Lex (aka Lexington Love/Lovesmyth/Alex Titterington) is an Anglo-Irish movement artist and designer, focused on land, people and culture based in Ireland and the UK. They have over 30 years of professional practice in the arts internationally which allows them to bring a unique flair to all they offer.

Their work is based on connection and interconnection of self, community and the earth. Being deeply passionate about inclusivity and diversity, their practice promotes regeneration and connection with an aim to support all lives to truly grow with vitality, vigour, and a huge dollop of humour.

Their professional background and experience is in theatre/stage design /3D design, physical comedy, puppetry, mime, mask, street theatre, comedy trapeze, circus, Theatre of the Oppressed, evolutionary movement, music, sign language, yoga, meditation, Deep Ecology, Permaculture, forest gardening and nature connection.

They bring fun, freshness, creativity, depth, sensitivity, embodiment and an innate sense of play to groups and individuals. They enjoy working in a range of places including, farms, gardens, streets, hospitals, schools, arts centres and theatres.

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Their present work includes: Artist in Residence/Creative Director for FROGs: Fort Road Orchard Garden, Newhaven, UK, co-creating an edible community garden; Creative Director of Fionnlocha Wild Nature Sanctuary (www.fionnlocha.com) and the Remembrance Corridors project along the River Shannon, Ireland; Creative Director of Geo & Glad CIC who work to highlight environmental and social issues through an uplifting and comedic lens to create change; A Tiny Drop of Magic – a comedic touring show /workshops about biodiversity and belonging which travels in a small pick up truck, which is a theatre set, as well as workshop space with greenhouse roof, rainwater collection and bird box sound system.

Past work includes: Director and Creative Faci;itator with Moving Sounds (movingsounds.org); working with the ONCA network (https://onca.org.uk/), and ReBoot the Roots (https://www.facebook.com/rebootroots/). They also worked regularly with the EcoDharma project in Spain www.ecodharma.com. They co-facilitated at EcoDharma on regular Theatre of the Oppressed trainings and co-designed and facilitated the ’Creating Resilience’ course at Eroles (https://eroles project.org) a partner project of EcoDharma, for refugees and people working in refugee camps. They co-facilitating a 9 day workshop at EcoDharma for TGEU -Transgender Europe ( tgeu.org) entitled ‘Sustaining Resistance and Wellbeing’. 

They are a Permaculture design teacher in Ireland with Scéalta Beo Permaculture (https://scealtabeopermaculture.blogspot.com) and for Brighton Permaculture Trust (https://brightonpermaculture.org.uk/). After training with Jon Young – 8shields.com and Looby McNamara loobymacnamara.com, along with an international team of facilitators, They dedicated time to run Cultural Emergence training workshops internationally, including the first Irish one in Donegal.

They grew up in Yorkshire, UK and at Tinlough, the family farm in County Offaly, Ireland. They have a deep connection with nature and draw on the freedom of childhood days climbing trees and running around on the farm. This spirit shines through in all that they share in life and working practice.