Hiran Abeysekera
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Hiran Abeysekera (born c.1986) is a Sri Lankan actor, best known for his appearances in Lion in the Tent (2014) and A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016).
Having obtained a diploma from the 'Lanka Children's and Youth Theatre Foundation (LCYTF), Abeysekera played the lead role in a British Council production of Peter Shaffer's Equus in 2007.[1] This resulted in an opportunity to audition for drama schools in the UK, and he graduated from RADA in 2011.[2]
Abeysekera made his professional stage debut with the English Touring Theatre in 2011, playing Valere in Tartuffe.[3] In 2015, he played Peter Pan on the London stage,[4] and in 2016 he was cast as Puck in the BBC's new production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.[5]
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