Peter Farbridge is a theatre actor, director, writer, producer and teacher based in Montreal. As a founding member and co-artistic director of Modern Times Stage Company from 1989 to 2022, Peter Farbridge appeared in numerous productions, including the title roles in Macbeth and Hamlet. Among these works, Peter Farbridge has co-translated and adapted the plays of several Iranian artists and has worked as a co-writer and co-conceptor on several new plays, including Hallaj (2009) and Forgiveness (2014). After completing an MFA in Anthropology and Theatre and was an artist-in-residence at Concordia University’s Department of Theatre, where he is directing an adaptation of Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s Life is a Dream. Peter Farbridge is currently collaborating with Postmarginal Projects Inc., a project he initiated at Modern Times, which seeks to encourage the intersection of creative practices of marginalized and non-marginalized artists. Through these projects, Peter explores ethical approaches to creation through his emerging tool, The Ethical Tapestry, which he has developed in theatre rehearsal and training situations, as well as with organizations such as the École nationale du cirque.
PUBLICATIONS
Co-Author. Crystal Chan & Peter Farbridge (forthcoming 2026) “The Centre Cannot Hold: From Institution to Organism”, Canadian Theatre Review, CTR#207, July 2026.
Co-Author. Melissa Stuckey (2024) “Ethical relationality of Dance Rehearsal Practice: The Case of Mizu no Eki” Conversations across Dance Studies, 39, University of Michigan Press.
Co-Author. Art Babayants, Lisa Ndejuru and Peter Farbridge. (October 2022) Relational Perspectives on Change: The Theory, Stories and Practice of Postmarginality, CATR, Canadian Theatre Review, CTR#162).
Author. Peter Farbridge (2020). The Spiritual Reformation of Theatrical Practice: The Interculturality of the Modern Times Stage Company, Critical Stages.
Co-Author. N. Alvarez, R. Knowles with: Peter Farbridge and Sue Balint. (2017). Reporting from the Post. Modern Times.
Co-translator, Stories from the Rains: Four Plays from Iran. (2003). Playwrights Canada Press.
CONFERENCES
2025 “alt[d]: Marginality, Senses and Technology”. With Crystal Chan. Uncommon Senses V Conference, forthcoming May 2025, Montreal, Quebec.
2025 Postmarginal Presentation. Escuela nacional de teatro, February 6, 2025, CDMX, Mexico.
2024 “The Centre Cannot Hold”, Digital Humanities Panel, CATR, June 18, 2024, Montreal, Quebec.
2024 “The Ethical Tapestry at Work”, Praxis Presentation, CATR, June 10, 2024, Montreal, Quebec.
2023 “Living the rehearsal together”, Conference presentation with Julia Pye. Festival of Original Theatre (FOOT), University of Toronto, February 9-13, 2023, Toronto, Ontario.
2019 “The Postmarginality of Modern Times: Creation of Physical and Virtual Transcultural Space”. Mediating Performance Experiences Conference, Ottawa University, April 25-27, 2019, Ottawa, Ontario.
2019 “Embodying and Reflecting upon Postmarginality on Stage and in Rehearsal Halls”. CATR/ACTR Conference, University of British Colombia, June 3-6, 2019 Organizers: with Diana Manole and Soheil Parsa, Vancouver, British Columbia.
2018 Postmarginal: Cultural Diversity as Theatrical Practice. Festival du nouveau cinéma, Montreal, Quebec.
