Dr. Michael Devine has directed nearly fifty professional productions in nine languages, including work with national theatres in Canada, Serbia, Kosovo, Romania, and Hungary.
He has been a featured guest artist at major international theatre festivals including MESS (Sarajevo), FITS (Sibiu), FIST (Belgrade), and others across Europe and beyond. His performance creation and actor-training system, BoxWhatBox, has been presented in more than twenty countries across five continents. Michael is the Founder and Executive Director of the Centre for Alternative Theatre Training (CATT), an international actor training intensive conducted annually in intercultural contexts.
Classically trained at LAMDA (London) and HB Studio (New York City), he continues to develop the BoxWhatBox methodology, including his forthcoming book BoxWhatBox: Holistic Acting for the 21st Century.
Hartley Jafine is an artist-scholar and applied drama facilitator. He has been teaching courses on creativity and play for over a decade at McMaster University (CA). As an instructor in the Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) and Arts & Science programs he facilitates courses on theatre, devising, and arts-based research. His work seeks to activate creative muscles and infuse creativity, improvisation, and play in non-traditional theatre spaces including universities, hospitals, and community settings. He has facilitated theatre workshops and productions in Canada, the United States, England, and Kosovo (CATT 2009). Hartley holds a BA in Theatre Studies from Acadia University (CA) and an MA in Applied Drama from Goldsmiths, University of London (UK).
A visual record of laboratory work, rehearsal processes, and international collaborations.