Meet Kevin Bennett

Kevin Bennett is a Vancouver-born director who has become renowned for intuitive, accessible, and profound stagings of classical theatre. He is a graduate of the professional theatre-training program, Studio 58, at Langara College, where he focused on directing. He has completed two seasons in the Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Direction at the Stratford Festival, and RADA's "How to Rehearse" directing course Kevin has also founded his own theatre company Limbo Circus Theatre two years ago and he is a founding member of The Honest Fishmongers Equity Co-op

Recent Directorial Credits: King Lear, Hamlet (Honest Fishmongers/Havana Theatre), Fallout, Treasure Island (Studio 58), 7 Stories, The Loudest Silence, Dido; Queen of Carthage (Templeton Secondary), The Woman in Black, Cold Comfort (Yogurt Theatre), Macbeth (Little Mountain Studios) Selected Assistant directing credits: King John, The Three Musketeers (Stratford Festival of Canada), She Stoops to Conquer (Arts Club), Richard III, Much Ado About Nothing (Bard on the Beach), NiX (The Only Animal/Cultural Olympiad). Recent awards: Jean Gascon Directing Award (Guthrie Awards, Stratford Festival), 2015 Bluma Appel Mentorship Award for Directing (Shakespeare's Globe Canada). Working as an assistant director this spring at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, England. Other: Kevin works as an assistant director this spring at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, England. teaches weekly classes on Shakespeare and performance techniques in the downtown east side for both members of the Carnegie Community Centre and professional actors. He also teaches weekly classes on Shakespeare and performance techniques in the downtown east side for both members of the Carnegie Community Centre and professional actors.