Background
Dalia Ibelhauptaitė was born in Lithuania in 1967, and became a director at the age of 15 when she formed the Young Theatre Company in Lithuania.
Dalia Ibelhauptaitė was born in Lithuania in 1967, and became a director at the age of 15 when she formed the Young Theatre Company in Lithuania.
Personal life At the Young Theatre Company, Dalia worked as a director and playwright until 1985 when she became assistant director at the Vilnius State Theatre. She trained at the Russian Drama Academy. In 1990, she directed To Damascus at the Moscow Lencom Theatre.
In 1991, Ibelhauptaitė was invited to the Royal National Theatre Studio in London, and directed A Lawsuit as well as doing a series of workshops on Russian classical plays.
She has been in London ever since. Ibelhauptaitė directed Svejk at The Duke"s on 42nd Street last year, which was her first show in New New York
Ibelhauptaitė married Dexter Fletcher in Westminster, London, in 1997, after the pair met on the set of one of her stage productions in London.