Bio

Kenneth Moraleda is a director, actor and writer of Filipino descent. He is currently Resident Director at Sydney Theatre Company, having previously participated in the STC/Contemporary Asian Australian Performance (CAAP) Director Initiative. For the company he has directed 4000 Miles, American Signs and A Fool in Love, and served as Assistant Director on The River, The Talented Mr Ripley, Happy Days, On the Beach, The Importance of Being Earnest, Playing Beatie Bow, The Deep Blue Sea and How to Rule the World.

Kenneth co-founded kwento, an independent theatre company dedicated to developing and producing new Australian work by culturally diverse artists. Through kwento he directed Ate Lovia (Old Fitz Theatre) and The Marriage Agency (KXT), before co-writing and directing One Hour No Oil (KXT), earning a nomination for Best Director of an Independent Production at the 2022 Sydney Theatre Awards.

His directing credits also include SAVIOR (Griffin Theatre Company), Malacañang Made Us (Queensland Theatre Company), The Story of Chi (CAAP/Terrapin for OzAsia Festival), They Say She’s Different (Melbourne Fringe and Adelaide Cabaret Festival), Eat Me: Blowback (NIDA), and the opera Chop Chef (Blush Opera/Riverside Theatres, co-directed). He has a keen interest in new work, directing developments including Lola! A New Musical (Hayes Theatre Co.), The Grocer (Playwriting Australia/Belvoir), Na’s Marriage Agency (Darlinghurst/Next In Line) and staged readings of Gamers for Life (Martin Lysicrates Prize), Daddy by Jeremy O. Harris and Office Hour by Julia Cho (kxteethcutting).

As an actor, Kenneth has performed extensively across stage, film and television. His theatre credits include Muriel’s Wedding The Musical, Talk, Australian Graffiti, Cyrano de Bergerac, A Man with Five Children (Sydney Theatre Company), The Lion King (Australian and Asian tour), War Horse (Australian tour), Dial M for Murder, Cruise Control (Ensemble Theatre), An Enemy of the People (Belvoir), As Luck Would Have It (Merrigong Theatre Company), Kasama Kita (25A), Three Sisters (Sport for Jove), Australia Day (HIT Productions), August: Osage County (Repertory Philippines), and White Divers of Broome (Black Swan State Theatre Company).

His film credits include Lucky Miles, for which he received Best Actor at the Cinemanila International Film Festival, Christmess, Interview with a Hero, Banana Boy, Legacy, The Fence and Locusts.

His television work includes Significant Others, Wolf Like Me, Strife, Janet King, Schapelle, East West 101, City Homicide, Stingers, City Life, Water Rats, Wildside, White Collar Blue, Comedy Inc., Playhouse Disney, Jay’s Jungle, The Bureau of Magical Things and a voice actor in the upcoming animated TV series Fish Boi.

Kenneth’s practice extends beyond directing and acting. He was a collaborating artist on This Here. Land. (Liveworks) and Within and WIthout (PSpace/Blacktown Arts), taught and facilitated for Playwriting Australia, participated as a writer in the Performance 4a/Playwriting Australia Lotus First Draft Program, and curated initiatives including Making a Musical (CAAP/Hayes Theatre Co.) and Artists’ Lab NSW (CAAP).

Professional affiliations include the Sydney Theatre Awards (Board Member/Panellist), NIDA (Company Member), Actors Benevolent Fund of NSW (Committee Member), and the Hayes Advisory Panel.

He has been a proud member of MEAA since graduating from NIDA’s Acting course in 1995.