Necessary Angel Theatre Company
Artistic Director: Alan Dilworth
Necessary Angel is dedicated to fully exploring the theatrical arts. We create original work that challenges assumptions and engages multiple points of view, while seeking to provoke and astonish.
Necessary Angel has been an influential and original presence on the national and international theatre scene for over 30 years. Having produced more than 50 productions, including 27 world premieres and 10 North American premieres, Necessary Angel is considered one of English Canada’s most important original creation and touring organizations. The company’s plays have been nominated for and have won numerous Governor General’s Awards for Drama, Chalmers Awards for Outstanding New Play, and countless Dora Mavor Moore Awards.
Over the years, Necessary Angel has welcomed the participation of outstanding literary icons, including Michael Ondaatje and Timothy Findley, while also developing new work with some of Canada’s leading playwrights, including Daniel MacIvor, John Mighton, Colleen Murphy, Jason Sherman, Colleen Wagner, and David Young, whose works have become acclaimed on stages around the globe.
Necessary Angel tours its work to prominent theatres and festivals across Canada and internationally. In recent years, the company has travelled to every major Canadian city and several international destinations including Edinburgh, Florence, Glasgow, Melbourne, Miami and Munich.
In 2008, Necessary Angel founded an innovative Associate Artist program, made possible by the generous gift of Judith Harris in honour of Tony Woolfson’s 60th birthday. The program allowed the company to invite visionary theatre artists Graham McLaren and Brigitte Haentjens to create theatrical work of lasting importance for national and international touring.
(necessaryangel.com)
Website
Produced by Necessary Angel Theatre Company
| Winter Solstice | January 14th, 2025 – February 2nd, 2025 |
| What the Constitution Means to Me | October 31st, 2024 – November 10th, 2024 |
| Letters From Max, a ritual | November 10th, 2023 – December 3rd, 2023 |
| Hermaphroditus | July 6th, 2023 – July 16th, 2023 |
| New | April 25th, 2023 – May 14th, 2023 |
| Is God Is | May 6th, 2022 – May 22nd, 2022 |
| The Events | March 1st, 2020 – March 15th, 2020 |
| Escaped Alone | October 28th, 2018 – October 25th, 2018 |
| A City | March 14th, 2017 – April 2nd, 2017 |
| All But Gone | October 11th, 2016 – November 6th, 2016 |
| Hedda Gabler | January 12th, 2016 – February 7th, 2016 |
| It Comes in Waves | July 13th, 2015 – July 24th, 2015 |
Show 18 more
Presented by Necessary Angel Theatre Company
| Asking For It | October 6th, 2017 – October 21st, 2017 |
| Are You Okay | March 1st, 2011 – March 13th, 2011 |
Current Staff
| Alan Dilworth | Artistic Director |
| Kanika Ambrose | Associate Artistic Director |
| Kristina McNamee | General Manager |
| Leonard McHardy | Communications |
| Leonard McHardy | Development |
| Katie Saunoris | Communications Consultant |
| Yien Yip | Bookkeeper |
Former staff
(click to show/hide)
Board of Directors
| Richard Stursberg | Chair |
| Diane Blake | Vice Chair |
| Boyd Neil | Board Secretary |
| Roslyn Kaman | Co-Treasurer |
| Sa’ad Shah | Co-Treasurer |
| Astrid Janson | Member |
| Mickey Patha | Member |
| Yashoda Ranganathan | Member |
| Nalini Stewart | Member |
| Daniel Weinzweig | Member |
