Jum Rubin

 Jum Rubin is a Thai-British theatre director, acting coach, and teacher. She holds an MA with Distinction in Theatre Directing from Middlesex University, UK. Her work takes her across theglobe, including Thailand, Romania, the UK, Canada, Japan, China, Chile, and Cambodia. She has taught at East15 ActingSchool, DramaStudio London,Phare (a performing arts school in Cambodia), Srinakharinwirot University, and Finale Academy in Thailand. 

In 2024, her production of Romeo and Juliet was invited to the International Shakespeare Festival in Craiova, Romania. She also led the renowned Living History Project at East15 in June 2023, and worked on a devised performance based on the novel "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding at The National University of Theatre andFilm (UNATC) in Bucharest, Romania. The show ran successfully for one year and won the production of the year award in 2021. 

Jum has conducted workshops in various countries, including Intercultural Devising at New Earth Academy in the UK, a Drama Festival for teenagers in Romania, and Teacher Training with drama techniques in China. 

Additionally, she served as an assistant director of "Agamemnon" and as a dialect and culture coach for "The King and I" at the Stratford Festival in Canada.  

She was a head of drama department at a school in London. Her students successfully went on to study at top and universities including Rada, Guildhall, East15, Leeds University and Goldsmiths. She Is aFellow of the RoyalSociety of Art (FRSA) and a founder of Theatre Etcetera company.