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Deborah Pearson (born 1983) is a British and Canadian playwright, librettist, live artist and curator born in Toronto, Canada.

Biography

She is founder and co-director of Forest Fringe,[1] winner of the 2009 Peter Brook Empty Space Award,[2] a Fringe First and three Herald Angels.[3] In 2010 she won a Herald Angel[4] for her solo show Like You Were Before at the Edinburgh Fringe and was shortlisted for the Total Theatre Award for Innovation and the Arches Brick Award.[5] That year she was also listed as one of the 100 most influential people in UK theatre along with Forest Fringe co-director Andy Field.[6]

She frequently collaborates with Volcano Theatre in Canada for whom she recently wrote a modern English libretto for Handel's Clori, Tirsi e Fileno renamed A Synonym for Love performed at the Gladstone Hotel with CMC.[7][8]

In 2012, she curated the inaugural Live Art Series at the SummerWorks Performance Festival in Toronto featuring a 40-day performance installation by performance artist Nina Arsenault.[9] In 2007 she ran an Advice Booth on Brick Lane giving £1 advice with Morgan McBride.[10] This booth was the subject of a documentary by Current TV and has appeared at Latitude Music Festival.[11][12]

Plays

• The Queen West Project In collaboration with Allison Cummings. 12–23 September 2012 in the Theatre Beyond Walls season at Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto[13][14]
• A Synonym for Love, Directed by Ross Manson. 20–31 August 2012 at the Gladstone Hotel, Toronto[15]
• The Future Show, Written and performed by Deborah Pearson. 7 April 2012 at the Basement; 20 April 2012 at the Gate; 10–12 January 2013 at BAC[16]
  • Indiscreet, Written and performed by Deborah Pearson with Eleanor Buchan, Caroline Williams and Rea Mole. 29 March - 20 April 2011 at BAC[17]
• Like You Were Before, Written and performed by Deborah Pearson. April 2010 at BAC; Edinburgh Festival 2010; The Junction, STK Airport, PAC, Arnolfini, Broadway Cinema 2011; Culturgest Lisboa 2012[18]

Podcasts

• The Brain[19] in collaboration with Paul Broks. Produced by Fuel Theatre as part of the "Bodypods" series. 12 April 2012.[19]

Notable publications

• "The Necessity of Narrative?" Exeunt Magazine, 2012[20]

References

External links

• Deborah Pearson's official website
• Deborah Pearson's Doollee Listing Archived 2013-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
• Forest Fringe website
• Advice Booth website

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