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No Escape
 1978 Dean Gilmour and Michele Smith graduate from l'École Jacques Lecoq, Paris
 1981 Just Married - duMaurier World Stage, Toronto
 1982-85 No Escape - Toronto, Sarrbrucken. Rome, Hamburg, Nuremberg, Bonn, Vancouver, St. John's, Copenhagen, Avignon
 1984 O Canayen! - Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto
 1985 Carmen, An Opera for Two Clowns - Theatre Centre, Toronto
 1986

You Either Fly or Fall - The Poor Alex, Toronto

Commedia, A Tale of Passion (by Carlo Gozzi, adaptation by Smith/Gilmour) - Theatre Centre, Toronto


The Dispute
 1987

Co-founded The Poor Alex Group with Crow's & Theatre Columbus

Rites of Spring - The Poor Alex (produced with Theatre Beyond Words)
Dora nomination

Carmen, The Sequel - The Poor Alex

The Green Bird (by Carlo Gozzi) - The Poor Alex
Four Dora nominations
Chalmers New Canadian Play nomination

   
Bonnie and Clyde are Dead

 1988

The Dispute (by Pierre de Marivaux) - The Poor Alex

Trouble is my Business - The Poor Alex
Dora nomination

 1989

The Miser (by Moliere) - The Poor Alex

Bonnie and Clyde are Dead (by Banuta Rubess) - The Poor Alex

1990 The Imaginary Invalid (by Moliere) - The Poor Alex
1990-93  To Cry is Not So - Toronto, Victoria, Edmonton, Vancouver, St. John's, London, Oxford, Brighton, Leicester, Beaumaris, Edinburgh, Amsterdam
Four Dora nominations
1991 The Serpent Woman (by Carlo Gozzi, adapted by Smith/Gilmour/J. Sherman) - The Poor Alex
 To Cry is Not So
To Cry is Not So
1993-98 In the Wings of Eden (Smith/Gilmour/D. Cave) - Toronto (Poor Alex & Tarragon), Chemnitz, Plauen, Dresden, Edmonton, Winnipeg, St. John's, Chisinau, Sibiu, Belgrade, Shopje, Thessaloniki, Calgary
1994 The Decameron - duMaurier World Stage, Toronto
1995

The Time and Place (by Botho Strauss) - Factory Theatre, Toronto
Four Dora nominations

Strangers in the Night (by Smith/Gilmour/H. Olschok) - Premieres at Begegnungen 95 International Theatre Festival, Chemnitz, Jena, Toronto

 
Strangers in the Night
1996

Founding members of The Group of Seven Theatres

Kaldewey, Farce (by Botho Strauss) - Canadian Stage, Toronto

Le Malade Imaginaire (by Moliere) - co-production with Theatre Francais at Canadian Stage
Two Dora nominations, one Dora award

1997

Sam's Last Dance (by Sean Dixon) - The Theatre Centre, Toronto

Only Canadian theatre company invited to Cultural Capitol of Europe celebrations in Thessaloniki; performed In the Wings of Eden

Dante's Inferno workshop (by Smith/Gilmour with the company)


In the Wings of Eden
1998

Dante's Inferno premiere at the Factory Theatre, Toronto

The Cherry Orchard - co-production with Theatre Columbus at Canadian Stage

 

1999

In the Wings of Eden - tour to Eastern Front, Dartmouth NS

 

1999-2001 Chekhov's shorts (adapted from Chekhov by Smith/Gilmour/the Company) - Toronto (15 weeks), Vancouver, Edmonton, Dartmouth, Hong Kong, Montreal
Three Dora Mavor Moore Awards
  2002

Chekhov longs...In the Ravine (adapted from Chekhov by Smith/Gilmour with the company)-produced in association with Factory Theatre, Toronto.

Four Dora Mavor Moore Awards

Chekhov longs...In the Ravine- Carrefour International Theatre Festival, Quebec City

 

Chekhov Longs... In the Ravine

2003

 

Chekhov's shorts - Firehall Theatre, Vancouver

Chekhov Longs... In the Ravine - Magnetic North Theatre Festival, National Arts Centre, Ottawa; Festival des Ameriques, Montreal, Quebec

Chekhov's shorts and Chekhov Longs... In the Ravine - in repertory, in association with Factory Theatre, Toronto

 
Dr. Chekhov: Ward 6

 2004

 

Dr. Chekhov: Ward 6 (adapted from Chekhov by Smith/Gilmour/the Company) - in association with Factory Theatre, Toronto

Chekhov's shorts- National Theatre of China, Beijing, Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre and Macau Cultural Arts Centre.

 

2005

Chekhov's Heartache-(adapted from Chekhov by Smith and Gilmour with the company)-in association with Factory Theatre, Toronto

Chekhov's shorts- Ontario Tour: St. Catherines, Kitchener, Chatham, Windsor, Brampton, Barrie and Markham

 

2006

Chekhov's Heartache- remount at the Factory Theatre

Chekhov's shorts- Chiang Kia Shek International Theatre Festival, Taipei

Chekhov longs...In the Ravine- Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre, Ontario Tour: St. Catherines, Kitchener, Brampton, Barrie and Parry Sound; Artistic Fraud, St. John's, Newfoundland and Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon.

 

2007

Lu Xun blossoms - co-prodcution Theatre Smtih-Gilmour and Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre (adapted from Lu Xun by Smith and Gilmour with the company)-Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre, People's Art Theatre-Beijing, Hong Kong Cultural Arts Centre, Sapphire Theatre- Guangzhou and Macau Cultural Arts Centre.

Chekhov's shorts-Chekhov International Theatre Festival, Moscow

 

2008

 

Katherine Mansfield Project- (created by Smith and Gilmour with the company) in association with Factory Theatre, Toronto.

 

 

 

 

 

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