Niall McNeil has been involved with theatre from an early age through his long association with the Caravan Farm Theatre. As a youngster he performed in Romeo and Juliet, Bull by the Horns and Strange Medicine. Niall acted with the Leaky Heaven Circus Theatre in Vancouver since its inception in 1999. He performed in many of its shows including Leaky Heaven Circus -Part One, Typhoon, Conference of the Birds, Birthday Boy, King Llyr, Zigguart, Bonobo and Salome. In 2010 Niall travelled to Ottawa to perform in Christmas Carol as a member of the English Acting Company of the National Arts Centre. In 2011 Leaky Heaven and Neworld Theatre co-produced 'Peter Panties' a play written by Niall and Marcus Youssef which was performed in the Vancouver Push Festival. 'Peter Panties' won a Jesse Richardson 'Critics Choice' Award for Innovation in theatre. Niall's most recently acted in Marie Clements short film 'Pilgrims' in Fall 2012.
Niall loves researching new ideas, writing music and writing plays. Niall also enjoys teaching acting with his friends at the Down Syndrome Research Foundation. / Marcus Youssef's plays include Winners and Losers, Leftovers, Jabber, How Has My Love Affected You?, Ali & Ali and the aXes of Evil, Everyone, Adrift, Peter Panties, Chloe's Choice and A Line in the Sand. They have been performed across North America, Australia and Europe, including the Dublin Theatre Festival, Soho Rep (Off-Broadway), Festival Trans Ameriques, PuSh Festival (four times), Noorderzon (Netherlands), Ca Foscari (Venice), Brno Festival (Czech), Aarhus Festival (Denmark), On the Boards (Seattle) the Magnetic North Festival (five times). Awards include: 2017 Canada Council Staunch-Lynton Award, Rio-Tinto Alcan Performing Arts, Chalmer's Canadian Play, Seattle Times Footlight, Arts Club Silver Commission, and Vancouver Critics' Choice (three times) and numerous local awards in Vancouver. Toronto and Montreal. Marcus is Artistic Director of Vancouver's Neworld Theatre, editorial advisor to Canadian Theatre Review, an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia and a Canadian Fellow to the International Society of Performing Arts. neworldtheatre.
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