Jivesh Parasram is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist of Indo Caribbean descent (Cairi/Trinidad & Tobago). Jivesh grew up in Mi'Kma'Ki (Nova Scotia) before moving to Tkaronto (Toronto). In 2009 he co-founded Pandemic Theatre, through which much of his work has been created, often in close collaboration with co-founder Tom Arthur Davis. He is a recipient of two Harold Awards for his service to the independent theatre community in Tkaronto, including the Ken McDougall Award.
Jivesh won the 2018 Toronto Arts Foundation Emerging Artist Award, and was a member of the second cohort of the Cultural Leaders Lab with the Toronto Arts Council and the Banff Centre. In 2018, Jivesh took on the position of artistic director for Rumble Theatre. He lives primarily in the unceded Coast Salish territories (Vancouver, BC). Tom is a theatre artist, producer, and project manager based on Lekwungen Traditional Territory.
In 2009, he co-founded Pandemic Theatre (then less distastefully named), for which he has acted as the Artistic Director. Tom has also worked with Why Not Theatre as a Managing Producer, the Toronto Fringe as a program director, and with PuSh International Performing Arts Festival as the Interim Director of Programming. Currently, he is working with the BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres, helping to organize their annual Indigenous youth conference, Gathering Our Voices.
His works for the stage include Mahmoud (co-writer), Take d Milk, Nah? (co-creator/dramaturge), The Only Good Indian (co-creator), and SWIM (co-writer). Graham Isador is a writer and photographer in Toronto. He is a former contributing editor at VICE. His work has also appeared at GQ, Men's Health, and The Globe and Mail. Isador's latest play, White Heat, won outstanding performance text at the SummerWorks performance festival in 2019.
Jivesh won the 2018 Toronto Arts Foundation Emerging Artist Award, and was a member of the second cohort of the Cultural Leaders Lab with the Toronto Arts Council and the Banff Centre. In 2018, Jivesh took on the position of artistic director for Rumble Theatre. He lives primarily in the unceded Coast Salish territories (Vancouver, BC). Tom is a theatre artist, producer, and project manager based on Lekwungen Traditional Territory.
In 2009, he co-founded Pandemic Theatre (then less distastefully named), for which he has acted as the Artistic Director. Tom has also worked with Why Not Theatre as a Managing Producer, the Toronto Fringe as a program director, and with PuSh International Performing Arts Festival as the Interim Director of Programming. Currently, he is working with the BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres, helping to organize their annual Indigenous youth conference, Gathering Our Voices.
His works for the stage include Mahmoud (co-writer), Take d Milk, Nah? (co-creator/dramaturge), The Only Good Indian (co-creator), and SWIM (co-writer). Graham Isador is a writer and photographer in Toronto. He is a former contributing editor at VICE. His work has also appeared at GQ, Men's Health, and The Globe and Mail. Isador's latest play, White Heat, won outstanding performance text at the SummerWorks performance festival in 2019.
