Leesa Gazi

Leesa Gazi is a writer and actor. She was the script-writer and performer of ‘Six Seasons’ and Tahmima Anam's ‘A Golden Age’ (Culturepot Global) at the Southbank Centre.

Theatrical credits include: ‘Birangona: Women of War’, ’Sonata', 'Rokeya’s Dream', 'Demon’s Revenge' (Tara Arts); 'Ponderful People' (Face Front), and 'Bonbibi' (Culturepot Global).

She also wrote the script for the return to this R&D piece 'Bonbibi: Lady of the Forest' in 2012. She performed in 'People’s Romeo', which had an 8-week nationwide tour (Tara Arts). 'Sonata', adapted by Leesa, was invited to Bangladesh in 2010 by the British Council.

Leesa performed in a serialised adaptation of 'A Golden Age' (Tara Arts). She worked as the cultural coordinator and as a voice artist for Akram Khan’s 'Desh'!

She has worked as a script interpreter in the 2012 Globe to Globe festival at the Globe Theatre on 'The Tempest'. She acted on a play about domestic violence called 'Whisper Me Happy Ever After' (Face Front Theatre), which had multiple tours in London schools over 2 years and another tour is booked for October-November 2014. Leesa works for Train4change as an actor as well, and recently she worked with them on a film for the charity WaterAid. Leesa hosts 'Aei Jonopode', a weekly live-phone-in show on Bangla TV. Her first novel, 'Rourob', was published in 2010!

Recently Leesa has been awarded the Grants for the Arts by the ACE for the Birangona: Women of War theatre project by Komola Collective. She is the concept developer, co-writer and the performer of this theatre production, which is going to have a 2 month tour from March to May in London, Birmingham, Oldham and Leeds.

Komola Collective: Leesa Gazi is the co-founder of a London-based theatre and arts company dedicated to telling the stories that often go untold - stories from women's perspectives

http://www.komola.co.uk/