Galle Literary Festival

Tracy Holsinger

Author

Tracy is a theatre maker, arts educator, and radio personality, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. She’s a graduate in Drama and Theatre Arts from Goldsmiths College (University of London) and currently serves as a Drama Examiner for Trinity College, London. Tracy is the Artistic Director of Mind Adventures Theatre Company, which has toured Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Mongolia and Rwanda with original productions that focus on socio-political issues in Sri Lanka, while her radio work includes interviews dealing with constitutional and human rights crises. Her most recent screen appearances include Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown: Sri Lanka (2018) and Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy (2020). Tracy’s association with the GLF spans from 2009 to the present, during which she has staged performances, hosted poetry slams, and moderated sessions for Jean and Thiyagaraja Arasanayagam, Sir Tom Stoppard, and Sir David Hare. She has served as Curator of the Children’s Programme since 2018. 

Sessions