Leah Shelton Leah Shelton i(20518159 works by)
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

As a solo artist, Leah has played on and off West End in London. She has graced the cabaret stages of La Clique, Club Briefs, Little Death Club, Vegas Nocturne and Jonny Woo’s infamous UnRoyal Variety Show. Her first solo work, ‘Terror Australis’, received numerous awards and toured Australia and France. Leah’s second solo work, ‘Bitch On Heat’, directed by UK Performance Art luminary Ursula Martinez, has toured to major festivals in Australia and Soho Theatre London to critical acclaim and standing ovations.

With Lisa Fa’alafi, Leah is Co-Director of artist collective Polytoxic, creating hyper-visual works underpinned by diversity and collaboration. Polytoxic have presented work at PS122’s COIL Festival NYC, Harbourfront Centre Canada, WanSmolbag Vanuatu, Sydney Opera House, Darwin Festival, Brisbane Festival, APAM, Bleach*, Enlighten, ArtsHouse Melbourne, Ten Days on the Island, Brisbane Powerhouse and QPAC.

Originally dance-trained, Leah has a diverse performance background including over ten years training in the Suzuki Actor Training Method with Frank Theatre (Brisbane, AU), Suzuki Company of Toga (Toga / Shizuoka, Japan) and SITI Company (New York, USA). 

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2023 recipient Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups $27,700    

Awards for Works

Batsh*t 2022 single work drama

'Strapped in, belted up and dressed to kill, psycho siren Leah Shelton dredges through history to unravel the hypocrisies and conundrums of female madness.

'Both wildly theatrical and unexpectedly intimate, BATSH*T draws on stories personal and perennial to explore the myths, fantasies and fears that keep us compliant, and the systems that let us down.'

Source: Melbourne Fringe.

2022 shortlisted Matilda Awards Best New Australian Play
2022 winner Matilda Awards Best Independent Production
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