KENNETH MORALEDA
Kenneth Moraleda is an actor/writer/director/creative producer of Filipino descent.
He founded the production company kwento with Jordan Shea and Jana Vass.
Kenneth is currently the Resident Director at Sydney Theatre Company. He was Assistant Director to Kip Williams in Tommy Murphy’s adaptation of On The Beach and to Sarah Giles in The Importance of Being Earnest. For STC’s 2024 Season he will direct 2 world premiers: A Fool In Love by Van Badham and American Signs by Anchuli Felicia King. 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.