REELS

New ACTING showreel 2022

A continuing work in progress. 

ART FILM

No Word For Pier In Lusoga

Written and Directed Anna-Maria Nabirye 2018

DOP: ARCHIE LAUCHLAN, SOUND DESIGN: SOUNDING OFF UK, SOUND RECORDIST: TONY FOX

For me My idea of a Pier is: an out stretched hand to nature. It’s wood and metal and rust. It’s improbable. Vulnerable. Not suited to its surroundings. It’s a risk. It’s summer lounging and views to turquoise seas. It’s olden days and long summer nights. It’s romance. And solitude. It’s a beacon calling me every time I leave my house. It’s history and Hendrix and rock and roll. It’s cream teas and ice creams and fish and chips. It’s jazz on a Sunday with friends no longer here. It’s downward dog and warrior pose. It’s so so so British. I asked my mum what the word in Lusoga for pier is? Lusoga is my ancestral language from Uganda. She said there is no translation. It’s looking, looking, looking out and seeing, seeing sky and sea and birds and life and perspective. It’s big and strong and spindly. It ash and tar and burn marks. It’s photo booths. Memories made Memories forgotten.

It’s a long inhale, then a long exhale.

EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE AND NOTHING FOR US, 

In collaboration with Noor Afshan Mirza and Brad Butler. Part of MIRRORCITY at the Hayward Gallery 2014

"Everything for Everyone and Nothing for Us is set in a TV studio, where a protester-in-training listens to audio extracts from a political speech by Margaret Thatcher. Having absorbed the sounds, the protester uses movement to exorcise Thatcher’s voice, retraining the body to resist capitalism."

To see all works in collaboration with Noor and Brad - Home - Hold Your Ground - Deep State, please click here.

SHORTS

Rats That Eat Men

Rats That Eat Men follows Ritah, a gay refugee been forced to flee her marriage of convenience and squat in a crumbling London house. Living in the attic is a Polish builder on the run from his own family. And, as you can probably guess, it’s a bit of a shock when the two run into each other."- Gay Times

"Rats That Eat Men follows Ritah, a gay refugee been forced to flee her marriage of convenience and squat in a crumbling London house. Living in the attic is a Polish builder on the run from his own family. And, as you can probably guess, it’s a bit of a shock when the two run into each other."- Gay Times "Anna-Maria Nabirye's measured and intriguing performance as Ritah brings a depth to her character that resonates beneath the subtle writing, Joseph Olivennes' quiet humour gives Alojzy an honesty that is disarming." -Diva Magazine

ADVERTS

TRAINLINE: THE GETAWAY. 2018

Directed by Pedro Martin-Calero. BBH Agency.

THEATRE

Macbeth: NT Live 2018.

Directed by Rufus Norris. Anna-Maria Nabirye as Witch. Rory Kinnear as Macbeth, Anne-Marie Duff as Lady Macbeth.

Boudica Shakespeare's Globe 2017

Directed by Eleanor Rhode. A new ancient history play explodes on to the Globe stage. Playwright Tristan Bernays brings to life the legend of Queen Boudica.

Les Blancs National Theatre 2016

Directed by Yaël Farber. National Theatre 2016. ★★★★★ Daily Telegraph, ★★★★★The Stage ★★★★ Evening Standard, ★★★★Guardian, ★★★★Observer, ★★★★The Times, ★★★★Time Out.  A breathtaking story of race and identity. A family and a nation fall apart under the pressure to determine their own identity as this brave, illuminating and powerful play confronts the hope and tragedy of revolution.