Mikalaj Chaliezin

Mikalai Mikalayevič Khalezin (; ; born 30 March 1964, Minsk, Belarusian SSR, USSR) is a Belarusian-British In 1987–1991, he worked as a scenographer in the Alternative theatre in Minsk. In 1990, he created "Vita Nova" gallery of contemporary art. In 2011, the United Kingdom granted political asylum to Khalezin and his wife. On 27 December 2020, Belarusian government newspaper Sovetskaya Belorussiya published an uncovered death threat to Khalezin and his wife ("We will definitely find you... and we will hang you, side-by-side"). A British foreign office spokeswoman condemned that threat.

As of 2013, he had 12 plays and over 200 publications in Belarus and abroad. He currently lives in London.

Khalezin and Kaliada were both appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to theatre.