Xavier Leret (www.xavierleret.com)
Xavier Leret is Playwright, Performer, Theatre Maker, Film Director and Novelist. He is the former Artistic Director of the Award Winning Ensemble KAOS Theatre.
Writing includes THE FANTASTICAL ADVENTURES OF LEONARDO DA VINCI (a commission for the International Festival of Perth, Western Australia), RENAISSANCE (a Millennium Award Winner), ISLE OF DOGS, THIRST, ALICE, CALIGULA, SWING, METROPOLIS, and an adaptation of Bulgakov's THE MASTER & MARGARITA (nominated for the best production on the Dublin Fringe and an Edinburgh Fringe First).
Directing - all the above and (amongst others) THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Winner of The Stage Award, Best Ensemble, Time Out Critics Choice), VOLPONE (Nominated for The Stage Award, Best Ensemble), TITUS ANDRONICUS, RICHARD III (nominated for a Manchester Evening News Award), and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM described by the BBC online as 'a fresh masterpiece'.
He has taught theatre practice all over the world in universities, conservatoires and schools to students of all ages. He has written and directed two feature films, MINE (a 'breakthrough movie' LUFF 2007) and KUNG FU FLID, the world's first "cripsploitation' movie, starring thalidomide actor Mat Fraser, Frank Harper and Faye Tozer. KUNG FU FLID is distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment. He regularly reads his stories with the BOOK CLUB BOUTIQUE in venues throughout London and abroad. His first novel is currently being developed by Dedalus Books.
Xavier Leret
Xav@xavierleret.com
0044 (0) 7811 943 148
Poo-tee-weet: @xavierleret
www.xavierleret.com
Writing includes THE FANTASTICAL ADVENTURES OF LEONARDO DA VINCI (a commission for the International Festival of Perth, Western Australia), RENAISSANCE (a Millennium Award Winner), ISLE OF DOGS, THIRST, ALICE, CALIGULA, SWING, METROPOLIS, and an adaptation of Bulgakov's THE MASTER & MARGARITA (nominated for the best production on the Dublin Fringe and an Edinburgh Fringe First).
Directing - all the above and (amongst others) THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Winner of The Stage Award, Best Ensemble, Time Out Critics Choice), VOLPONE (Nominated for The Stage Award, Best Ensemble), TITUS ANDRONICUS, RICHARD III (nominated for a Manchester Evening News Award), and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM described by the BBC online as 'a fresh masterpiece'.
He has taught theatre practice all over the world in universities, conservatoires and schools to students of all ages. He has written and directed two feature films, MINE (a 'breakthrough movie' LUFF 2007) and KUNG FU FLID, the world's first "cripsploitation' movie, starring thalidomide actor Mat Fraser, Frank Harper and Faye Tozer. KUNG FU FLID is distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment. He regularly reads his stories with the BOOK CLUB BOUTIQUE in venues throughout London and abroad. His first novel is currently being developed by Dedalus Books.
Xavier Leret
Xav@xavierleret.com
0044 (0) 7811 943 148
Poo-tee-weet: @xavierleret
www.xavierleret.com