Theo Ogundipe trained at the BRIT School of Performing Arts and Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Shakespeare roles since training have included Dauphin/Pistol in Henry V and Orsino/Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night, both at The Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, London, directed by Henry Bell. In 2015 he played Caliban in The Tempest for the Singapore Repertory Theatre, directed by the  Braham Murray.