Azusa Ono

For the National:

Grenfell: in the words of survivors

Training

After studying fine art in Japan, Azusa Ono trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in the UK, graduating in 2007.

Theatre

For the National: Grenfell: in the words of survivors

In London’s West End: Walden

Other productions include: Henry V at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse and on UK tour; Watch on the Rhine and A Doll’s House, Part II at Donmar Warehouse; Much Ado About Nothing for the RSC; Can I Live?, Copyright Christmas and Smack That (also on UK tour) at the Barbican; Blue Orange and Concubine at Birmingham Rep; Crash for Chivaree Circus Winterville; Love Lies Bleeding at the Print Room; Thick As Thieves for Clean Break on UK tour; Abandon at the Lyric Hammersmith; Effigies of Wickedness at the Gate, London and for ENO; Yvette at the Royal Festival Hall and on UK tour; Cuttin’ It at the Young Vic and on UK tour; Moot Moot at The Yard; Killer at Shoreditch Town Hall; Darkness Darkness at Nottingham Playhouse; I Know All the Secrets in My World at Derby and on UK tour; Dot, Squiggle and Rest at Royal Opera House Clore Studio; Peddling at 59E59, NY and on UK tour; We Are Proud… at the Bush; The Love Song of Alfred J Hitchcock at Curve, Leicester and on international tour; and Fanfared at Sheffield Crucible.

Other projects include: The Sleeping Tree at Brighton Dome; COP27 Health Pavilion Exhibition in Sharm El Sheikh Egypt; Aurora at Toxteth Water Reservoir, Liverpool; Tate Live Exhibition – Joan Jonas at Tate Modern; Becoming Invisible at Bascule Chamber Tower Bridge; and Kairos Opera at the V&A.

(Published June 2023)