Adam Lazarus
Adam Lazarus is an award-winning theatre creator, whose work has been showcased around the world. He is known for dynamic and implicating performances, including the international thought-disrupter Daughter; the radical raceoration The Art of Building a Bunker (co-written with Guillermo Verdecchia), and the vicious bouffon love play Wonderland.
Adam is an international instructor of performance who brings a dark and comic sensibility to his work and collaborations. He has acted as a creation director for countless actors, musicians, speakers, comedians, dancers and performance artists. He is a sessional acting instructor at the National Theatre School of Canada, Pig Iron Theatre’s School for Performance, the Sibiu International Theatre Festival, and the University of Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ. Adam was the founder and artistic director of the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Festival of Clowns for ten years and is a graduate of and former apprentice to Master Teacher Philippe Gaulier.
He has acted as a creation director for countless actors, musicians, speakers, comedians, dancers and performance artists, helping them to spark and form characters and narratives, worlds and images.
Adam lives in Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ, Canada, with his wife Sarah and their two children, Josephine and Oliver.