Deborah Pearson

Deborah Pearson (born 1983) is a British and Canadian theatre producer, playwright, librettist and live artist born in Toronto, Canada.
She is founder and co-director of Forest Fringe, winner of the 2009 Peter Brook Empty Space Award , a Fringe First and three Herald Angels. In 2010 she won a Herald Angel for her solo show Like You Were Before at the Edinburgh Festival and was shortlisted for the Total Theatre Award for Innovation and the Arches Brick Award. That year she was also listed as one of the 100 most influential people in UK theatre along with Forest Fringe co-director Andy Field .
She frequently collaborates with Volcano Theatre in Canada for whom she recently wrote a modern English libretto for Handel's Clori, Tirsi e Fileno renamed A Synonym for Love performed at the Gladstone Hotel with CMC.
In 2007 she ran an Advice Booth on Brick Lane for several months giving £1 advice to passersby with Morgan McBride. This booth was the subject of a documentary by Current TV.

Plays

• • The Queen West Project, In collaboration with Allison Cummings. 12-23 September 2012 at in the Theatre Beyond Walls season at Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto
  • A Synonym for Love, Directed by Ross Manson. 20-31 August 2012 at the Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
  • The Future Show, Written and performed by Deborah Pearson. 7 April 2012 at the Basement; 20 April 2012 at the Gate; 10 - 12 January 2013 at BAC
  • Indiscreet, Written and performed by Deborah Pearson with Eleanor Buchan, Caroline Williams and Rea Mole. 29 March - 20 April 2011 at BAC
  • Like You Were Before, Written and performed by Deborah Pearson. April 2010 at BAC; Edinburgh Festival 2010; The Junction, STK Airport, PAC, Arnolfini, Broadway Cinema 2011; Culturgest Lisboa 2012

Notable Publications

• • "The Necessity of Narrative?" Exeunt Magazine, 2012

External Links

• Deborah Pearson's website
• Forest Fringe website
• Advice Booth website