Amy Nostbakken

Teaching: How to make theatre up-on-your-feet

Amy Nostbakken is an award-winning director, writer, performer and composer. She is co-artistic director of the theatre company Quote Unquote Collective in Toronto and core member of Theatre Ad Infinitum in the UK. She has created and composed numerous productions including The Big Smoke (2011) Ballad Of the Burning Star (2013), Bucket List (2016) and Mouthpiece (2015) - which she directed, co-wrote, composed and performs. Mouthpiece was published by Coach House Press and Oberon UK, it has been translated into Spanish, French and Turkish and continues to tour internationally. Mouthpiece was also adapted into a feature film directed by Patricia Rozema which opened Tiff 2018. Now You See Her, which Amy co-wrote, directed and composed premiered in 2018 and was published by Coach House Press. Amy is currently creating QUC’s next production Universal Child Care set to premiere in 2022. A graduate of Concordia University and École Internationale de Théatre Jacques Lecoq in Paris, Amy teaches theatre and voice for both adults and young people.