Lois Anderson

Lois Anderson is a Vancouver based director and writer. She has served as an artistic advisor for The National Arts Centre. Lois received a Jessie Award for her adaptation of Pericles and The Critic’s Choice Award for her adaptation of Lysistrata. She was a co-founder of Cirque Poule, an all-female clown circus, and is an original member of The Leaky Heaven Circus. Lois was an original creator/performer of Flying Blind which toured Australia and Canada, and has been an Artistic Associate with Runaway Moon, a puppet company that focuses on community engagement. Lois directed the NAC Grand Acts of Great Hope film entitled Siiye’yu which documented the collaboration of Coast Salish performance company Tsatsu Stalqayu and Mortal Coil. She directed the film Transcendence, based on the writings of Anosh Irani for Indian Summer Festival 2021. With Quelemia Sparrow she wrote Lysistrata and Camas Lilies for The Canadian Theatre Review, reflecting on their creative process during the adaptation of Lysistrata at Sen’a’kw. The article won the Nathan Cohen Award for Critical Essay, 2020. Recent work includes Buffoon, Henry V, Gertrude and Alice and Sunny Drake’s Childish.