THE GEORDIE TEAM

Artistic Director - Dean Patrick Fleming

Dean Fleming has worked as an actor, director, stage manager, acting coach, and voice talent in over one hundred theatre, film, and television productions, one of the first of which was with Geordie in the original production of A Promise is a Promise. Other Geordie shows include directing Robinson Crusoe and acting in Brahm and the Angel. Dean has also directed productions in many Montreal theatres including Place des Arts, the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, five seasons of Tricycle Productions' theatre for young audience tours and many productions at Hudson's Village Theatre.

Dean is co-founder and co-artistic director of ASM Performing Arts, Montreal's top private acting studio where he still spends some of his time teaching and creating with wonderful people in the world of theatre and film.

He is honored to be the second Artistic Director of Geordie Productions, a company with a rich 25-year history of producing beautiful theatre for Young Audiences.

Founding Artistic Director - Elsa Bolam

Elsa Bolam is the founding Artistic Director of Geordie Productions. Elsa was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, where she began her career working in different capacities at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford and London. After directing freelance with many English theatre companies, she became a television director at the BBC in London. She then came to Canada, where she taught at the National Theatre School, helped found the Centaur Theatre, and continued to direct at theatres such as Theatre Calgary, Theatre Plus in Toronto, Sudbury Theatre Centre, Magnus Theatre, the Globe Theatre in Regina, and others.

In 1980 Elsa founded Geordie Productions, and was artistic director of the company until 2006.

In October 2002, Avon Canada recognized Elsa Bolam as a "Woman of Inspiration" in the field of Arts and Culture, and in 2003 she was also awarded a Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal. The Montreal English Critics' Circle honoured Elsa in 2005 with a distinction award in 'recognition of her work nurturing young stage talent and taking theatre to far-flung audiences'.

Elsa was named to the Order of Canada at the end of 2008

STAFF:

General Manager - Anne Clark

Communications Director - Siu-Min Jim

School Liaison - Lara de Beaupré

Administrative Assistant - Katharine Childs

Bookkeeper - Gisèle Séguin

Resident Technician - James Douglas