Experience

Utopia Theatre

• United Kingdom
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO and Artistic Director

  • Jun 2012 - Present

  Sheffield, United Kingdom I have created productions in Yorkshire, London & internationally. The programmes are aimed at developing the talents & raising the profile of Black writers, creatives & performers. In 2011 I was awarded the York Theatre Royal Graduate Prize for directing Eugene Ionesco's 'The Shepherd's Chameleon’. I directed Bola Agbaje’s follow-up to her Olivier Award - winning play ‘Gone too Far’, 'House of Corrections', at the Riverside Studios. Other credits include: Far Gone (Theatre Deli 2019) The Bogus… Show more I have created productions in Yorkshire, London & internationally. The programmes are aimed at developing the talents & raising the profile of Black writers, creatives & performers. In 2011 I was awarded the York Theatre Royal Graduate Prize for directing Eugene Ionesco's 'The Shepherd's Chameleon’. I directed Bola Agbaje’s follow-up to her Olivier Award - winning play ‘Gone too Far’, 'House of Corrections', at the Riverside Studios. Other credits include: Far Gone (Theatre Deli 2019) The Bogus Woman (Camden People’s Theatre 2019),On Missing (The Cockpit Theatre 2018),Shadows In Different Shades (Sheffield Theatre 2018), The Pied Piper Of Chibok (Arcola Theatre 2018), I am David Oluwale (Work In Progress- Leeds Playhouse 2018), Iyalode of Eti (Leeds Playhouse, Sheffield Crucible, Cast - Doncaster and Ake Festival Nigeria 2016/2017) London Tales (Rich Mix and Lost Theatre 2015)This Is Our Chance (Cultural Centre Calabar, Nigeria 2013)The Shepherd’s Chameleon (CLF Art Cafe 2013) Wake Me When It's Time (York Theatre Royal 2012).

• The Shepherd's Chameleon - Artistic Director

  • May 2013 - May 2013

  The Bussey Building, London, United Kingdom My directorial vision of the play has significant surrealist dreamlike undertones and facial expressions are a crucial in the world that I am trying to create. The aim is to create striking visual images. The stage as far as I am concerned is a painting and I see the actors as palette. I aim for the audience to see an abstract painting underscored with words, music and sound. ( ★★★★ "A vibrant and knowledgeable production of a very high standard" Grumpy Gay Critic,★★★★,"A sharp and… Show more My directorial vision of the play has significant surrealist dreamlike undertones and facial expressions are a crucial in the world that I am trying to create. The aim is to create striking visual images. The stage as far as I am concerned is a painting and I see the actors as palette. I aim for the audience to see an abstract painting underscored with words, music and sound. ( ★★★★ "A vibrant and knowledgeable production of a very high standard" Grumpy Gay Critic,★★★★,"A sharp and effective play, directed with precision by Kareem" A Younger Theatre).



London South Bank University

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Guest Director

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  London, United Kingdom



National Theatre

• Performing Arts
• 700 & Above Employee

• Staff Director

  • Jun 2019 - Jun 2020

  London, United Kingdom Moji Kareem is an award-winning director and founder of Utopia Theatre. She began her directing career at York Theatre Royal. She is passionate about the growth and development of ethnic minorities in the theatre industry. She is recipient of a 2017 Opera Awards Foundation bursary, a founding member of Mosaic Opera Collective and currently a guest director at London Academy of Dramatic Arts and at London South Bank University.



London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art

• United Kingdom
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Guest Director

  • Mar 2019 - Jun 2020

  New Writing Project



London Tales – Bussey Building – Lost Theatre – Rich Mix London

• Creative Director/ Producer

  • Sep 2014 - Feb 2015

  London, United Kingdom A devised movement piece using actors from the community, utilising real-life interviews. London Tales invited the audience to encounter real-life stories told by the people who lived them. Each story, from the moving to the bizarre or comical. A series of inextricably linked stories, is an image of London as a city of solitude and fantasy; even when people connect, it is in bizarre, unexpected ways. Everything Theatre ★★★ “A mixture of styles, from comedy to movement and spoken word, were… Show more A devised movement piece using actors from the community, utilising real-life interviews. London Tales invited the audience to encounter real-life stories told by the people who lived them. Each story, from the moving to the bizarre or comical. A series of inextricably linked stories, is an image of London as a city of solitude and fantasy; even when people connect, it is in bizarre, unexpected ways. Everything Theatre ★★★ “A mixture of styles, from comedy to movement and spoken word, were used to ensure that each story was told uniquely.” London Theatre ★★★ “enthusiastically experimental” Show less



James Ene Henshaw Foundation

• Play in a Day - Creative Director

  • Mar 2014 - Jul 2014

  Calabar, Nigeria PLAY-IN-A-DAY CHALLENGE engaged young people from all the schools and colleges in Calabar in positive, creative and productive activities that will contribute to their learning experience as well as imbue them with strong affirmative values and attitudes. Pupils enjoyed working in groups, devising, storyboarding, developing, producing a play in ONE DAY, and then showcasing it to their parents, family and the general public. The event was televised by Cross River State Broadcasting Corporation.… Show more PLAY-IN-A-DAY CHALLENGE engaged young people from all the schools and colleges in Calabar in positive, creative and productive activities that will contribute to their learning experience as well as imbue them with strong affirmative values and attitudes. Pupils enjoyed working in groups, devising, storyboarding, developing, producing a play in ONE DAY, and then showcasing it to their parents, family and the general public. The event was televised by Cross River State Broadcasting Corporation. Prizes were awarded for best play performance, best actor/actress etc. Setting up a club for youths introducing them to the rudiments of drama. This also included conducting outreach work within the community running a range of workshops, plus offering drama skill set as a tool for teaching in schools.

• This is Our Chance - Creative Director/ Producer

  • Aug 2013 - Feb 2014

  Nigeria, Calabar This Is Our Chance, a collection of three plays, written in the mid 1950s, arguably the first full-length African plays written in the English language. The plays have endured the times and have thus become classics of the cultural landscape.



House of Corrections by Bola Agbaje

• Freelance Director

  • Aug 2012 - Nov 2012

  Riverside Studios, London The play is set in a traditional modern day African household in which the eldest son has been sentenced to thirteen years in prison, and the effect this has on the family. Behind the comedy serious issues that are apparent in a typical modern African family are addressed. This play opens minds and challenges the stigma often apparent in such a household. It has something everyone especially young teens can relate to and understand. Issues with parents, family members, pressure from peers and… Show more The play is set in a traditional modern day African household in which the eldest son has been sentenced to thirteen years in prison, and the effect this has on the family. Behind the comedy serious issues that are apparent in a typical modern African family are addressed. This play opens minds and challenges the stigma often apparent in such a household. It has something everyone especially young teens can relate to and understand. Issues with parents, family members, pressure from peers and family and perhaps a solution to some of them, which is always a help. Show less