Gareth Aled

Lecturer (Acting)

Gareth is a Director, Actor and Theatre Practitioner.

Most recently, for the National Theatre, he was the Associate Puppetry Director for the production The Ocean at the End of the Lane (UK Tour / West End). For Simon Friend Entertainment he held the role of Resident Director for Life of Pi (UK Tour).

Work as Puppetry Director includes: Al Adiyat/Expo 2020 Dubai (Nick Barnes Puppets/Artists In Motion).

Work as Associate Puppetry Director includes: War Horse (National Theatre, UK and International Tour), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Elliot Harper, Bridge Theatre), and The Wicker Husband (Watermill Theatre).

Work as Director includes: Blister at the Manchester School of Theatre and Romeo and Juliet at the Emil Dale Academy.

Work as an Actor includes: Curtain Up (Theatr Clwyd), Macbeth and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare’s Rose), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Leeds Playhouse), Running Wild (Regent’s Park and Chichester), The Machine Stops (York Theatre Royal and Pilot), The Magic Flute (Complicité), War Horse (National Theatre), The Heart of Robin Hood (Royal Shakespeare Company) 150 and Branches (National Theatre Wales).