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Kully Thiarai

British theatre maker

Kully Thiarai

FRSA

CitizenshipBritish
Alma materBradford University
OccupationTheatre director
Known forCreative Director of LEEDS 2023

Kully ThiaraiFRSA is a British artistic and creative director whose career began in theatre.

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With her appointment at National Theatre Wales in 2016, she became the first Asian person, and only second woman, to lead a national theatre company in Britain. She has held multiple artistic directorships, including, from 2020 to 2024, the role of creative director for LEEDS 2023 – the city's independent year of culture.

Early life

Thiarai grew up in Smethwick in the West Midlands, where her father was employed as a labourer in the steelworks.[1][2] She initially studied social work at Bradford University.[3][2] At Theatre in the Mill, then run by Ruth Mackenzie,[4] Thiarai was introduced to performances by companies s 2016 Graduation Ceremony | The Royal Central School of Speech ..., carousel LIZO