A graduate the University of British Columbia's MFA Creative Writing program and Queen’s University’s Specialized Studies in Stage and Screen, Paul is a writer, director, performer, producer, and sound designer.
In 2001, Paul founded Rabbit in a Hat Productions in Montreal with a mandate to produce new Canadian Independent Theatre. His work has since been produced throughout Canada and around the world.
He has received numerous awards for his productions including; The Tom Hendry Playwrights Guild of Canada Comedy Award (Siberian Summer); The Montreal English Critics Circle Revelation Award; Montreal English Theatre Awards Outstanding Direction (Oroonoko); New York Frigid Festival and Atlantic Fringe Festival Best Production (Paradise Lost); Montreal Fringe Festival Best Production (Miss Sugarpuss Must Die!); Atlantic Fringe Festival Best Drama (The Harvester); and Montreal Fringe Festival Le Prix Fred Barry Design (Blood Wild). Paul was also named one of Montreal’s top emerging artists by Nightlife Magazine.
Paul is a past participant of the Neil Munro Intern Directors Project at the Shaw Festival and was a past National Forum Representative of Quebec for the Playwrights Guild of Canada.
An intrepid world traveler, Paul has visited over eighty countries, traversing such routes as the Trans-Siberian Railway, the Ancient Silk Road Trail, and the Medieval Trans-Saharan Trade Route.
Recent News:
FRANKENSTEIN
Coming October 20-30, 2022
Recommended for ages 7+
A Geordie Theatre and Kidoons Inc. presentation in association with WYRD Productions and The 20K Collective
Adapted from the novel by Mary Shelley
By Craig Francis, Rick Miller and Paul Van Dyck
Directed by Craig Francis and Rick Miller
This electrifying new stage production uses immersive comic book design and playful theatrical techniques to reanimate the sci-fi classic for a new generation! Rick Miller, Craig Francis and Paul Van Dyck have adapted the novel to confront modern issues of climate change, artificial intelligence, and our relationship to technology… monsters of our own making!
TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON!
To contact the box office, email boxoffice@geordie.ca
or call (514) 845-9810 ext. 209
Siberian Summer wins the Tom Hendry Playwrights Guild of Canada Comedy Award
Hang on to your caboose, this girls trip is about to go off the rails! Siberian Summer, by Paul Van Dyck, is a hilarious romp following three women “of a certain age” and one of their sons on a journey of self-discovery as they travel the Trans-Siberian Railway from St. Petersburg to Beijing. Inspired by an actual trip the playwright took with his mother and her friends, this whimsical and exuberant play reminds audiences that life is an adventure worth living to the fullest, no matter what your age.
With its world premiere at The Segal Centre for Performing Arts postponed due to Covid-19, Siberian Summer hopes to welcome audience back onboard as soon as possible.