Leesa Gazi

Leesa Gazi (Bengali: লিসা গাজী; born 14 August 1969)[1] is a Bangladeshi-born British writer, playwright, theatre director and actress based in London.

[2] She was the script-writer and performer of Six Seasons and Tahmima Anam's A Golden Age at the Southbank Centre.

Her theatrical credits include:[3] Birangona: Women of War,[4] Sonata, Rokey's Dream, Demon's Revenge, Ponderful People, and Bonbibi.

[3] Gazi hosts Aei Jonopode, a weekly live-phone-in show on Bangla TV.

[3] Gazi was awarded the Grants for the Arts by the ACE for the Birangona: Women of War theatre project by Komola Collective.