Jane Heyman, theatre maker (Vancouver, 2021)
The Creatus Project
In association with CSARN, PAL Vancouver, PHT Creative HUB,
& Western Gold Theatre
Intergenerational
Producing & Production Lab.
“Intergenerational connection and understanding has increased for me. I really enjoyed working with the whole group.”
– Anju Singh, Creative Producer & Musician
May – June, 2023
Digital Workshop
(Vancouver, Canada)
With an intergenerational team of Vncouver artists, this labratory examined the barriers and creative solutions for intergenerational and elder artists from the perspective of Production and Producing. Topics ranged from practical soltions such as rehearsal and production schedules to challenges such as venue.
Creative Research Team: Karen Chiang, Keith Martin Gordey, Donna Wong-Juliani, Glenn Macdonald, Hannah Siden, Anju Singh, Ingrid Turk, & Tanja Dixon Warren | Conceived of by Dr. Julia Henderson and Jack Paterson
We gratefully acknowledge the support of Canada Council for the Arts.
Karen Chiang
Stage Manager
Karen Chiang 蔣家寧 (she/ her) is a trilingual, Vancouver-based theatre artist and translator who is fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin, and English. She has various experiences in stage management and technical direction. She is especially interested in creating art that surrounds the themes of culture, identity, and justice. Selected credits include: I Swallowed a Moon made of Iron (Music Picnic, PuSh performing arts festival), Funny Money (Western Gold Theatre), Haven (United Players), buto/buto : bones are seeds (National Pilipino Canadian Cultural Centre and Southeast Asian Cultural Heritage Society).
Hannah Siden
Film & Theatre Maker
Hannah (she/ her) is a writer, director, producer and actor. She assistant directed alongside Jack Paterson on The Ballad of Georges Boivin (Western Gold) and Haven (United Players), and has taken part in recent Active Access Design Workshops. Her screenplays have placed in competitions through the BBC Writer’s Room and HollyShorts Film Festival. As a director she created a music video in association with Ballet BC and her narrative short films have screened at numerous festivals. She has produced two short documentaries. She has an MA in Acting from East 15 Acting School and a postgraduate diploma from the London Film Academy.
Anju Singh
Curator, Producer & Musician
Anju Singh (she/ her) is a film, theatre, music, and digital producer and curator based in Vancouver, BC and is currently producing an animated film called Black Fly written by playwrights Omari Newton and Amy Lee Lavoie, as well as an animated operetta film called “Did I Just Say That?” being co-produced by Visceral Visions and re: Naissance Opera. Anju’s producing work began in producing festivals, music, digital projects, and media arts events, but she has since branched into theatre and opera as new avenues and areas to stretch her producing skills. In addition to her producing roles, she is an active and practicing composer, musician, sound artist and media artist. Her main curatorial roles are with MAC Media Arts Committee’s Sound Artist in Residence program as well as lead curation for Vancouver Noise Festival.
Anju’s artistic work has been presented across Canada, in Europe, Brazil, Mexico, and the United States at festivals, galleries, and events in a variety of spaces including Send + Receive Festival, Vancouver Jazz Festival, Polygon Gallery, and artist run/underground spaces.
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