KENNETH MORALEDA
Kenneth Moraleda is an actor/writer/director/creative producer of Filipino descent.
Kenneth is currently Resident Director at Sydney Theatre Company and has recently directed 4000 Miles by Amy Herzog starring Nancye Hayes and Shiv Palekar. For STC’s 2024 Season he directed ther world premiers of A Fool In Love by Van Badham and American Signs by Anchuli Felicia King. He was Assistant Director to Kip Williams in Tommy Murphy’s adaptation of On The Beach and Kate Mulvany’s adaptation of Playing Beatie Bow, ,to Sarah Giles in The Importance of Being Earnest and to Paige Rattray for How To Rule The World and The Deep Blue Sea.
He slated to direct at STC and Malacañang Made Us by Jordan Shea for Queensland Theatre in October 2025. Previous projects include The Story Of Chi premiering at OzAsia Festival 2024, music concert/theatre hybrid They Say She’s Different at Melbourne Fringe Festival and co-directing Blush Opera’s Chop Chef.
He founded the production company kwento with Jordan Shea and Jana Vass. For kwento he directed Ate Lovia by Jordan Shea, The Marriage Agency by Saman Shad, and co-wrote and directed One Hour No Oil which gained him a nomination for Best Director In An Independent Production at the Sydney Theatre Awards.
He trained at NIDA as an actor graduating in 1995 and has worked across commercial, mainstage and independent stages in Australia and internationally, and been in numerous television and film projects. Highlights include playing Banzai in The Lion King Musical, winning Best Actor at the Cinemanila International Film Festival for Lucky Miles, and national tours of War Horse and Muriel’s Wedding The Musical.
He was most recently in the ABC+iVIew/Fremantle series Significant Others as Den.