SELECTED DIRECTING QUOTES: Romeo and Juliet, Everyman Theatre (Cardiff, Wales) innovative challenging daring a frisson of new energy taking the leap into the unknown. breaking down expectations and flipping them on their head MyTheatreMates.com The List (remount). The Richmond Gateway Theatre (Ricjmond, Canada) an hour of power taking us into the soul of a woman punished by guilt a powerful one-woman play blanketed in loneliness and regret, and served as an ace leaving us to ponder the moments in this woman s life that are uncomfortably familiar and re-examine our own - The Richmond News The List, Ruby Slippers Theatre (Vancouver, Canada) A stunning examination of obsession and guilt, love and family, friendship and sacrifice Evocative set design and dramatic lighting compliment a powerful performance by Perras. - SadMag The Pitmen Painters, United Players (Vancouver, Canada) one of the most consistently pleasing shows in recent memory. - The Province The Centre of Everything Civilsed, Winterbird Arts (Toronto, Canada) stunning, sexy, heart-breaking See it with someone you love, see it with your best friend, see it by yourself just see it. - Mooney on Theatre The Love of Don Perlimplin for Belisa in his Garden, The Shaw Festival (Niagara on the Lake, Canada) at once unusual, amusing and fascinating in style and execution. - Theatre Ontario Coriolanus, Mad Duck Theatre Collective (Vancouver, Canada) Paterson s is a bold, even defiant, production of a challenging play. - The Courier The Hobbit, Carousel Theatre (Vancouver, Canada) Jack Paterson instead relies on the simple things that live theatre does best - The Vancouver Sun The Odyssey, Carousel Theatre (Vancouver, Canada) features a great cast under innovative director Jack Paterson. - The Province Banana Boys, Firehall Arts Centre (Vancouver, Canada) Jack Paterson s crisp, imaginative direction makes the point with wonderful theatricality. - The Province Shakespeare s R&J, Mad Duck Theatre Collective (Vancouver, Canada) you ve never imagined it like this like knowing the play for the first time This is the magic of theatre. - The Province Titus Andronicus, Mad Duck Theatre Collective (Vancouver, Canada) one of the best shows in a strong season Paterson makes the play s relevance inarguable. - The Georgia Straight Julius Caesar, Mad Duck Theatre Collective (Vancouver, Canada) It s splendid in every respect This is a Julius Caesar to ponder as our own politicians parade themselves before us. - The Courier
Canada:001.604.341.9706 UK: 07821937353 Email: paterson_john@hotmail.com Web Page: www.jackpatersontheatre.com EDUCATION Master in Fine Arts, Theatre Direction, 2012-2015 East 15 Acting School and The University of Essex, London, UK One of the most established directing courses in the U.K. designed specifically for professional theatre directors led by International and British practitioners of note. East 15 s singular Artistic Director module, led Artistic Director Anthony Clark (The Hampstead Theatre, London, UK) focused on the specific challenges of leading a company including Budgeting & Accounting; the relationships between Heads of Departments; Governance; Contracting; Devising and implementing policy; Season Planning; Marketing and Publicity; Community Engagement; Relationships with Arts Councils and funding bodies. International Exchange residencies included: The Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS), Moscow RU - Stanislavsky System and Biomechanics In depth study of contemporary Eastern European and Russian practices based on the later methods of Stanislavsky and Maria Knebles at Russia s leading performing arts training institution. The Indonesian Arts Institute Denpasar, (SENI) Bali IND - Balinese Traditional Performing Arts Practical study of traditional dance, drama, masks and shadow puppetry with a focus on techniques for crosscultural performance creation at world renowned SENI. Diploma (BA Equivalence), 1996-1999 Circle in the Square Theatre School, NYC, NY, U.S.A. The only accredited training conservatory associated with a Broadway theatre with faculty is drawn from the finest working professionals and master teachers in NYC. SKILLS Administrative Skills: Grant Writing and Fundraising Large and Small Team Management and Leadership Budgeting (CADAC), Resource Management, and Scheduling Contracting (CAEA, ADC, playwrights, literary agents, artist representation) Season planning and programming Governance Marketing, Press and Social Media Front of House, Box Office, Subscriptions Management Microsoft including Excel, Word, PowerPoint Photoshop & Wordpress Creative Skills: Creation, Directing, Dramaturgy, Translation & Acting New Play Text/ Musical Development New Works Creation and Collaboration Contemporary Canadian, American, UK and International Creation Practices Contemporary and Classical UK, American & Canadian (Anglophone & Francophone) Textual Practices Physical Theatre (Viewpoints, Laban & Biomechanics) Cross/ Multi-Disciplinary Practice Multi-Lingual Practice
SELECTED PRODUCING Currently: Associate Producer, 2018: Theatre Conspiracy, Mainstage Production of Victim Impact and Foreign Radical International Tour (Vancouver, CAN) Associate with project based Intra Disciplinary Company. Supporting Artistic Producer Tim Carlson, responsibilities include Contracting, Planning and Scheduling and Grant Writing for the Vancouver Successful grant application writing includes The Vancouver Foundation. Associate Producer & Deputy Stage Manager, 2017-2018: Icarus Theatre, Macbeth International Tour (London, UK) A member of senior management of a London based mid-sized International Touring Company working with the Artistic Director supporting budgeting, management, contracting, casting, tour management, grant writing, and other duties. Venues included the 2000 seat Borgas Theatre (Dublin, Ireland). Associate Artistic Director, 2016: The Presentation House Theatre (North Vancouver, CAN) A member of senior management working with the Artistic Director and General Manager supporting budgeting, contracting, season planning and other duties. Associate Artistic Producer, 2015: Theatre North West (Prince George, CAN) A member of senior management working with the Artistic Producer supporting budgeting (CADAC), grant writing, contracting, season planning and other duties. Successful grant applications included BC Gaming and The Keoner Foundation Co-Artistic Producer, 2012 Current: BoucheWHACKED! Theatre Collective (Vancouver, CAN) Founder of project based company with a focus on the development of non-anglophone works in translation. Produced The List, ten workshops and four cultural Encounters events. National Artistic Director Mentorship 2011-2012: Three Provinces, Three Mandates, Three Companies (CAN) A series of Artistic Director mentorships across the Canada with three diverse companies with different mandates, leadership structures, goals and challenges. New Works, Translation & Development: Playwrights Workshop Montreal, Emma Tibaldo (Montreal, QC) Contemporary Intra Disciplinary and New Works Creation: Theatre Conspiracy, Tim Carlson (Vancouver, BC) National Festival/ Curation: Magnetic North Festival, Brenda Leadlay (Ottawa, ON & Calgary, AL) Venue-Based Theatre Artist Director Mentorship, 2010: The Centaur Theatre (Montreal, CAN) Venue Based Theatre Artistic Director Residency with Executive Artistic Director Roy Surette and General Manager Chuck Childs Creative Producer, 2001-2009: Mad Duck Theatre Collective (Vancouver, CAN) Founder and administrator of project based company dedicated to socially relevant contemporary practices with classical works while providing gender equality, color blind casting and artist mentorship. Produced and directed seven award winning and nominated large cast main stage productions, with additional workshops and staged readings. SELECTED DIRECTING Upcoming Direction Staged Reading: Kiwi, The Presentation House Theatre (Vancouver, CAN) Staged Reading: Bedtime stories to give you nightmares, The Presentation House Theatre (Vancouver, CAN) Classical: Henry V, The University of Northampton (Northampton, UK) Balinese Traditional Practice/ Western Creation: East meets West (working title), SENI (Denpasar, IND)
Selected 2014 2018 Staged Reading/ Translation: Nous voir nous, Theatre Stages Co. & BoucheWHACKED! (London, UK) Workshop: The Role of the Actor in New Works and Creation, British Equity London Office (London, UK) New Works Development Workshop: The Flood, Theatre503 Lit. Department and British Equity (London, UK) New Works Development Workshop: Blazed, Theatre503 Lit. Department and British Equity (London, UK) Curator: Rapid Write Response: New Play Development, Theatre503 (London, UK) New Works: For Love, Theare503 Lit. Department Playwright Development (London, UK) Creation Workshop: International Hive: Towards a Global Theatre, BoucheWHACKED! (UK, CAN, USA, Europe) Main Stage: Walt Whitman s Secret*, a frank theatre company (Vancouver, CAN) Main Stage: Romeo and Juliet, Cardiff Open Air Theatre Festival (Cardiff, UK) Main Stage: The Lion in Winter, United Players (Vancouver, CAN) New Work: Playground, Goldsmiths University of London: Playwright PHD Project (London, UK) Main Stage: The List, Ruby Slippers Theatre & The Richmond Gateway Theatre (Vancouver, CAN) Bi-Lingual New Musical: 再见 GOODBYE, Goldsmiths University & The Confucius Institute (London, UK) New Work: Servants, Goldsmiths University of London: Playwright PHD Project (London, UK) Stage Reading: Age of Minority: 3 Solo Plays by Jordan Tannahill, The National Arts Centre (Ottawa, CAN) Main Stage: The Pitmen Painters, United Players (Vancouver, CAN) Devising: Odyssey, The Corbett Theatre (London, UK) New Musical: Dream, Goldsmiths University of London: Playwrights MA Projects (London, UK) Cross Cultural: Wasting Time, The Indonesian Institute for the Performing Arts, Denpasar (Bali, Indonesia) Creation Workshop: The Loom, YouandI Theatre (London, UK/ Vancouver, CAN) Selected Directing: Classical The Women of Troy, Canadian Stage: Festival of Ideas (Toronto, CAN) Coriolanus*, Mad Duck Theatre Collective (Vancouver, CAN) Shakespeare s R&J*, Mad Duck Theatre Collective (Vancouver, CAN) Titus Andronicus*, Mad Duck Theatre Collective (Vancouver, CAN) Julius Caesar*, Mad Duck Theatre Collective (Vancouver, CAN) The Tempest*, Mad Duck Theatre Collective (Vancouver, CAN) Selected Directing: New Works and Translations The List (Instillation), BoucheWHACKED! Theatre Collective (Vancouver, CAN) Howl Red (Staged Reading), BoucheWHACKED! Theatre Collective (Vancouver, CAN) The Centre of Everything Civilized, Winterbird Arts (Toronto, CAN) WET, Workhouse Theatre (Toronto, CAN) Banana Boys, Firehall Arts Center (Vancouver, CAN) Selected Directing Credits: Contemporary Classics The Love of Don Perlimplin for Belisa in his Garden, The Shaw Festival (Niagara on the Lake, CAN) A Moon for the Misbegotten, United Players (Vancouver, CAN) The Real Inspector Hound, The Presentation House Theatre (Vancouver, CAN) Selected Directing Credits: Theatre for Young Audiences The Hobbit*, Carousel Theatre (Vancouver, CAN) The Odyssey*, Carousel Theatre (Vancouver, CAN) Selected Assistant Directing Credits: Champ de Mars, Imago Theatre/ Micheline Chevrier (Montreal, CAN) The Devil s Disciple, The Shaw Festival/ Tadeusz Bradecki (Niagara on the Lake, CAN) In Good King Charles s Golden Days, The Shaw Festival/Eda Holmes (Niagara on the Lake, CAN)
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS Recipient of: The Ray Michal Award for Outstanding Body of Work by an Emerging Director The Cole Foundation Award for Emerging Translators (KIWI) Jessie Richardson Theatre Award Nominations Outstanding Direction: Walt Whitman s Secret Outstanding Creation: Direction (The Odyssey) Outstanding Direction: Shakespeare s R&J Outstanding Direction: Titus Andronicus Outstanding Direction: Julius Caesar PRODUCTION AWARDS & NOMINATIONS Walt Whitman s Secret, a frank theatre company 6 Jessie Richardson Award Nominations The List, BoucheWHACKED! Theatre Collective A Moon for the Misbegotten, United Players The Hobbit, Carousel Theatre for Young People 4 Jessie Richardson Award Nominations The Odyssey, Carousel Theatre for Young People Canada Council Prize for Outstanding Production 7 Jessie Richardson Award Nominations Coriolanus, Mad Duck Theatre Collective 1 Jessie Richardson Award Nomination Outstanding Production: Walt Whitman s Secret Outstanding Production: The Hobbit Outstanding Production: The Odyssey Shakespeare s R&J, Mad Duck Theatre Collective Play of the Month Award, Vancouverplays.com Critic s Pick: Theatre of the Year, The Province Critic s Pick: Theatre of the year, The Courier Best Performance Nominee, Xtra West 2 Jessie Richardson Award Nominations Titus Andronicus, Mad Duck Theatre Collective Play of the Month Award, Vancouverplays.com Critic s Pick: Theatre of the Year, The Province 5 Jessie Richardson Award Nominations Julius Caesar, Mad Duck Theatre Collective 2 Jessie Richardson Award Nominations The Tempest, Mad Duck Theatre Collective 1 Jessie Richardson Award Nomination DRAMATURGY, PLAY/ MUSICAL CREATION Dramaturgy practice includes: Curation, Production Dramaturgy, New Play and Playwright Development, Translation Dramaturgy, Physical Theatre and Creation Dramaturgy, Script Editing, Play Reading, International Outreach. Currently: Dramaturge & Curator, Theatre503 Literary Department (London, UK) Dramaturge, Theatre503 & British Equity New Play Development Workshops Curator and Director, New Playwright Initiative Rapid Write Response Theatre503 s New Playwriting Award Selection Committee Selected Workshop and Production Dramaturgy: Macbeth: nach Shakespeare by Heiner Muller, Translated by Carl Weber, Theatre Conspiracy Ongoing Translation Dramaturgy with international playwrights and their translators bringing their works to English Language includes artists and companies from Iran, Taiwan, China, Europe, North and South Americas.
SELECTED TRANSLATIONS Currently: Bedtime Stories to give you Nightmares by Etienne Lepage (Quebec, CAN) Currently: Horses from Heaven Fall in a Rain of Ash by Naghmeh Samini (Iran) Kiwi by Daniel Denis (Quebec, CAN)* See You See by Guillaume Corbeil (Quebec, CAN) SELECTED PROFESIONAL DEVELOPMENT Shakespeare s Globe: Directing Studio: Offered to a selected 10 professional directors, a masterclass series focused on Shakespeare s plays in the Globe Theatre including original practice; actor s voice and physical practice on the bare stage. The Young Vic Genesis Director s Network: As the only scheme of its kind in the UK, the Directors program provides proactive support for professional directors including skills workshops, peer-led projects and paid assistant directing roles. Theatre503: Resident Producer A residency at a Olivier Award winning new play development theatre. Key members of the producing team responsibilities included: producing; contracting; marketing and social media; and grant writing. Canadian Opera Company, Auditing Director 2011 (Toronto, Ontario): The Magic Flute and Nixon in China A 2 month residency auditing the rehearsal process from first rehearsal to performance including chorus work, choreography, the move to the venue and tech with directors Diane Paulus and James Robinson. Director s Lab North 2011 (Toronto, Ontario) An intensive hosted by Tarragon Theatre. Masterclasses included Daniel Brooks, Judith Thompson, Nina Lee Aquino, and Anne Cattaneo, Soheil Parsa, Michael Wheeler, Micheline Chevrier, and Linda Griffiths. BASH Emerging Director Residency 2010, Canadian Stage (Toronto, Ontario) Canadian Stage s program for professional directors to explore approaches to contemporary performance practice, production and administration. The 2010 focus was directing large-scale works. Neil Munro Directors Project 2010, The Shaw Festival (Niagara on the Lake, Ontario) Each season, the Festival hires two promising professional directors in an extended residency. Along with Assistant Directing responsibilities included Audience Outreach. SELECTED OTHER YOUTH OUTREACH AND TEACHING include leading programs including Youth at Risk Outreach, Youth new play creation and full productions. Student ages have ranged from 3 to 20. Selected Full Production Projects with Youth include: Currently: The Richmond Gateway Theatre Academy, Blast Off! A New Musical (Ages 7-14), The Richmond Gateway Theatre Academy, Mission: Possible (Ages 9-12), June-July 2017 The Richmond Gateway Theatre Academy, High School Musical (Ages 12-17), Aug.-Sept, 2008 Carousel Theatre for Young Audience, As You Like It (Ages 12-18), July-Aug., 2008 Carousel Theatre for Young Audience, Romeo and Juliet (Ages 12-18), April-June, 2007 The Arts Umbrella, Strathcona Youth at Risk Theatre Outreach (Ages 9-12), April-June, 2007 Carousel Theatre for Young Audience, Much Ado About Nothing (Ages 12-18), July Aug., 2007 ACTOR with over 75 credits of small and large stage ranging from Classical theatre to New Works Creation.