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Inigo Lapwood

Inigo Lapwood (born August 1993) is a British arts director, maritime heritage restorer, and data scientist. He is the founding director of Theatreship and Artship, a floating arts centre in the London Docklands, and serves on the Council of Experts for National Historic Ships UK.

Early life and education

Lapwood is the brother of organist Anna Lapwood. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. In 2013, following a disciplinary incident involving a homemade flamethrower, Lapwood relocated onto a houseboat that was in a state of disrepair. He identifies repairing a sinking barge in Oxford when in need of a place to live as the starting point for his career in marine restoration.

Career

Lapwood's work involves the restoration and adaptive re-use of historic steel vessels. He has restored seven ships, two of which were listed on the National Historic Ships register.

As director of Theatreship, Lapwood converted a 1913 dry cargo vessel into a 100-seat floating theatre and cinema, which opened in 2024 with a cinema season in partnership with the British Film Institute. During the 2025 transit of a second vessel, Artship, from Germany to London Lapwood carried out an emergency 36-hour engine rebuild while in the North Sea.

Lapwood has been Theatrical Ground Crew Director for Boomtown Festival, a juror for the Watersprite Film Festival, and an advisory board member for the Canal & River Trust. He co-founded YourStaffKnow.com Ltd, based on his academic work at the university and supported by the Oxford University Innovation startup incubator.

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