Edith Podesta is a theatre maker, actor, and choreographer. She studied Acting and Movement Studies at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and holds a Master of Arts Fine Arts from LASALLE College of the Arts. Edith is currently Associate Artistic Director of young & WILD, a division of WILD RICE.
Her diverse artistic background includes co-founding A Group Of People, whose production of A CAGE GOES IN SEARCH OF A BIRD won Production of the Year at the Straits Times Life! Theatre Awards in 2010. In 2017, she was awarded Best Original Script and Production of the Year for BITCH: THE ORIGIN OF THE FEMALE SPECIES, and in 2019, her production of LEDA AND THE RAGE, received the Production of the Year Award.
Her previous choreographic work in Singapore includes; THE IMMORTAL SOLE commissioned by the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival, INDICES OF VANISHMENT for RAW Moves; and ACTING MAD directed by Haresh Sharma.
Photography by Crispian Chan
Last Updated: April 2023