Lee Lewis
Lee Lewis | |
|---|---|
| Artistic Director of Queensland Theatre Company | |
| In office January 2020 – March 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Sam Strong |
| Artistic Director of Griffin Theatre Company | |
| In office 2012 – January 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1970 (age 53–54) Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Education | Columbia University, National Institute of Dramatic Art |
| Awards | Helpmann Award |
Lee Lewis OAM (born 1970) is an Australian theatre director.
Early life and education
[edit]Lewis was born in 1970 in Chicago, Illinois, to an English father and Anglo-Zimbabwean mother. Her family lived in Zimbabwe for six years before emigrating to Australia in 1977.[1]
Lewis trained as an actor at Columbia University in New York.[2] Returning to Australia, she completed a Masters of Directing at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 2005.[3][4]
Career
[edit]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.[5][6]
She was appointed artistic director of Sydney's Griffin Theatre Company in 2012.[7]
Lewis was appointed artistic director of the Queensland Theatre Company in 2019, succeeding Sam Strong who was her predecessor at Griffin as well.[8] She resigned from Queensland Theatre in March 2024.[9]
Awards
[edit]- 2016: Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Play for Griffin's production of The Bleeding Tree[10]
- 2024: Honorary Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2024 King's Birthday Honours, for service to the performing arts as a theatre director.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ Dow, Steve (19 October 2012). "Fire in the belly". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "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)
- ^ Brown, Phil (18 March 2024). "Shock resignation: Lee Lewis quits as artistic director of Queensland Theatre". InReview. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ms Lee Lewis [H]". Australian Honours Search Facility. Australian Government. Retrieved 9 June 2024.