Brodie is current co-writing Salesman in China with Jovanni Sy (a co-commission from the Stratford Festival/Banff Centre for the Arts). Three of her translations have been nominated for Tom Hendry Awards. Louis MO) Annie Broccoli’s Stella and the Time Machine Journey (Lune Rouge, Arlington TX) Joe Jack et John’s Violette (Espace Libre, Montréal QC) Mohsen El Gharbi’s Omi Mouna (Impact Festival Kitchener-Waterloo ON/ ON//Infinithéâtre, Montréal QC) and Rébecca Déraspe’s I Am William (Stratford Festival, ON). She is also a noted translator of Québécois playwrights: recent productions include Hélène Ducharme’s Dora-winning Baobab David Paquet’s 2019 Jessie Award-winning The Shoe (The Cherry Artspace, Ithaca NY) and Wildfire (Upstream Theater, St. The Vic, For Home and Country, The Book of Esther, and Schoolhouse are published by Talonbooks. Leanna Brodie’s plays and libretti have been performed from Halifax to Vancouver, London to Auckland. He also teaches playwriting and acts as a dramaturg for, among others, the National Theatre School of Canada, the Centre des auteurs dramatiques, and the Conservatoire d’art dramatique de Montréal. He translated Hannah Moscovitch’s In This World into French and is currently working on an adaptation of Frank Wedekind’s Spring Awakening. David has been the recipient of the Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language drama, the Prix Michel-Tremblay, two Prix Sony-Labou-Tansi, two Quebec Critic’s Choice Awards for Best Play for Young Audiences, and Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui’s Audience Choice Award. His plays Porc-épic, 2h14, Appels Entrants Illimités, Les Grands-Mères Mortes (co-writer), Le Brasier, Histoires à Plumes et à Poils (co-writer), Le Soulier, Chansons pour le Musée (co-writer), Le Poids des Fourmis, as well as his two one-man-shows of stand-up poetry, Papiers Mâchés and Le Voilier (Manifeste du Fragile), have garnered international praise and have been produced in more than 12 countries all over North America and Europe. Sadiq wrote and guest-hosted 10 episodes of Tempo on CBC Music in the last two years.ĭavid Paquet is a graduate in playwriting from the National Theatre School of Canada (2006) and lives in Montreal. She has written the verbatim text for a large musical work, The Great Pause which is currently being scored and slated for performance in 2023. Writing: Sadiq is the recipient of a Creative Development Grant from the Canada Council and a Creative Residency Grant from the Ontario Arts Council.

Television: Strays, In the Dark, Designated Survivor, Kim’s Convenience, The Mulroneys, Burnt Toast. Performance: A Sense of Place (Music Gallery), MixTape (Crow’s Theatre-Dora Mavor Moore nomination for Outstanding Performance, Grand Theatre), Into the Woods (STC), Wildfire (Factory Theatre), Towards Youth (Crow’s Theatre), CHILD-ish (Summerworks Lab), Eleven Moons (Boston Musica Viva), Bend it Like Beckham (Starvox), Helen’s Necklace (Canadian Rep Theatre),, The Enchanted Loom (Cahoots Theatre),, Sultans of the Street (Young People’s Theatre- Dora Mavor Moore for Best Ensemble), as well as appearances with Necessary Angel Theatre, Soulpepper’s Global Cabaret, Vancouver’s Turningpoint Ensemble, Soundstreams Canada, The Tanglewood Music Centre, Bad New Days, Banff Summer Arts Festival, Calgary Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Boston Musica Viva.

A multidisciplinary artist of Pakistani descent, her work spans different types of performance from theatre, verbatim theatre, radio and television to chamber music, modern opera and new music. Zorana Sadiq is an award-winning Toronto-based actor, playwright and classical musician.

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