Beau Dixon is a multi-award winning playwright, actor, composer and sound designer. Four of Beau's one-act plays have been performed in elementary, secondary and post-secondary schools throughout Canada. Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story won two Dora awards (Best New Play and Best Performance/ TYA Division), the Calgary Critics Award (Best Individual Performance), and two Betty Mitchell nominations (Best Touring Play, Best Male Performance).
In 2016 he was a KM Hunter Award finalist and was also inducted into Peterborough's Pathway of Fame for his leadership in the dramatic arts. Beau is artistic director and co-founder of Firebrand Theatre. He continues to write and perform, dividing his time between Peterborough and Toronto. Peterborough, Ontario-based husband and wife team, Rob Fortin (lyrics) and Susan Newman (music) have spent decades together writing songs for plays, performing and music directing.
Their work includes two full length musicals: Cavan Casanova (book by Robert Winslow, 4th Line Theatre, 2003) and Hungry: A Musical Hansel and Gretel (book by Kate Story, Public Energy, 2008). In 2015 they were awarded, along with Beau Dixon, a Dora Mavor Moore Award (Outstanding New Play, Theatre for Young Audiences) for Firebrand Theatre's Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story, for which they composed the songs.
They are currently developing a new musical, Airborne, with Beau Dixon and Michele Coleman. Susan is the director/arranger of the Convivio Chorus. Together they comprise two thirds of the jazz vocal trio Chester Babcock. Peterborough, Ontario-based husband and wife team, Rob Fortin (lyrics) and Susan Newman (music) have spent decades together writing songs for plays, performing and music directing.
Their work includes two full length musicals: Cavan Casanova (book by Robert Winslow, 4th Line Theatre, 2003) and Hungry: A Musical Hansel and Gretel (book by Kate Story, Public Energy, 2008). In 2015 they were awarded, along with Beau Dixon, a Dora Mavor Moore Award (Outstanding New Play, Theatre for Young Audiences) for Firebrand Theatre's Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story, for which they composed the songs.
They are currently developing a new musical, Airborne, with Beau Dixon and Michele Coleman. Susan is the director/arranger of the Convivio Chorus. Together they comprise two thirds of the jazz vocal trio Chester Babcock.
In 2016 he was a KM Hunter Award finalist and was also inducted into Peterborough's Pathway of Fame for his leadership in the dramatic arts. Beau is artistic director and co-founder of Firebrand Theatre. He continues to write and perform, dividing his time between Peterborough and Toronto. Peterborough, Ontario-based husband and wife team, Rob Fortin (lyrics) and Susan Newman (music) have spent decades together writing songs for plays, performing and music directing.
Their work includes two full length musicals: Cavan Casanova (book by Robert Winslow, 4th Line Theatre, 2003) and Hungry: A Musical Hansel and Gretel (book by Kate Story, Public Energy, 2008). In 2015 they were awarded, along with Beau Dixon, a Dora Mavor Moore Award (Outstanding New Play, Theatre for Young Audiences) for Firebrand Theatre's Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story, for which they composed the songs.
They are currently developing a new musical, Airborne, with Beau Dixon and Michele Coleman. Susan is the director/arranger of the Convivio Chorus. Together they comprise two thirds of the jazz vocal trio Chester Babcock. Peterborough, Ontario-based husband and wife team, Rob Fortin (lyrics) and Susan Newman (music) have spent decades together writing songs for plays, performing and music directing.
Their work includes two full length musicals: Cavan Casanova (book by Robert Winslow, 4th Line Theatre, 2003) and Hungry: A Musical Hansel and Gretel (book by Kate Story, Public Energy, 2008). In 2015 they were awarded, along with Beau Dixon, a Dora Mavor Moore Award (Outstanding New Play, Theatre for Young Audiences) for Firebrand Theatre's Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story, for which they composed the songs.
They are currently developing a new musical, Airborne, with Beau Dixon and Michele Coleman. Susan is the director/arranger of the Convivio Chorus. Together they comprise two thirds of the jazz vocal trio Chester Babcock.