Kenneth Moraleda

Kenneth is a creative of Filipino descent. Before his Directing Residency at Sydney Theatre Company he was a Resident Artist with the company from 2018-2020 in the STC/CAAP Directing Initiative, and has worked as a professional actor across film and TV, and mainstage, independent and musical theatre since graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Arts.

For STC, he was Director for 4000 Miles, American Signs, A Fool in Love, and Rough Draft #48: Hubris and Humiliation. He was Assistant Director for The River, Happy Days, On The Beach, The Importance of Being Earnest, Playing Beatie Bow, The Deep Blue Sea and How to Rule the World.

He has recently directed Savior (Griffin Theatre Company 2026), Malacañang Made Us (Queensland Theatre Company 2025), and The Story of Chi (CAAP/Terrapin-OzAsia 2024).

He co-founded the company kwento, producing three shows in their 2022 slate, and directing Ate Lovia (Old Fitz) and The Marriage Agency (KXT) by co-writing and directing One Hour No Oil (KXT) which garnered him a Best Director in an Independent Production nomination at the 2022 Sydney Theatre Awards.

Other directing credits include They Say She’s Different (Melbourne Fringe/Adelaide Cabaret Festival), Eat Me: Blowback (NIDA), co-directing the opera Chop Chef (Blush Opera/Riverside Theatres), developments of Lola! A New Musical (Hayes), Na’s Marriage Agency (Next In Line), The Grocer (PWA/Belvoir) and readings of Gamers for Life (Martin Lysicrates Prize), Daddy by Jeremy O. Harris and Office Hour by Julia Cho (kxteethcutting).

He was the Dramaturg for The Questions (STCSA), a collaborating artist in the works This Here. Land. (Liveworks) and Within and Without (PSpace/Blacktown Arts).

His work as a facilitator includes co-curating the programs for Artist Lab NSW (CAAP) and Making A Musical (Hayes Theatre Co/CAAP). He also facilitated Playwriting Australia's Lotus Outreach, and a participant writer in Lotus Salon and Lotus First Draft. 

As an actor his most recent credit is as Inspector Hubbard in Dial M For Murder (Ensemble Theatre) Other acting credits include Muriel’s Wedding The Musical, Talk, Australian Graffiti, Cyrano de Bergerac and A Man with Five Children (STC), Three Sisters (Sport for Jove) Australia Day (National Tour - HIT), August: Osage County (Repertory Philippines), White Divers of Broome (Black Swan), The Lion King (Australian/Asian tour), War Horse (Australian tour), Cruise Control (Ensemble), An Enemy of the People (Belvoir Street), Kasama Kita (Belvoir 25a). Films include Lucky Miles (Best Actor - Cinemanila Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival Audience Award), Interview With A Hero, Banana Boy, Legacy, The Fence and Locusts.

Television credits include Janet King S3, Wolf Like Me, Strife, Schapelle, East West 101, City Homicide, Stingers, City Life, Water Rats, Wildside, White Collar Blue, Comedy Inc, Playhouse Disney, Jay's Jungle, Bureau of Magical Things and most recently Tommy Murphy’s Significant Others (ABC/iView). 

Kenneth is a proud member of MEAA, a Company Member for NIDA and a Sydney Theatre Awards Independent Theatre panellist.