Jack Paterson (he/him) is a multi-award-winning theatre maker and creative producer with over two decades of experience with a profound commitment to inclusive, innovative, and globally conscious theatre. His projects span Canada, Asia, Europe, South America, the USA, and the UK, ranging from Rural Creativity to International Collaboration, specialising in transcultural and multi-disciplinary devised works, fostering creative access, developing new works and translations, and creating contemporary interpretations of English and World classics. His productions have garnered over 30 professional theatre award nominations, with numerous wins for “Outstanding Direction” and “Outstanding Production,” and he is a recipient of the “Ray Michal” and “John Moffat & Larry Lillo” Outstanding Body of Work Awards.
His training includes Circle in the Square (USA), Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (Moscow, RU), Indonesian Institute of the Arts (ID), and an MFA in Direction from East15 Acting School & University of Essex (UK). Selected Professional Development & Creative Research include: Pathways - Reconciliation, equity, diversity in Rural Arts (Interior BC, CA 2025); Creation: SLAM! New Circus Theatre Creation, Robert Lepage & Ex Machina (Quebec, CA 2024/25); Sacred Theatre: Oberammergau Passionsspiele (Oberammergau DE 2022); Transdisciplinary Creation: National German Innovation Incubator Platform, flausen+ bundesnetzwerk (Berlin, Bielefeld, Bonn, Köln, Marburg, & Oldenburg DE 2019); Disability Arts: Theater HORA (Zurich CH 2018); New Writing & Dramaturgy: Theatre503 (London, UK 2016); New Writing & Translation: Playwrights’ Workshop Montreal (Montreal 2011/12).
He is currently leads the theatre curation and new work development with Summerland’s Ryga Arts Festival in Interior BC, Canada. And is the co-founder of multiple collectives including Bouche Theatre Collective (Connecting across distance), New Translation Canada (Bridging linguistic divides), and Theatre Nomad Collective (Intercultural exchange).
