Two award-winning theatre directors will headline this monthB次元官网网址檚 Orion fine arts lecture series through the University of Victoria.

The universityB次元官网网址檚 theatre department will host the lectures over Zoom on March 8 and 18.

Ravi Jain, a Toronto-based director will run the March 8 lecture. His presentation will focus on how the Why Not Theatre that he founded B次元官网网址済rew into a national institution through innovative art, community building and provoking systems change,B次元官网网址� according to a news release.

The university said Jain, whoB次元官网网址檚 won multiple directing awards, is known for making politically bold and accessible theatre on the indie and larger stages.

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Soheil Parsa, an award-winning director, writer, dramaturg and teacher, will host the subsequent lecture. Parsa studied theatre in Iran and Toronto before going on to start the Modern Time Stage Company, which the university called B次元官网网址渙ne of the most innovating theatre companies in Canada.B次元官网网址�

Parsa has been recognized with a number of Canadian and international theatre awards. In his lecture, called B次元官网网址淭ranscending Cultural and Political Borders in Theatre,B次元官网网址� Parsa will talk about the his personal artistic aesthetic and his companyB次元官网网址檚 beliefs, core values and philosophy.

Registration for JainB次元官网网址檚 lecture is available and ParsaB次元官网网址檚 can be found .

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