Lee Lewis
Lee Lewis | |
|---|---|
| Artistic Director of Griffin Theatre Company | |
| In office 2012–unknown | |
| Artistic Director of Queensland Theatre Company | |
| Assumed office 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Sam Strong |
| Personal details | |
| Education | Columbia University, National Institute of Dramatic Art |
| Awards | Helpmann Award |
Lee Lewis is an Australian theatre director.
Early life and education[edit]
Lewis trained as an actor at Columbia University in New York.[1] Returning to Australia, she completed a Masters of Directing at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 2005.[2][3]
Career[edit]
In In 2006 she directed a play by New Zealand writer Matthew J. Saville about the Boer War entitled Kikia te Poa, which was performed at the Old Fitzroy Theatre in Sydney.[4][5]
She was appointed artistic director of Sydney's Griffin Theatre Company in 2012.[6]
Lewis was appointed artistic director of the Queensland Theatre Company in 2019, succeeding Sam Strong who was her predecessor at Griffin as well.[7]
Awards[edit]
- 2016: Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Play for Griffin's production of The Bleeding Tree[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Theatre director Lee Lewis uses Top 100 influential women title to tackle domestic violence on stage". ABC News. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ "Sunday Brunch with Lee Lewis". ABC Sydney. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ All alumni – 2005, National Institute of Dramatic Art
- ^ Dodds, Troy (7 January 2010). "Belvoir kicks off 2010 season - News". AussieTheatre.com. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ Dunne, Stephen (18 September 2006). "Kikia Te Poa". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ Fulton, Adam. "Diversity a key issue for Griffin's new artistic director". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ "Lee Lewis is Queensland Theatre’s new artistic director" by Phil Brown, The Courier-Mail, 20 September 2019 (subscription required)
- ^ Rugendyke, Louise (25 July 2016). "Helpmann Awards 2016: Matilda the Musical sweeps the board with 13 wins". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 August 2016.