Ross Manson: translator & director

Ross Manson is an award-winning director, a translator, an actor, and the founding artistic director of Volcano, an internationally acclaimed theatre company based in Toronto. Volcano is an independent, concept-driven company characterized by multi-disciplinarity and collaboration across intersectional identities. Ross’s shows for Volcano have toured to four continents, and won or been nominated for over seventy-five local, national and international awards. His work has been seen at: Canadian Stage Company; Tarragon Theatre; Factory Theatre; Luminato Festival; Vancouver East Cultural Centre; Traverse Theatre Scotland; LiteraturFest Berlin; ArtsEmerson, Boston; PS122 New York; National Svenska Theatre, Helsinki; Reykjavik Arts Festival, Iceland; SESC São Paulo, Brazil; Ubumuntu Festival, Rwanda; and the Edinburgh International Festival, among many others. Award recognition includes Toronto Theatre Dora Awards as a director, a theatre-maker, and a producer; the KM Hunter award in Theatre; and short lists for the Siminovitch National Directing award (twice); the Ontario Premiere’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, and the Toronto Arts Foundation Cultural Leadership Award.