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Daniel MacIvor
Daniel
MacIvor was founder
and Artistic Director of Toronto’s ground-breaking theatre company da da kamera from 1986 to 2007 and he is one of
Canada’s most prolific and influential post-modern playwrights. His
other plays include Somewhere I Have Never Travelled, Yes
I Am And Who Are You?, , 2-2-Tango, How It Works and
Marion Bridge. He is the recipient of many awards including the
Village Voice Obie Award, The Edinburgh Fringe First, the GLAAD Award,
and the Chalmers New Canadian Play Award.
With long time collaborator
Daniel Brooks he created The Lorca Play and the solo performances
House, Monster, Here Lies Henry and Cul-de-sac
which have toured throughout Canada, the U.S., Europe, Israel and Australia.
Also a filmmaker, Daniel’s credits include writing the screenplay
adaptation of his play Marion Bridge, co-writing “Whole New
Thing” and writing and directing “Past Perfect” and “Wilby Wonderful.”
As an actor Daniel has appeared in his own films, Thom Fitzgerald’s
“Beefcake,” Don McKellar’s “Twitch City” and Jeremy Podeswa’s
“The Five Senses.”
Daniel’s work continues to
be produced, published and presented extensively around the world, making
Daniel one of the most distinctive and influential artistic voices to
emerge from Canada. He lives with his partner Paul Goulet in Halifax,
Nova Scotia.
I Still Love You, MacIvor’s
collection of five plays, was awarded the Governor General’s Literary
Award in 2006.
“I do trust my head and
I’m just learning to trust my heart. Shows like
House, they are largely from the head. To me, the light is the heart
and the head is the darkness, but without the darkness, you don’t
see the light. My darkness is imposed upon me by my thinking. And feeling
is movement, and that’s light.”
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