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Lara is an award winning Southwest-based director, movement director, writer and theatre maker. Her practice as a director centres on interdisciplinary, visually explosive work that gives audiences space to emotionally connect with the power of live performance. She is interested in exploring our behaviours - individually and collectively - through humour or heartbreak. Lara’s work spans new writing, devised work, classical texts and musical theatre. Her collaborative and responsive approach is shaped by a PGCE in Drama, years of teaching experience, and a BA in Liberal Arts from the University of Exeter.​​

​​Training:

  • MA Drama Directing, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

  • PGCE Secondary Drama, University of Buckingham

  • BA Liberal Arts, University of Exeter 

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WINNER

Brian Buttle Technical

Theatre Award

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School 2025

(The Effect)

FINALIST

Best Two Hander

London Pub Theatre Standing Ovation Awards 2024

(Rosaline and Juliet

by Lara Lawman and Lily Roberts)

​​Upcoming:

The Penelopiad/Dracula, Bath Theatre Academy, 2026

The Dream Queen (R&D), Theatre Royal Plymouth, 2026

Elevate Shorts, Exeter Northcott, 2026

Recent:

​We Will Rock You, Bristol Hippodrome, 2026

The Aquarium of Impossible Things, The Egg, Theatre Royal Bath, 2026

It's Gonna Blow!, The Pleasance Theatre, 2026

Roots and Reflections, The Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury, 2026

WINNER

Best Director

DarkChat Awards

Edinburgh Fringe 2025

(It's Gonna Blow)

TOP 5 SHOWS OF 2025

Life as Theatre (No.2)

(The Effect)

‘When the work explodes, as it does in Lara Lawman’s scintillating production of 'The Effect', it reminds you that the future of the industry is bright’

Kris Hallet, Life as Theatre

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