Dalia Ibelhauptaitė

Dalia Ibelhauptaitė
Born	4 May 1967 (Age 49) Vilnius Lithuania
Occupation	Theatre director, film director
Years active	1982- present
Spouse(s)	Dexter Fletcher (m. 1997)

Dalia Ibelhauptaite (born in 1967 May 4)is a Lithuanian opera, theatre, and film director and playwright, whose work combines the traditions of Russian and Western Theatre.

Dalia Ibelhauptaitė was born in Lithuania in 1967, and became a director at the age of 15 when she formed the Young Theatre Company in Lithuania. At the Young Theatre Company, Dalia worked as a director and playwright until 1985 when she became assistant director at the Vilnius State Theatre. She trained at the Russian Drama Academy.

In 1990, she directed To Damascus at the Moscow Lencom Theatre. In 1991, Ibelhauptaitė was invited to the Royal National Theatre Studio in London, and directed A Lawsuit as well as doing a series of workshops on Russian classical plays. She has been in London ever since. Ibelhauptaitė has also given masterclasses at National Opera Studio and Royal National Theatre Studio in London, and is a popular teacher in China, Israel, the Netherlands, France, Los Angeles and India.

Ibelhauptaitė directed Svejk at The Duke's on 42nd Street last year, which was her first show in New York. It was nominated for a Drama League award as distinguished production of the year.

Ibelhauptaitė married Dexter Fletcher in Westminster, London, in 1997, after the pair met on the set of one of her stage productions in London.

Walpurgis Night by Erofeyev and Svejk (Gate Theatre), London
Gamblers by Gogol (Tricycle Theatre), London
Mirandolina by Goldoni (Lyric Theatre, London
The Impresario From Smyrna by Goldoni (Old Red Lion Theatre), London
Promise (Old Red Lion Theatre), London
The Crucible by Miller (Lamda)
The Lower Depths by Gorky (Lamda)
Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare (CSSD)
Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare for the Shi-Wa Charity Gala at the Globe Theatre, London.
Svejk (The Duke's, New York

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