Lesley Ewen
Individual
Roles
ActorBiography
Lesley Ewen teaches improvisation and devising at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She has a BA in Cultural Studies, York University (Canada), graduated from the Vancouver Playhouse under David Latham (Canada), and has an MA in Performance Making from Goldsmith’s College (London). As a contemporary performance maker Lesley resists silo-ing herself into a singular discipline, using the resources at hand and developing new skills as required. Her experience includes ten years spent collectively devising award-winning, radical circus/theatre with Leaky Heaven; director for queer comedy collective 30 Helens; founding member of both *required field, a guerrilla gardening collective, and SITE/SPACE, a spontaneous public performance collective; and numerous collectively devised plays and live art performances.An Offie-nominated actor, she's performed on stage, in US film and on TV for over 40 years, accruing over 70 screen and 150 stage credits. She also directs/dramaturgs traditional and contemporary performance and live art, most recently directing her award-winning play Camera Obscura (hungry ghosts). With Access All Areas, she’s been seminal in developing the new profession of Creative Enabler—artistic support for performers with learning disabilities in various professional milieux. She creates photographs, soundscape, video and teaches meditation. A UK citizen, after decades working across Canada, Lesley's now happily based in London.
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, 2024
Collection
grunt gallery Programming Archive (Artist)Related program
Masque of the Red Death (Performer)Related Archive, Library & Publication Objects
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