Peter Farbridge

Peter is a theatre actor, dramaturg, and producer working in Montreal. As a founding member and co-artistic director of the Modern Times Stage Company from 1989 to 2022, Peter appeared in many of the productions, including the title roles of Macbeth and Hamlet. He has earned several Toronto Dora nominations and awards for his work with Modern Times. Among that work, Peter has co-translated and adapted the plays of several Iranian playwrights with Soheil Parsa, and he has served as co-writer or co-deviser on several new theatrical productions. Peter has worked as an actor in film, TV, and theatre in Montreal both in English and in French. In 2017 he was nominated for a Meta Award for his acting work in Progress! for Infinitheatre. He currently directs the project Postmarginal: Inclusive Theatre Practice, which seeks to increase the representativity of marginalized artists.