Brian Postalian

September 25, 2024

Brian Postalian (Բրայն Փոսթալյան) is a performance creator, educator, and producer born and raised in Toronto/Tkaronto by way of Armenia (via Turkey and Lebanon), Ireland, UK, and the Czech Republic. With their company Re:Current Theatre, they make work that reconsiders how we share space together in communal places, blurring the divide between audiences and performers. Their work extends beyond traditional stages and uses the communal form as an intervention of the private self in public space. Their work New Societies used immersivity and interactivity with a focus on game theory and social engagement to create idyllic societies.It has been presented across Canada and Internationally; where it has been translated into Mandarin with the National Theatre of Taipei. Brian’s recent work co-creating the Dora Award nominated Access Me with the Boys in Chairs collective was published by Playwrights Canada Press as part of Interdependent Magic: Disability Performance in Canada. 

Brian holds a Master of Fine Arts at Simon Fraser University’s School for the Contemporary Arts in Theatre Game Design and Interdisciplinary Performance Studies. They are a certified facilitator of liz lerman’s Critical Response Process. In their spare time, Brian likes to host board game nights, ride their bicycle, play with their dog Amie, and recently started Lindy Hop swing dancing. Brian currently lives on the unceded Coast Salish territory of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam Nations (also known as Vancouver, BC).