Named one of the most influential disabled artists by UK’s Power Magazine, Alex has over thirty professional years’ experience across theatre, film, television, radio and education. She is fuelled by a curiosity of the improbable, dedicated to collaborative art practice, and deeply informed by her experience of becoming blind.
Alex is co-founder and co-Artistic Director of The Fire and Rescue Team, is former artistic director of Common Boots Theatre, and recently curated CoMotionFestival 2022, an international disability arts festival with Harbourfront Centre. She is writer of two award winning short films, writer of two award winning BBC radio dramas, writer of the Dora and Chalmers nominated SMUDGE, and co-writer of the BAFTA-nominated U.K. television series Cast Offs, featuring six lead disabled actors. Alex earned best actor at the Moscow International Disability Film Festival and was Friar Lawrence in R+J at the Stratford Festival in2021. She established and led the New Writing department with Graeae Theatre Company in the UK, and has dramaturge numerous new play developments. She was a producer for CBC Disability Network in 1993, established Picasso Project with Rose Jacobsen in Toronto which went on to launch audio description training, and is a co-founding board member of Creative Users Projects.
Alex continues to re-imagine shape and form of theatre and performance , and welcomes the unexpected in her process.