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Yuki Ellias is theatre director, actor and business communications coach. She trained at the Jacques Lecoq School of Theatre in Paris and is a trained pedagogue from the London International School of Performing Arts. She has performed in the UK, US, Canada, Australia, Italy and India. Her theatre company Dur Se Brothers has produced the multi-award winning play "Elephant in the Room" which has travelled to the Edinburg Fringe Festival, Zimbabwe, Singapore, Perth and Hong Kong Hello. Her other shows include Hello Farmaaish which won the Sultan Padamsee Playwriting Award, Yatagarasu and Basti Mein Masti. She endeavours to make theatre for diverse spaces and diverse audiences. Dur Se Brothers has created four original scripts that have already been staged. A fifth script called "Roxy" is currently being worked on in our collaborative writing lab. She has been part of the faculty at the Drama School Mumbai. Recently she co-curated a seminar series on "Copyrights and Ethics- Best Practices for Professional Theatre-artists." and "The Economics of Creating a Play". Yuki has been invited to give a Ted Talk with her father on the 'Fine Art of Losing Money – why invest in creative pursuits.'