Lesley Ewen
For MA Theatre Lab; Developing Performance; mentoring solo and Lab Works projects; directed 2022 cohort in Brecht’s Mother Courage; and supports Ian Morgan on auditions. For the RADA BA (Hons) in Acting, Lesley has taught improvisation, developed devising, mindfulness and meditation/actor resilience courses and co-designed and directed sunlight is the best disinfectant devised with 3rd year Grads.
Lesley has performed across Canada, in London, Europe, in US film/tv, and is known as Gaia on Sony’s Horizon: Forbidden West. Her practice includes devised, radical circus (Leaky Heaven), guerrilla gardening (*required field), and spontaneous urban performance (SITE/SPACE). An adept dramaturg, Lesley’s outside eye on devised plays, live art, performative installations and facilitates workshops on “Mindfulness Acting Practices” (MAPs). An Associate Artist with Access All Areas she is part of developing “Creative Support” for professional learning disabled performers. She has a BA in Cultural Studies, York University, a diploma from the Vancouver Playhouse Acting School and an MA in Performance Making from Goldsmith’s. She has directed her award-winning play Camera Obscura (hungry ghosts) and is currently writing a new work, premiering October 2025. After decades living in Canada, Lesley is now happily based in East London.