Muniira Ali, Trainee Assistant Director
Born and raised between London, Egypt and Somalia, former copywriter Muniira (25) found herself wanting to make a return to her creative life. After beginning a course in Creative Music Production, she discovered Intermission Youth Theatre. They persuaded her to apply for the RSC’s Next Generation Direct talent development programme.
Muniira says: "Before I wanted to act mainly but now I understand that directing is probably the place I feel more inspired and more comfortable…I wanted to get a foot into directing because there aren't many ways into directing. But to have this whole program! I don't think people who are new to the industry really get opportunities like this a lot of the time."
She sums up her experience of working on The Two Gentleman of Verona so far as ‘beautifully hectic’, describing the company as a ‘very collaborative, supportive space’ that’s given her access to a network of talent and expertise she can turn to at any time for advice and guidance.
As for the future, she’s currently working on writing her own play. She says: “I'm almost at the end and I'm hoping to put it out to a couple theatres – and direct it possibly."