Ned Dickens

As a Playwright Ned’s staged credits include: OEDIPUS (Under the Gardiner Expressway by DIE IN DEBT. 2 Dora Mavor Moore Awards including Outstanding Production); BEO’S BEDROOM (YOUNG PEOPLE’S THEATRE, GRAND LONDON, NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE, & THEATRE NEW BRUNSWICK; Dora Award, Chalmers Award nomination); ICARA (ANANKE THEATRE. Dora Award nomination. NOW Magizine’s top ten of 2000.); THE STAR CHILD (A libretto for THE CANADIAN CHILDREN”S OPERA CHORUS, Harbourfront Centre. John Greer, Composer); HORSE (THE THEATRE CENTRE). For Television: six episodes of the highly successful ROLL PLAY series (Treehouse). For CBC Radio Drama: BEO’S BEDROOM, LUKE AND THE BIG CIRCLES (Gold Medal, The New York Festivals), CHEESE MAGIC, and LUKE AND THE TERRIBLE THING.

Ned was, for a while, a regular contributor to RICHARDSON’S ROUNDUP on CBC Radio 1. Ned taught high school for seven years. He has also taught Creative Writing at St Lawrence College, served as Playwright in Residence at the National Theatre School and at Nightswimming, amongst others, and designed and delivered innumerable workshops for groups including the Toronto District School Board, Queens University, George Brown College, the Green Party of Canada, and various corporate clients. He lives in Kingston with his wife and two children.

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