Gillian Lees

Gillian Lees gained a First Class Honours Degree in Contemporary Theatre Practice, specialising in Performance, at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Gillian has worked as a freelance performer and devisor with some of Britain’s most well respected experimental theatre practitioners/companies, including The Pacitti Company London, Third Angel Theatre Company, Proto-type Theater, Lisa Wesley, Grace Surman, Reeling and Writhing, Benchtours and Poorboy Theatre Company. Her own practice focuses on the physical element of contemporary performance, often dealing with the process of physical exhaustion. The content informs the task based/durational form which the work takes. She has shown work as part of the National Review of Live Art 01’ and 03’, a Dark lights Commission 02’ (Tramway Glasgow) and was awarded a Commission by Stalker Theatro, Turin.