Leesa Gazi is a Bangladeshi-born British writer, playwright, theatre director and actress based in London.
12 Facts About Leesa Gazi
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Leesa Gazi was the script-writer and performer of Six Seasons and Tahmima Anam's A Golden Age at the Southbank Centre.
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Leesa Gazi wrote the script for Bonbibi: Lady of the Forest in 2012.
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Leesa Gazi performed in People's Romeo, which had an eight-week nationwide tour with Tara Arts.
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Sonata, adapted and performed by Leesa Gazi, was invited to Bangladesh in 2010 by the British Council.
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Leesa Gazi performed in a serialised adaptation of A Golden Age.
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Leesa Gazi worked as the cultural coordinator and as a voice artist for Akram Khan's Desh.
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Leesa Gazi acted on a play about domestic violence called Whisper Me Happy Ever After.
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Leesa Gazi was awarded the Grants for the Arts by the ACE for the Birangona: Women of War theatre project by Komola Collective.
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Leesa Gazi is the concept developer, co-writer and the performer of this theatre production.
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In May 2014, Leesa Gazi was interviewed by Nadia Ali on BBC Asian Network.
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Leesa Gazi and her husband, have two children; one born 2004, the other 2006.