Jivesh Parasram
Jivesh Parasram is a Canadian actor, playwright and theatre director,[1] whose play Take d Milk, Nah? was a nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2021 Governor General's Awards.[2]
Of Indo-Caribbean descent, Parasram was born and raised in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.[1] He later moved to Toronto, where he was founding director of the Pandemic Theatre company,[3] and then to Vancouver, where he is currently artistic director of Rumble Theatre.[4]
Take d Milk, Nah? was first staged in 2018 by Theatre Passe Muraille,[5] before being published in 2021 by Playwrights Canada Press.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Danny Kai Mak, "Take d Milk, Nah?'s Jivesh Parasram upends identity play with heartbreaking truths and hilarious asides". The Georgia Straight, October 23, 2019.
- ^ "Rachel Cusk among fiction finalists for Governor General’s Literary Awards". Toronto Star, October 14, 2021.
- ^ "Provocative, engaging one-man show challenges mainstream perspectives". Ottawa Citizen, January 17, 2020.
- ^ Shawn Conner, "Dark play parodies posturing; Show mocks 'being with a cause without being with a cause at all'". Vancouver Sun, May 21, 2020.
- ^ Carly Maga, "Whose identity are we looking at when we see an identity play?". Toronto Star, April 15, 2018.
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