Bindon Kinghorn

Pre-Diploma (Wimbledon School of Art, England), Diploma (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art)
Theatre Manager/Instructor
Production & Management
bkinghor@uvic.ca

Brief Biography

Since emigrating from England in 1973, Bindon Kinghorn has been Assistant General Manager of The Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, the Artistic Director of The Nanaimo Theatre Festival, Associate Production Manager of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the XV Commonwealth Games, and founding director of the Parliament Building Players in Victoria.

Currently the Theatre Manager and an Instructor for the Department, Bindon also chairs the Theatre Safety Committee. He has both acted in and directed such Phoenix shows as Colours in the Storm, The Days of the Commune, The Thwarting of Baron Billigrew, Hay Fever, The Suicide, Rodgers and Hart, The Pirates of Penzance, Round and Round the Garden, Loot, and Peter Pan (which he also co-directed for CHEK TV). He created and directed the ‘train-musical’ Allaboard! with colleague Dale McIntosh, and in 2001 directed two shows in Madeira, Portugal.