Michael Shamata

February 6, 2018  at 12:45pm

Please join us for a Q&A style talk with Michael Shamata, the Artistic Director of the Belfry Theatre. Michael will be speaking about the current Belfry show Forget About Tomorrow, which he directed.

Michael is Artistic Director of Victoria’s Belfry Theatre. An award-winning director, he has created productions at Canada’s major theatres, including the Stratford Festival, Canadian Stage, Citadel Theatre, Theatre Calgary, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, and Vancouver Playhouse. Also a writer, his adaptation and production of A Christmas Carol at Soulpepper is a Toronto tradition. Michael is the former Artistic Director of Theatre New Brunswick and the Grand Theatre in London, Ontario. He has served as Vice-President of PACT, as an Actors’ Equity Council member, and as Chair of the Jury for the Governor General’s Award for English Language Drama.