Anna-Maria Nabirye
Acting
Biography
Anna-Maria Nabirye is a multidisciplinary artist working across performance, visual arts, social practice, fashion, theatre, film and television. Nabirye co-founded Afri-Co-Lab & creative brand AfroRetro with her sister, a creative community dreaming space in St Leonards-on-Sea. They have had partnership projects with Black Cultural Archives, Royal Court, V&A, Southbank Centre, Brighton Museum, Home Live Art, De La Warr Pavilion and awarded Yinka Shonibare’s Guest Projects Africa residency. Nabirye has on-going collaborations with Jess Mabel Jones and duo Noorafshan Mirza and Brad Butler. She has devised and performed work with Improbable Theatre and Metis Theatre. As an actor her credits include The National Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe, The Almeida, Deafinitely Theatre, The Faction, BBC & Film4. Nabirye is a passionate educator and has directed, taught and created programmes for theatre, music and visual arts institutions. Her current work Up In Arms, co-created with Annie Saunders has been commissioned by The De La Warr Pavilion and produced by Arts Admin, opening Feb 2023 and running until May 21st and includes a full exhibition, performance (7th May) and publication (spring 2024) She is currently occupied with creating joy and how that intersects with the experiences and cultural representation of Black women. Without joy there can be no revolution.
Known For
When five young outsiders on Community Service get caught in a strange storm, they discover that they have developed superpowers.
Misfits
In this radically reimagined American Western set towards the end of the Civil War, Southerner Augusta encounters two renegade, drunken soldiers who are on a mission of pillage and violence. After escaping an attempted assault, Augusta races back to the isolated farmhouse that she shares with her sister Louise and their female slave Mad. When the pair of soldiers track Augusta down intent on exacting revenge, the trio of women are forced to take up arms to fend off their assailants, finding ways to resourcefully defend their home––and themselves––as the escalating attacks become more unpredictable and relentless.
The Keeping Room
The ruined aftermath of a bloody civil war. Ruthlessly fighting to survive, the Macbeths are propelled towards the crown by forces of elemental darkness. Shakespeare’s most intense and terrifying tragedy, directed by Rufus Norris, sees Rory Kinnear and Anne-Marie Duff return to the National Theatre to play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
An African country teeters on the edge of civil war. A society prepares to drive out its colonial present and claim an independent future. Racial tensions boil over. Tshembe, returned home from England for his father’s funeral, finds himself in the eye of the storm.
National Theatre Live: Les Blancs
A recently divorced woman believes she is experiencing a sympathetic pregnancy with Kate Middleton.
The Briny
A granddaughter trying to finish her grandfather's work. A shady employer. A rich tea biscuit. The answer lies within the red spectrum.
Red Light
Front man Aaron has it all. The mates, the band, a girl - and cancer. When he meets someone new, only he can decide whether to rock until he drops or grow up to survive. Life and love. It's all going on, South of the River.
South of the River
Set in the year 2080, with the Earth ravaged by climate change, director Adeyemi Michael’s stark and powerful science-fiction drama tells the story of a desperate nomad who makes a discovery that leads to an unexpected mission and a chance for solace.