Lex Kaby (she/her) is a freelance Director and certified Intimacy Director & Coordinator based in Bath, Bristol, London and the South West UK. Lex is trained by SAG-AFTRA accredited Intimacy Directors & Coordinators (NYC) and has an MA in Theatre Directing from Bath Spa University. She works as the in-house Director for Greedy Pig Theatre Company Ltd and has directed all of the company’s productions and projects to date. As well as this, Lex has worked extensively as a Director and Choreographer for Rare Productions. 

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Lex's is driven by bold and politically challenging theatre as well as comedic and naturalistic new writing. She is passionate about working with exciting, progressive scripts and forward-thinking creatives. Lex enjoys playing with form, working with physical movement, surrealism and naturalism. ​Her research centres around the ways in which actors and directors portray gender, human connection and intimacy on the stage.

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Lex has 100+ hours of training in Intimacy Direction with IDC and has trained in Level 1 Foundations of Intimacy, Level 2 - Applications of Consent & Intimacy, and Level 3 & 4 Certification Program (2023 cohort). Lex has a strong focus on creating safer and more consent-forward rehearsal spaces in every project that she approaches. Lex has also trained extensively with Theatrical Intimacy Education (TIE) with a total of 35+ hours of training hours.