Andrew barrett (HE/HIM)

​Artistic PRODUCER

Andrew is a queer multidisciplinary performing artist based on the traditional territories of the Lekwungen-Speaking Peoples/Victoria, BC. He is a creator, choreographer, performer, director, educator, administrator, and founding Artistic Producer of Impulse Theatre.

He received his BFA in Theatre from UVIC,  and studied Arts and Cultural Management through Macewan University. He has worked as a producer, choreographer, operations manager, and more, with such companies as the Belfry Theatre,  Intrepid Theatre, Theatre SKAM, and CCPA. He was a 2020/21 Artist in Residence at Dance Victoria, and was the recipient of the 2022 City of Victoria Creative Builder Award.

ANDREW (AT) IMPULSETHEATRE.CA

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Tiffany tjosvold (she/her)

​accessibility coordinator

Tiffany Tjosvold is a multidisciplinary artist and arts educator whose practices are rooted in movement and play. She is a chronically ill individual whose lived experience informs her desire to create accessible artistic spaces. Tiffany is also the founder of Embrace Arts Foundation, a multidisciplinary arts organization for individuals of all abilities.

TIFFANY (AT) IMPULSETHEATRE.CA

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angus steele-gaffney (he/him)

​festival coordinator

Angus is an interdisciplinary artist, arts worker, and facilitator who lives and works as a guest in Lekwungen Territory (Victoria, BC). His arts practice incorporates a variety of instruments and media ranging from recycled soda cans to reactive audiovisual software programs, exploring indeterminacy and connections between physical and digital realms. Angus is a founder of KALYX Collective, and has worked as a facilitator for the fifty fifty arts collective, the Disabillity Alliance of BC, University of Calgary, and Healthy Dancer Canada.

ANGUS (AT) IMPULSETHEATRE.CA

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IMPULSE THEATRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jackie adamthwaite (SHE/HER)​, presdient

Jackie is a “Recovering” Stage Manager turned Venue Manager. In Victoria she has worked for Pacific Opera, the Belfry Theatre, the Canadian College of Performing Arts, with Ken Lavigne in Concert, as a Show Caller for 17Black Events, and as a Sessional Instructor at the University of Victoria. Jackie is the newly appointed Senior Manager of Theatre Operations for the Vancouver Civic Theatres. She has a BFA in Theatre from UVic, with a specialization in Production Management.
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Maia crockett (SHE/HER)​, ​​secretary-treasurer

Maia is a graduate of the Canadian College of Performing Arts, where she was subsequently employed for five years as an artistic contractor, executive assistant, graphic designer, and I.T. support. She has also been an actor, projection & sound designer, and stage manager for several companies in Victoria, including Kaleidoscope Theatre, Atomic Vaudeville, hapax theatre, and the Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival. Maia is currently an administrative assistant with the provincial public service.
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Randi edmundson (she/her), Director

Driven by curiosity, Randi wears many hats in the world of theatre, including producing, directing, performance, and design. Her passion for puppetry has taken her across the country and the globe. With her Jessie-Richardson Award winning company Little Onion Puppet Co., Randi has toured multiple original puppet works across Western Canada. She holds a BFA in Performance from the University of Victoria and an MFA in Directing from the University of Calgary. Randi is grateful to create as a freelance artist on unceded Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh territory in Vancouver and on unceded Secwepemc territory in Kamloops.
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Hilary ho (she/her), Director

Hilary is an emerging performing artist passionate about creating work that inspires connection and rekindles hope in our jaded, disjointed, and isolated society. She is privileged to be the pioneer cohort of the School of the Arts, Singapore, where she specialised in theatre. During her time there, she fell in love with physical theatre and devised work, and she continues to be passionate about finding new ways of physical expression and meaningful storytelling.

Hilary moved from Singapore to Canada in 2018. She is grateful to be living and creating on the unceded territory belonging to the lək̓ʷəŋən Peoples, known as the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations. 
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Janet Munsil (SHE/they)​, ​​​Director

Janet Munsil is a playwright, and a graduate of the UVic Theatre (BFA) and Writing (MFA) programs. She has written over a dozen plays including That Elusive Spark, The Ugly Duchess, Influence, and Be Still. From 1992-2016, she was the festival producer and Artistic Director at Intrepid Theatre in Victoria. Recently she was an Artist-in-Residence at UVic’s Centre for Studies in Religion and Society. Her directing projects include Girl in the Goldfish Bowl at Langham Court Theatre, Born Yesterday for Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre, and Twelfth Night and Love's Labour's Lost for the Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival.
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