DANIEL BROOKS – Director & Co-Creator For Necessary Angel: Half Life; Bigger Than Jesus; Insomnia; The Eco Show Other: Daniel has been a mainstay of Canada’s theatre community for the past 20 years. He has worked as a director, writer, actor, producer, and teacher. Some of his creations include Red Tape and 86; An Autopsy (with Don McKellar and Tracy Wright); The Lorca Play, House, Here Lies Henry, Monster, and Cul-de-sac (all with Daniel MacIvor); The Noam Chomsky Lectures and Insomnia (with Guillermo Verdecchia); Bigger Than Jesus (with Rick Miller); and The Good Life. His work as a director includes John Mighton’s PossibleWorlds and Half Life, Goethe’s Faust, and Beckett’s Endgame. His most recent play is The Eco Show. He has won and been nominated for many theatre awards. He was the first recipient of the prestigious Elinore and Lou Siminovitch Prize in Theatre for directing. His work has traveled across Canada and around the world. He is currently the Artistic Director of The Necessary Angel Theatre Company.