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Birmingham Rep in Centenary Square, Birmingham

Beth Kapila

Beth is a freelance director and dramaturg who works with writers and community groups
to develop new work that speaks to important issues affecting the world today. Trained on
Birmingham Rep’s Foundry scheme and the StoneCrabs Young Directors Programme, most
recently Beth was Artistic Associate at Tara Theatre. Telling stories that surprise, move and
provoke audiences sits alongside a culture of care at the heart of Beth’s practice.

Directing credits include: Wake Up People (Queens Theatre Hornchurch), Our Streets (Tara
Theatre) (co-created with a group of 14-18 year old female and non-binary people in Wandsworth),
R&D of Bungalow by Ruth D’Silva (Tara Theatre), When The Sea Swallows us Whole
(VAULTS Festival), Dead Endings (Birmingham Rep), Wasted (The Albany, Deptford).

Assistant Director credits include: Coventry City of Culture Opening Event, Romeo and Juliet
(Birmingham Rep), Rebel Music (Birmingham Rep), Against All Odds (Almeida Theatre).

Dramaturg credits include: English Touring Theatre’s ‘Mixed’ Anthology, and The Petticoat
Council by Frankie Meredith.