The core members of the Electric Company met while training at Vancouver’s highly acclaimed Studio 58 acting school. Since 1992 they have been working together to create original physically based theatre. Collectively their talents and skills include acting, writing, direction, design, education, and arts administration. In 1996, the Electric Company was formally switched on with their breakthrough production of Brilliant! The Blinding Enlightenment of Nikola Tesla, which marked the emergence of their unique style and method of creation. Previous Electric Company productions include:

• The Score (feature length film, Vancouver International Film Festival & Puerto Vallarta Film Festival 2005, CBC Opening Night 2006)
• Brilliant! The Blinding Enlightenment of Nikola Tesla (San Jose Stage Company, San Jose, CA 2005)
• Brilliant! The Blinding Enlightenment of Nikola Tesla (Magnetic North Theatre Festival, Edmonton 2004)
• The Palace Grand, by Jonathon Young (Vancouver East Cultural Centre, 2004)
• Brilliant! The Blinding Enlightenment of Nikola Tesla (Firehall Arts Centre, Vancouver; Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Scotland; Western Canada Theatre, Kamloops, 2003)
• The Fall (Theatre at UBC, Warehouse on the Finning Lands, 2003)
• The One That Got Away by Kendra Fanconi (Swimming Pools – Jewish Community Centre, 2002)
• Flop (Vancouver East Cultural Centre, 2002)
• Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands with Carmen Aguirre(Vancouver East Cultural Centre, 2001)
• The Score (Waterfront Theatre, 2000)
• The Wake (Granville Island, Vancouver 1999)
• MUD (Theatre Under the Gun, Vancouver East Cultural Centre, 1999)
• Brilliant! The Blinding Enlightenment of Nikola Tesla (High Performance Rodeo, One Yellow Rabbit, Calgary 1999)
• The Mammoth (Theatre Under the Gun, Vancouver East Cultural Center, 1998)
• Brilliant! The Blinding Enlightenment of Nikola Tesla (Roundhouse Performance Space, March 1998)
• Great Day for Up (More Four Play Festival, Studio 58, 1997)
• Brilliant! The Blinding Enlightenment of Nikola Tesla (Vancouver Fringe Festival, 1996)
• Molly Brolly and the Folly of Love (Women in View Festival, Vancouver 1995)

AWARDS

The Electric Company has received 55 Jessie Richardson Award Nominations and earned of 27 Jessie Awards for Excellence in Theatre including:

• Four for Best Production (Brilliant!, The Score, The One That Got Away,& The Fall)
• Twice for Best Original Script (Brilliant! & The Score)
• Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor (Jonathon Young, The Palace Grand)
• Twice for Best Direction (Kim Collier, The Score & The One That Got Away)
• Outstanding Emerging Director (2000, Kim Collier)
• Winner of the Alcan Performing Arts Award 2001 – the first of its kind cash award for the creation of a new project (Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands)

Visit The Electric Company online: electriccompanytheatre.com/home.htm

Studies in Motion: The Hauntings of Eadweard Muybridge is a co-production
with Theatre at UBC, Electric Company Theatre and the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival.