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Necessary Angel Theatre Company is dedicated to fully exploring the theatrical arts. We create original work that challenges assumptions and engages multiple points of view, while seeking to provoke and astonish.
Necessary Angel has been an influential and original presence on the national and international theatre scene for 30 years. Having produced over 50 productions, including 27 world premieres and 10 North American premieres, Necessary Angel is considered to be one of English Canada's most important original creation and touring organizations. The company's plays have been nominated for and have won numerous Governor General’s Awards for Drama, Chalmers Awards for Outstanding New Play, and countless Dora Mavor Moore Awards. Daniel Brooks has been the company's Artistic Director since 2003.
Over the years, Necessary Angel has welcomed the participation of outstanding literary icons, including Michael Ondaatje and Timothy Findley, while also developing new work with some of Canada’s leading playwrights, including Daniel MacIvor, John Mighton, Colleen Murphy, Jason Sherman, Colleen Wagner and David Young, whose works have become acclaimed on stages around the globe.
Necessary Angel tours its work to prominent theatres and festivals across Canada and internationally. In the last five years, the company has travelled to every major Canadian city and several international destinations including Charleston, Edinburgh, Florence, Glasgow, Melbourne , Miami and Munich.
In 2008, Necessary Angel founded an innovative Associate Artist Program, made possible by the generous gift of Judith Harr in honour of Tony Woolfson's 60th birthday. The program has allowed the company to invite visionary theatre artists Graham McLaren and Brigitte Haentjens to create theatrical work of lasting importance for national and international touring.
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