DeObia Oparei
DeObia Oparei
DeObia Opareiis a London-born English actor and playwright known for his role as the Gunner in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and as Thundarian in Your Highness. His parents are of Nigerian ancestry...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionActor
box company experience formed fourth issues performance playing race subvert
I always wanted to experience what performance would be like without the fourth wall, so I formed a company in Australia, and we did avant-garde theater, playing with gender norms, conversations about race - we just had a box of issues that we wanted to subvert with our stories, with dance.