the social responsibility of theatre makers, interrogating whose voices we get to hear onstage.
Longlist - Masterclass 'Pitch Your Play' competition 2023
GHOSTWRITER
BRIDGE THEATRE
February 2022
DIRECTOR & DRAMATURG | VAULT x OMNIBUS THEATRE
Following the cancellation of VAULT Festival, Mengqi He's provocative exploration of race, gender and migration has been transferred to Omnibus Theatre. After offering dramaturgical support and workshopping the text during an R&D phase, I have directed a WIP production of Happy Together.
Funded by Arts Council England
HAPPY TOGETHER
VAULT FESTIVAL
February 2022
DIRECTOR & WRITER | THE SPACE
Selected Recordings of Us is a non-linear, interactive, and queer two-hander exploring how LGBTQ+ individuals remember their personal stories when LGBTQ+ history has been erased. Based on the show's exploration of queer memory, I have created the Remembering project, a collection of fragments from our production and from a Q&A with our audiences.
Funded by Arts Council England
"Ambitious", "moving", "bold and fascinating" – There Ought To Be Clowns
"those involved have plenty to offer us in the future" – Everything Theatre
Top 15% of 2020 open submissions at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
SELECTED RECORDINGS
OF US
UNDONE THEATRE
September 2021 (1 week)
DIRECTOR & WRITER | BYRE THEATRE
Following a mentally unstable hero who tries to piece together a narrative that is both his own story and an impersonal archetype, this unsettling take on Greek tragedy turns the original text into a modern-day tale about identity, memory, power, and politics. Featuring original music, sound, dance, and videography.
The project also featured a Q&A on adapting Greek tragedy with the cast and crew and the support of the Centre for the Public Understanding of Greek and Roman Drama (CPUGRD).
"a spiralised, dystopian rendering of the play, [...] like a Black Mirror episode in the flesh”
“Uboldi has constructed a story that interweaves seamlessly through and upon itself, so full of careful details and structured levels” – Owl Eyes Magazine
OEDIPUS REX
MERMAIDS THEATRE
February 2020
DIRECTOR & WRITER | EDINBURGH FRINGE
Greece, 2400 years ago. When Pentheus, the King of Thebes, refuses to recognise Dionysus in his divinity, the god goes to the city to punish him. Or, this should be the plot, if the theatre company weren't arguing over how to stage the show on the night of the premiere.
"A triumphant attempt to turn the 2400-year-old classic drama by Euripides into a funny, politically relevant piece of theatre that appeals to, and engages with, a modern audience"
"capture[s] the audience with both light-hearted jokes and serious intensity" – St.Art Magazine
BACCHAE
MERMAIDS THEATRE
August 2018 (2 weeks)