Maria Aberg is a theatre director.
Maria is the founder and Artistic Director of PROJEKT UTOPIA, an international theatre company based in the UK making bold, experimental work by migrant theatre makers for local and global audiences.
Born and raised in the south of Sweden, Maria started her career at the Royal Court Theatre as a Senior Reader, moving on to work as an Assistant Director on several shows before making her debut with F.X. Kroetz’s STALLERHOF at the Southwark Playhouse in 2006.
Since then, Maria has directed shows at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, the Royal Exchange, Donmar Warehouse and Theatre Royal Bath, amongst others. Internationally she has worked at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, Malmö Stadsteater and at the Staatstheater Mainz.
She was a judge for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and served on the board of Pentabus Theatre between 2015 and 2019. She has been an Associate Artist at the Royal Shakespeare Company since 2017.
Her next project will be directing Oscar-winner Jessie Buckley in the world premiere of Nina Segal’s AFTERBIRTH at the Royal Court in 2028.
