Diana founded "Theatre as a Metaphor" in 2007 and she is the artistic director. She is also the director and founder of The Oxford School of Art, Music and Theatre, in Toronto, Ontario.
She produced, directed, and worked on various shows, including: AN EVENING WITH THE ARTS - "Marriage ... the Eternal Quest" - 2009, "Wedding Duet" by Lauren Wilson, "Post-Its (Notes on a Marriage)" by Paul Dooley & Winnie Holzman - 2007, Music and Poetry Show - "...there should be as many words for love, as the Innuit have for snow..." ("...il devrait y avoir autant de mots pour l'amour, que les innuits ont pour la neige..." ) - 2007, "Les Petites Curieuses" by Tristan Bernard - 2007, "Cyrano de Bergerac" by Edmond Rostand , "Stone Soup" benefit shows - AHWS, "The Government Inspector", "Rashomon", "Dance Performance '85 and '86", "Oh, What a Lovely War" , "The Man Who Came to Dinner", "Where is Charley", O.M.T.A. Festival 1985 - Taboo Theatre, and many puppet play productions for Angel Wing Puppet Theatre and AHWS.
Diana Miklos trained in theatre at the "School of Performing Arts" in Bucharest, Romania and helped direct and produce various plays and shows. She was then, in 1976, the co-founder of Ex-T-ex - Theatre Experiment Company. She graduated from Ryerson University (Theatre School) in 1987 and worked on many productions as a director, stage manager and sound designer.
In the fall of 1987, Diana joined the first Faculty of the Alan Howard Waldorf School and she still teaches there. She supported the school for many years as the ECE Chair and also the WECAN ( Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America) representative. In 1988 she joined the Angel Wing Puppet Theatre and helped design and present Waldorf puppet shows at many public libraries in Toronto. She did volunteer work for Graham Cable 10 and received many volunteer awards from Graham Cable 10 and from AHWS, for the "Stone Soup" benefit shows.
COSTIN MANU
Costin Manu was the Managing and Artistic Director at Theatre Cambridge and held the same position for ten years at Victoria Playhouse Petrolia and is the President and Executive Producer of StageEnt Inc. a Theatre Production, Management & Consulting Company in Toronto. He was Executive Director of the Sandusky State Theatre in Ohio for 2 years and is now Manager of Programming, Marketing and Development at The Rose Theatre Brampton. In a long career, Costin has produced over fifty plays, directed almost twice as many, from classics and contemporary dramas, to comedies and farces, and acted in over seventy productions. Costin has worked extensively in the theatre in Europe, in Romania and the United States and has also appeared in many feature films, TV series and commercials.
HANNA PELTONIEMI -FAM
Hanna Peltoniemi-Fam grew up in Finland, where she found theatre as a teen and has been involved in the theatre communities of both Finland and Toronto ever since. She studied acting, film and movement through high school, community colleges, Ryerson Theatre School, U of T as well as the Players’ Academy in Toronto.
Hanna was featured in Stage Centre Productions 2008/2009 Season: Mrs. Elvsted in Hedda Gabler, Masha in The Seagull and 2007/2008 Season: Peggy Evans in Come Blow Your Horn, Chlotilde in An Italian Straw Hat.
LYNE TREMBLAY
Was nominated for best jazz vocalist, National Jazz Awards 2004.
Sultry, sexy, eurojazz vocal stylings are destined to move and inspire you.
Since breaking into the English market as a young Quebec-born performer, Lyne Tremblay has not only become an acting and singing mainstay in the Toronto Francophone theatre community but managed to write and co-produce her debut CD “Break 'n Enter”(2004). “Break 'n Enter” received national radio exposure and reviews, was selected by JazzFM in 2004 on their “Top 10 CDS” list. Geoff Chapman (jazz critic, The Toronto Star) said “an abundance of style and sophistication on these 13 tunes”. That same year she was also nominated for the Canadian National Jazz Awards “Vocalist of the Year”. Marina Sturdz, The Globe and Mail said “Tremblay is a stunning, riveting performer with a great gutsy voice”.
Amit Breuer is an Israeli-Canadian Award-winning Documentary Producer-director. The founder of Amythos Films Inc., an independent company producing provocative and commercial films within the international market since 1992. Her award winning films are: "The Specialist", “Purity”, "Junction", "Setenced to Marriage ", “Checkpoint” “Between Two Notes/Le blues de l’Orient” among others. She is currently developing and producing new projects for traditional media as well as for New Media.
