Director
Directing & Creation
2024: Recent, Current, & Upcoming
“…a compelling, heartfelt trip through grief and friendship…pure theatrical magic… The Ballad of Georges Boivin is beautifully written… has so much to say about aging, friendship, and, above all, the enduring qualities of love.”
– Louis B. Hobson, Calgary Herald
Rural Tour: The Ballad of George Boivin (Senior Artist Active Access), The Creatus Project & BTC (Summerland’s Ryga Arts Festival, Summerland CAN)
Festival: The Ballad of George Boivin (Senior Artist Active Access), Upintheair Theatre, The Creatus Project & BTC (rEvolver Festival, Vancouver CAN)
New Works/ Staged Reading: A Duty Calls, Christ Church Cathedral Remembrance Day Celebration (Vancouver CAN)
Creative Research: Remote Access for Disability Identifying (& Others) Creatives, Active Access Design Labs., BTC, The Creatus Project & Presentation House Theatre (North Vancouver CAN)
Creative Reserach: Alice in Wonderland Senior Artist Creative Access, Western Gold Theare (Vancouver CAN)
Portuguese New Translation Workshop: Faire des enfants by Eric Noel, BTC and Nucleo Experimental (Sao Paulo BR)
Portuguese New Translation Workshop: The Kissing Game by Rhiannon Collett, BTC and Nucleo Experimental (Sao Paulo BR)
English language translation workshop & presentation: QColoniseE by Annique Lebvre, New Translation Canada: The Prix Siminovitch Prize Playwright Translation Project (Inter-Provincial, CAN)
French New Translation Workshop: N’Importe où sauf ici (Anywhere but Here) by Carmen Aguirre, New Translation Canada in association with Centre des auteurs dramatique CEAD (Montreal CAN)
Translator: The Ballad of Georges Boivin, Lunchbox Theatre (Calgary CAN) *
(Directed by Bronwyn Steinberg, featuring Duval Lang – Betty Mitchell Award nominee)
Translator: The Little Cabaret: A Celebration of Dissidence, Le Carrousel (Montreal CAN)
Speaker: CAG 2024: AGEnts of Change, Canadian Association on Gerontology (Edmonton CAN)
Speaker: Adaptation, Translation, Identity: Québec and Irish Theatre, University College Dublin (Dublin IE)
Speaker: Bodies at Work: Art & Civic Responsibility (TAPS 26302), University of Chicago (Chicago USA)
PHD External Peer Review: Drama and Theatre Arts Department, University of the Free State (Bloemfontein ZA)
Professional Development SLAM! Phase 2: Production – new multi-disciplinary circus creation, Robert Lepage, Ex Machina, & FLIP Fabrique (Quebec CAN)
Allan Morgan in The Ballad of Georges Boivin (rEvolver Festival 2024)
Cross Cultural Exchange & Creation, Indonesia
2023
“Intergenerational connection and understanding has increased for me. I really enjoyed working with the whole group.”
– Anju Singh, emerging creative producer & musician
Cross Cultural Exchange & Creation: East Meets West Creation, WTFC, PEPADI Indonesian Society of Wayang Puppetry and Sanggar Paripurna (Bali, ID)
International Exchange & Translation: The Kissing Game by Rhiannon Collett, BTC, Tearo Vista & Steppenwolf Theatre (Chicago, USA)
French translation workshop – Anywhere but here by Carmen Aguirre, New Translation Canada: The Prix Siminovitch Prize Playwright Translation Project (Pan Canadian, CAN)
Active Access Design for Senior Artists Research Lab., The Creatus Project (Vancouver, CAN)
New Constellations & Perspectives PHT Studio Series – Access & Creation in the Live Performing Arts, BTC in associations with The Presentation House Theatre (North Vancouver, CAN)
New Constellations & Perspectives PHT Studio Series – International Creation & Exchange, BTC in associations with The Presentation House Theatre (North Vancouver, CAN)
New Constellations & Perspectives PHT Studio Series – Ageing in The Live Performing Arts, BTC in associations with The Presentation House Theatre (North Vancouver, CAN)
Active Access Design – Directing & Design Lab, WTFC with BTC (Pan Canadian, CAN)
French translation workshop – free as injuns by Tara Beagan, New Translation Canada: The Prix Siminovitch Prize Playwright Translation Project (Pan Canadian, CAN)
Associate Producer: Awaken in Lights – Access Pyrotechnics & Dance Research, Collin van Uchelen (Vancouver, CAN)
2022
“This project makes it very clear. It is our responsibility to ensure the avlibilty of art to everyone. It’s not just about making shows for certain types of people but all people. Art must be accessible on every level to everyone.”
– Jonathon Papa Marenghi, Minister of Culture, Comune di Piacenza (Italy)
Cross Cultural Exchange: East Meets West Creation, WTFCollective (Canada), PEPADI BALI & Sanggar Paripurna(Bali, Indonesia)
La Salle des Machines: De la source à la cible, New Translation Canada & Centre des auteurs dramatique (Montreal, CAN)
Translation Workshop: Robert Moule, New Translation Canada: Siminovitch Playwright Project (Pan Canadian, CAN)
offenes terrain flausen+fest, Oscar e.V., Taupunkt e.V., the flausen+bundesnetzwerk (Chemnitz, Germany)
Active Access/ Cross-Sensory Translation: New Writing Lab., WTFC with BTC (Pan Canadian, CAN)
Translation Workshop: Crawlspace, New Translation Canada – The Siminovitch Playwright Project (Pan Canadian, CAN)
CATR Panelist: Roundtable: Strengthening Structures, Freeing Art Practice: An International Theatre Collaboration Roundtable, led by Deneh Cho Thompson
International Exchange & Translation: La Coalition de la robe, BTC (Canada) & Piacenza Kultur Dom (Italy)
International Exchange & Translation: Silence, BTC (Canada) & Piacenza Kultur Dom (Italy)
Professional Development – Sacred Performing Arts: Passionsspiele Oberammergau (Germany)
Palazzo del Mondo: International Inclusivity & Accessibility Lab. (Piacenza, Italy), BTC (Canada), Signdance Collective (UK), Piacenza Kultur Dom & TeatroTrieste34 (Italy)
Active Access/ Cross-Sensory Translation Research Lab.: Awaken Beginings, WTFC with BTC (Vancouver, CAN)
Haven, United Players in association with BTC (Vancouver, CAN)
A Glimpse into New Translation: The Hardings (Quebec), BTC with United Players (pan Canadian)
International Translation Workshop: Facelift (Quebec), BTC & Presence Theatre (Canada & UK)
International Translation Workshop: Antigone in Spring (Quebec), BTC & Presence Theatre (Canada & UK)
Palazzo del Mondo: International Inclusivity & Accessibility Lab. (Piacenza, Italy), BTC (Canada), Signdance Collective (UK), Piacenza Kultur Dom & TeatroTrieste34 (Italy) 2022
Jay Brazeau in The Ballad of Georges Boivin, Western Gold Theatre (Vancouver, Canada)
John Innes in The Ballad of Georges Boivin, Western Gold Theatre (Vancouver, Canada)
2021
“…explores with great insight thematic territory I’ve never seen covered before…the execution is poetic and the insight genuine…magic and even transcendence…” – Colin Thomas, colinthomas.ca
The Ballad of George Boivin (Senior Artist Active Access), Western Gold Theatre with BTC (Vancouver, CAN)
flausen+ Festival: International Collaboration Catalyst (Germany), BTC with flausen+ (Germany) & Theatro I.Dra (Italy)
A Glimpse into New Translation: Mall (Quebec), BTC with Touchstone Theatre (pan Canadian)
Virtual Gold: The Ballad of George Boivin, Western Gold Theatre & BTC (Vancouver, CAN)
Ageing in the Performing Arts Access Workshop, Western Gold Theatre & BTC (Vancouver, CAN)
A Glimpse into New Translation: Facelift (Quebec), BTC with Ruby Slippers Theatre (pan Canadian)
A Glimpse into Translation: And if one night (Quebec), BTC with Theatre de Seizieme (pan Canadian)
International Translation Workshop: A Day at the Mall (Quebec), BTC & Presence Theatre (Canada & UK)
International Translation Workshop: And if one night (Quebec), BTC & Presence Theatre (Canada & UK)
A Glimpse into New Translation: Sex Ed Guide for the New Millennium (Quebec), BTC & ZeeZeeTheatre (pan Canadian)
A Glimpse into Translation: Tales of the Moon (Quebec), BTC in association with Axis Theatre & PHT (pan Canadian)
A Glimpse into Translation: Tales of the Snow (Quebec), BTC in association with Axis Theatre & PHT (pan Canadian)
A Glimpse into New Translation: Tales of the Sun (Quebec), BTC in association with Axis Theatre & PHT (pan Canadian)
A Glimpse into New Translation: River Bed (Quebec), BTC in association with Canadian Play Thing (pan Canadian)
2020
“Against all odds, BTC has allowed me to stay focused, creative, and productive during the pandemic … it enabled me to stay creatively connected nationwide and made my work accessible to all.” – L. Brodie (Playwright, Translator, Actor)
A Glimpse into New Translation: Western Gold: The Ballad of Georges Boivin (Quebec), BTC with Western Gold Theatre (pan Canadian)
A Glimpse into New Translation: Seeker (Quebec), BTC in association with Ruby Slippers Theatre (pan Canadian)
A Glimpse into New Translation: Still Life (Quebec), BTC in association with Ruby Slippers Theatre (pan Canadian)
Online Creation: Digital International Connectors 1 & 2, Global Hive Labs. (Canada, France, Italy, Switzerland, UK, USA)
Online Creation: OF INNOCENCE OF HOPE by Niall McNeil Call & Response Project, Global Hive Labs. (UK, EU, Taiwan, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, USA)
International New Translation Workshop: The Shoe (Quebec), British Equity WSW London & BTC (Canada, UK, EU)
International Translation Workshop: Midnight (Quebec), Presence Theatre & BTC (Vancouver, Montreal, London UK)
International Translation Workshop: Gametes (Quebec), British Equity WSW London & BTC (Vancouver, London UK)
International New Translation Workshop: River Bed (Quebec), British Equity WSW London & BTC (Vancouver, Cayman Islands, London UK)
International New Translation Workshop: Tales of the Sun (Quebec), British Equity WSW London & BTC (Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal, London UK)
Remote New Translation Workshop: Chienne(s) (Quebec), British Equity WSW London & BTC (Vancouver, Toronto, London, UK)
Digital Pan Canadian Translation Workshop: Andy’s Gone (Quebec), BTC (Vancouver, Montreal, London UK)
Digital New Play Workshop: The King of Nothing Part 3, Mad Duck Theatre Collective (Vancouver, CAN)
Digital Pan Canadian Translation Workshops 1 & 2: The Desert (Quebec), BTC (Vancouver, Montreal)
Digital Pan Canadian Translation Workshop: Haven (Quebec), BTC (Vancouver, Ottawa, Montreal, Chicago USA)
Selection Committee: Gordon Armstrong Playwright’s Rent Award, Origins Theatre & Jessie Awards (Vancouver)
PRESENCE OF INNOCENCE OF HOPE by Niall McNeil Call & Response Project, Global Hive Labs. & BTC
A Glimpse into New Translation: Digital New Translation Workshop Series
Atlantide, Teatro Trieste 34 (Piacenza, Italy)
2020 (Pre Pandemic)
“…smashing nationality and accessibility borders in a Total theatre.”
– IMA Magazine (Italy)
Co-Creator & Producer/ Active Access Creation, Atlantide Italy, Global Hive Labs. (Piacenza, Italy)
Collaborative Director & Co-Producer: Medusa Project UK (The Cockpit Theatre), Global Hive Labs. (London, UK)
New Translation Workshop: Western Gold (Quebec), British Equity WSW London & BTC (London, UK)
New Translation Workshop: Barbed Wire (Quebec), British Equity WSW London & BTC (London, UK)
2019
“…proactively incorporate aspects of accessibility that can often go overlooked in more institutionalized arts …”
– Chicago Reader
Community Devised Creation Lab.: Enemy of the People – After Ibsen, United Players (Vancouver, CAN)
Balinese Traditional Practice/ Western Devised Creation: Balinese Folk Tales, SENI Denpasar (Denpasar, IND)
Collaborative Director & Co-Producer: Medusa Project UK (The Pleasance Theatre), Global Hive Labs (London, UK)
Translation Workshop: Horses from Heaven fall in a rain of ash (Iran), Equity WSW London Office & BTC (London, UK)
Translation Workshop: Naughty Children’s Bedtime Stories (Quebec), British Equity WSW London & BTC (London, UK)
Translation Workshop: From Alaska (Quebec), Equity WSW London Office & BTC (London, UK)
Collaborative Director & Co-Producer: Medusa Project USA (Steppenwolf Theatre), Global Hive Labs. (Chicago, USA)
Professional Development: flausen+ German Innovation Incubator, theatre wrede + (Oldenburg, Germany)
Speaker: Translation/ Cross Cultural Panel, Jamais Lu Festival (Montreal, CAN)
Speaker: Canadian Theatre Practices, flausen+ Kongress (Cologne, Germany)
Workshop Leader: Actor’s Role in New Works, Translation and Devised Creation, Equity WSW London (London, UK)
The Naughty Children’s Bedtime Stories (Staged Reading), PHT Digital Strategy Conference (Vancouver, CAN)
Translation Workshop – Barbed Wire by Annick Levebvre (British Equity)
Selected New Works, Translations & Creations
“… impressive production of a complex text, delivered with tremendous skill and polish.”– Stephen Unwin, The Rose Theatre
Community Inclusivity Devised Creation: Enemy of the People – After Ibsen, United Players (Vancouver, CAN 2019)
Cross-Cultural Creation: Balinese Folk Tales, ISI Denpasar & BTC (Denpasar, IND 2019) **
Medusa UK, The Pleasance Theatre, Global Hive Labs & BTC (London, UK 2019)
Translation Workshop: Horses from Heaven fall in a rain of ash, Equity WSW London Office & BTC (UK 2019)
Translation Workshop: Naughty Children’s Bedtime Stories (Quebec), British Equity London & BTC (UK 2019)
Translation Workshop: From Alaska (Quebec), British Equity London Office & BTC (London, UK 2019)
Medusa USA, Steppenwolf Theatre & En Las Tablas Performing Arts, Global Hive Labs. & BTC (Chicago, USA 2019)
The Naughty Children’s Bedtime Stories (Staged Reading), PHT Digital Strategy Conference (Vancouver, CAN 2018)
Sex Between Men in the 21st Century, Theatre503 (London, UK 2018)
Theatre503 Playwrights Award 2018 Selection Committee, Theatre503 (London, UK 2018)
The Cowboy Tempest Disability Arts/ Creation Workshop 1 & 2, Niall McNeill (Vancouver, CAN 2018)
Nous voir nous (Staged Reading), Theatre Stages Co. & BTC (London, UK 2018)
For Love, Old Diorama Arts Centre & The Cockpit Theatre (London, UK 2018)
Blazed, Theatre503 Lit. Department & British Equity (London, UK 2018)
The Flood, Theatre503 Lit. Department & British Equity (London, UK 2018)
Curator: Rapid Write Response: New Play Development, Theatre503 (London, UK 2018)
Glory Road, Theare503 Lit. Department Playwright Development & ALRA (London, UK 2018)
Keep Him Here, Theatre503 (London, UK 2017)
Global Hive Digital Labs: Towards a Global Theatre, BTC & Global Hive Labs. (London, UK 2017)
Walt Whitman’s Secret, a frank theatre company (Vancouver, CAN 2016)*
The List (remount), Ruby Slippers Theatre & The Richmond Gateway Theatre (Vancouver, CAN 2016)
Mandarin & English New Musical: 再见 GOODBYE, BTC, Goldsmiths’ University & The Confucius Institute
(London, UK 2015)
The List, Ruby Slippers Theatre & La Seizieme (Vancouver, CAN 2015)
Playground, Goldsmiths’ University of London: Playwright PHD Project (London, UK 2015)
Servants, Goldsmiths’ University of London: Playwright PHD Project (London, UK 2015)
Odyssey (International Devised Creation), The Corbett Theatre (London, UK 2014)
Dream (New Musical), Goldsmiths’ University of London: Playwrights MA Projects (London, UK 2014)
The Ruth Ellis Show, Goldsmiths’ University of London: Playwright PHD Project (London, UK 2014)
Wasting Time (Cross Cultural Creation), ISI Denpasar, Denpasar (Bali, IND 2014)**
Lab 18: Mind the Gap (International Creation Lab.), with East 15 MFA International Acting (London, UK 2013)
Lab 22: WHO AM i (International Devised Creation Workshop), with East 15 MFA Acting (London, UK 2013)
Storm Cloud (Development Creation Workshop), Guy Burges (London, UK 2013)
The Loom (Creation Workshop), YouandI Theatre (London, UK/ Vancouver, CAN 2013)
The List (Site Spessific Instillation), BTC & rEvolver Festival (Vancouver, CAN 2012)
Howl Red (Staged Reading), BTC & rEvolver Festival (Vancouver, CAN 2012)
Encore (Staged Reading), BTC & rEvolver Festival (Vancouver, CAN 2012)
Clean Sheets New Play Development, a frank theatre company (Vancouver, CAN 2011)
Wet, Workhorse Theatre (Toronto, CAN 2010)
Unstuck (Staged Reading), Foundry Theatre (Toronto, CAN 2010)
The Centre of Everything Civilized, Winterbird Arts (Toronto, CAN 2010)
Out Like Flynn, Fugue Free Theatre (Vancouver, CAN 2007)
Banana Boys, Firehall Arts Center (Vancouver, CAN 2006)
Molino Rouge, Stage Director, Conceived and Choreographed by Karen Flamenco (Vancouver, CAN 2006)
Walt Whitman’s Secret, a frank theatre (Vancouver, CAN)
Odyssey, The Corbett Theare (London UK)
The Centre of Everything Civilised, Theatre Passe-Mureille (Toronto, CAN)
The Love of Don Perlimplin for Belisa in his Garden by F. Garcia Lorca
The Shaw Festival (Niagara on the Lake, Canada)
Selected Contemporary
“…at once unusual, amusing and fascinating in style and execution.”
Theatre Ontario
The Lion in Winter, United Players (Vancouver, CAN 2017)
Age of Minority: 3 Solo Plays by Jordan Tannahill (Stage Reading), The National Arts Centre (Ottawa, CAN 2016)
The Pitmen Painters, United Players (Vancouver, CAN 2014)
The Love of Don Perlimplin for Bellisa in his Garden, The Shaw Festival (Niagara on the Lake, CAN 2010)
Hosanna, Saving Metropolis Collective (Vancouver, CAN 2009)
A Moon for the Misbegotten, United Players (Vancouver, CAN 2009)*
The Real Inspector Hound, The Presentation House Theatre (Vancouver, CAN 2004)
Not About Nightingales (Staged Reading), Mad Duck Theatre Collective (Vancouver, CAN 2002)
Selected Classical
“…innovative…challenging…daring…taking the leap into the unknown…”
– mytheatremates.com
Romeo and Juliet, Cardiff Open Air Theatre Festival (Cardiff, UK 2016)
The Women of Troy, Canadian Stage: Festival of Ideas (Toronto, CAN 2012)
Coriolanus, Mad Duck Theatre Collective (Vancouver, CAN 2009) *
Shakespeare’s R&J, Mad Duck Theatre Collective (Vancouver, CAN 2006) *
Titus Andronicus, Mad Duck Theatre Collective (Vancouver, CAN 2006) *
Henry IV Parts 2 & 3, Savage God: The Bardathon (Vancouver, CAN 2005)
Julius Caesar, Mad Duck Theatre Collective (Vancouver, CAN 2005)
The Tempest, Mad Duck Theatre Collective (Vancouver, CAN 2004) *
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mad Duck Theatre Collective (Vancouver, CAN 2003)
Macbeth, Square Pegs Theatre (NYC, USA 2000)
The Tempest (Stage Reading), Silly Billyz Workshop Series (NYC, USA 2000)
Merchant of Venice (Stage Reading), Silly Billyz Workshop Series (NYC, USA 2000)
Two Gentlemen of Verona (Stage Reading), Silly Billyz Workshop Series (NYC, USA 2000)
The Winter’s Tale (Stage Reading), Silly Billyz Workshop Series (NYC, USA 2000)
Loves Labor’s Lost (Stage Reading), Silly Billyz Workshop Series (NYC, USA 1999)
As You Like It (Stage Reading), Silly Billyz Workshop Series (NYC, USA 1999)
Measure for Measure (Stage Reading), Silly Billyz Workshop Series (NYC, USA 1999)
Romeo & Juliet, Cardiff Open Air Theatre Festival (Cardiff, Wales)
The Hobbit
Carousel Theatre for Young People
(Vancouver, Canada)
Selected Theatre for Young Audiences & Youth Outreach
“…so imaginatively conceived…Highest praise: my eight-year-old companion talked about this show all night and well into the next day.”
– Colin Thomas, The Georgia Straight
The Hobbit, Carousel Theatre for Young People (Vancouver, CAN 2008)*
The Odyssey, Carousel Theatre for Young People (Vancouver, CAN 2007)*
Selected Youth Outreach Programs:
Youth Creation/ New Musical: Blast Off!, The Richmond Gateway Theatre Academy (Richmond, CAN 2018)
Mission Possible, The Richmond Gateway Theatre Academy (Richmond, CAN 2017)
Daily Mischief, The Richmond Gateway Theatre Academy (Richmond, CAN 2009)
High School Musical, Richmond Gateway Theatre Academy (Richmond, CAN 2008)
Straga Nona, Arts Umbrella, Strathcona Outreach (Vancouver, CAN 2008)
As You like It, Carousel Theatre Teen Shakespeare Program (Vancouver, CAN 2008)
Romeo and Juliet, Carousel Theatre Teen Shakespeare Program (Vancouver, CAN 2007)
Much Ado About Nothing, Carousel Theatre Teen Shakespeare Program (Vancouver, CAN 2006)
Selected Assistant Directing:
Champ de Mars, Imago Theatre/ Micheline Chevrier (Montreal, CAN 2010)
Don Quixote, Arts Club, The Centaur Theatre / Roy Surette (Montreal & Vancouver, CAN 2010)
The Devil’s Disciple, The Shaw Festival / Tadeusz Bradecki (Niagara on the Lake, CAN 2009)
Savage God: The Shakespeare Projects / John Juliani (Vancouver, CAN 2004-2006)
