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Author Reading & Q&A – Rural Arts
BRIAN THOMAS ISAAC
Award-Winning Author of “All the Quiet Places”
Hosted by Jack Paterson
Summerland’s Ryga Arts Festival
Friday, September 19, 2025 | 1 PM
New Translation Development – Rural Arts
FACELIFT
By Nathalie Boisvert
Translated by Johanna Nutter
Summerland’s Ryga Arts Festival
Sept. 18, 2025 | 1 PM
Skills Development Workshop (Ages 17-29) – Rural Arts
CREATING THE WORLD OF THE PLAY
Lighting, Projections & QLab
FREE WORKSHOP
Summerland’s Ryga Arts Festival
Saturday, September 21, 2025 | 11 AM
Centre Stage
(9518 Main Street, Summerland B.C.)
Towards an inclusive theatre: Active Access Design Research Labs.
Working closely with stakeholders in the community, our Active Access Design Labs. examine how to integrate Access tools and Cross Sensory Translation directly into the generative process of theatre weaving access into the very fabric of a work.
MEET GG AWARD WINNING PLAYWRIGHT MISHKA LAVIGNE
Haven Digital & Live Post Show Q&A with GG Award winning playwright Mishka Lavigne and translator Neil Blackadder
Sun, Feb 6, 2022 | 3:45 pm PT / 6:45 pm ET
Haven
By Mishka Lavigne | Translated by Neil Blackadder
English Language Premiere of 2019 Governor General Awards winning play
Jericho Arts Centre (Vancouver, Canada)
Jan. 28 – Feb. 13, 2022
A Glimpse into New Translation: The Hardings
By Alexia Bürger | Translated by Alexis Diamond
Featuring Rick Dorban, Paul David Power, & Anthony Santiago
“…an enormously powerful and touching work…” – Mazrou
International Translation Workshop: Antigone in the Spring
By Nathalie Boisvert | Translated by Hugh Hazelton
Presence Theatre in association with Bouche Theatre Collective
Monday Jan. 31, 2022 – 11 AM Pacific / 1 PM Eastern | 7 PM Greenwich Mean
FFREE DIGITAL EVENT
International New Translation Workshop: Facelift
By Nathalie Boisvert | Translated by Johanna Nutter
Presence Theatre in association with Bouche Theatre Collective
Jan. 17, 2022
flausen+ Festival: International Collaboration Catalyst
International creation catalyst with Residenza I.Dra (Italy) and Theater Wrede+ (Germany) at the innovation incubator platform Flausen+ Festival (Bielefeld, Germany)
Western Gold: The Ballad of Georges Boivin
By Martin Bellemare
Translated by Jack Paterson with Johanna Nutter
Directed by Jack Paterson
“…the execution is poetic and the insight genuine….an intimate — and rewarding — conversation about love.” – Colin Thomas, colinthomas.ca
A Glimpse into New Translation: Mall
By Emmanuelle Jimenez | Translated by Johanna Nutter
“This is one of the best texts of the new season…hard-hitting and hysterical…” – Mario Cloutier, La Presse +
Featuring Deena Aziz, Carmina Bernhardt, Lally Cadeau, Lucia Frangione, Christine Quintana, Suzanne Ristic, & Sabrina Vellani
A Glimpse into New Translation: Facelift
By Nathalie Boisvert | Translated by Johanna Nutter
Featuring Nimet Kanji, Lisa C. Ravensbergen and Gwynyth Walsh | Q&A moderated by Catherine Ballachey
CRFO Interview
Award winning francophone playwright Nathalie Boisvert and Jack Paterson to discussing francophone theatre and her play Facelift on Vancouver Co-op Radio CFRO.
A Glimpse into New Translation: And if one night
By Lisa L’Heureux | Translated by Mishka Lavigne
Featuring Carmina Bernhardt, Lauren Brotman, Chris Francisque & Julie Tamiko Manning | Q&A moderated by Catherine Ballachey
Virtual Gold: The Ballad of Georges Boivin
By Martin Bellemare
Translated by Jack Paterson with Johanna Nutter
“…a theatrical road-movie brimming with vulnerability…” – L-Express.ca
International New Translation Workshop: The Mall
Bouche Theatre Collective and Presence Theatre (London, UK)
A Glimpse into New Translation: A Sex Ed Guide for the New Millennium
By Olivier Sylvestre | Translated by Bobby Theodore
Featuring Makram Ayache, Scott Button & Julie Leung
International New Translation Workshop: And if one night
Bouche Theatre Collective and Presence Theatre (London, UK)
TheatreArtLife Podcast Interview
Episode 49 – Contemporary multicultural theatre with Jack Paterson
A Glimpse into New Translation: Tales of the Sun
By Philippe Soldevila | Translated by Leanna Brodie
Featuring Rick Dobran, Allegra Fulton & Julie Leung