PRODUCTION HISTORY:

 
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

Chekhov Longs... In the Ravine
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

 
Chekhov Shorts

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.

 


Lu Xun Blossoms
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

 


Katherine Mansfield

2008 & 2009

 

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

 

 

 

 

 


SPENT
2009 SPENT developed with Adam Paolozza and Ravi Jain. Presented at Factory Theatre in October 2009.

GRIMM too
2010 Grimm in association with Factory Theatre, Toronto to be presented in February 2010.

 

 


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