Jan Derbyshire

Jan Derbyshire’s plays include Funny in the Head for Calgary’s Stage Left Theatre, recently part of the Cultural Olympiad in Vancouver, Audition of The Embarrassed Woman for Vancouver’s Solo Collective Theatre, The Opposite of Everything is True for Ottawa’s Great Canadian Theatre Company, Turkey in the Woods for Buddies in Bad Times, Toronto, Under the Big Top for Quest, Calgary, Labour Unions, The Brotherhood of Mothers for Lunchbox Theatre, Calgary, Ingenious Speculations, (co-written) for Belfry Theatre, Victoria, A Modern Woman’s Guide To Female Impersonation for The Women in View Festival, Vancouver, and Joke You for the Vancouver International Comedy Festival. Jan lives and works in Vancouver as a theatre maker, writer, teacher, and mental health activist.