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Portrait headshot of Nicola Elson in a teal shirt against a soft, blurred wooden background
  • Devised Theatre
  • Improvisation
  • Theatre for Young Audiences (making plays FOR children and youth)
  • Theatre in Education (making plays WITH children and youth)
  • Applied Theatre for Community Building and Social Change (Seniors and Neurodivergent Communities / Rehabilitation Centres, etc.)
EDUCATION

Nicola Elson

Nicola Elson is a theatre-maker in as many ways as she can muster.

Deviser • Collaborator • Actor • Improvisor • Clown •

Stilt walker • Teacher • Director • Playwright •

Puppet and Mask Builder • Arts & crafter

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Nicola works as a freelance artist and as an Associate Professor at the University of Lethbridge in the Department of Drama in the Faculty of Fine Arts.

FREELANCE SPECIALIZATION:
  • Physical theatre
  • Mask
  • Clown
  • Tréteau
  • Foley
  • Animating objects
TEACHING SPECIALIZATION:

MFA (Specialization in Acting) - York University
BFA (Drama) - University of Calgary

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