Mark Andrada
Stage Manager, Lighting and Projection design
Mark Andrada is a Canadian Comedy Award-winning performer / writer / director. Mark is the voice of Amado the Eagle on PBS Kids’“ Work It Out Wombats!”, has directed shows for The Second City, can be seen on CBC’ s Run The Burbs as Coach Ray, and if you like your comedy mean-spirited and riddled with air horns and other sound effects, you can catch him every week as the DJ on CTV’ s Roast Battle Canada. Mark is also a dilettante lighting designer and one time designed the lights for Dinosaurs Unearthed!, a touring animatronic dinosaur exhibit that debuted at the Detroit Science Centre. Neat, huh? Sometimes, you can hear Mark as a co-host of the We Like Theme Parks Podcast.
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Nicole Byblow Music Director
Nicole Byblow is a musical director, an accomplished pianist, and a Canadian Comedy Award winner. Career highlights include musical direction and performance for Second City ' s She The People and She The People 2.0( CCA winner Best Live Ensemble, CAA Theatre, Just For Laughs Montreal), solo performance at the Juno Awards Industry Gala, accompaniment for Chris Hadfield ' s Generator( Roy Thompson Hall) and for Mark & Andy( Just For Laughs Toronto). Nicole has recorded for Warner Music Canada, has written and co-produced two independently released EPs and has toured across Canada as a solo artist. To date, she has met four out of five Kids in the Hall, and none of the Beatles.
Christopher Bond Artistic Director
Christopher is the Artistic Director for Starvox Entertainment and its sister company Lighthouse Immersive, where most recently he worked with Oscar winner, J. Miles Dale to create Immersive Disney Animation, a projection spectacle experience that has played in 25 cities over the last 2 and a half years. Coming from the world of theatrical writing and directing, Christopher is most known for his work on the cult hit, Evil Dead the Musical, which he directed every large-scale production of over the last 21 years, including the show’ s US debut Off-Broadway( nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best New Musical) and every subsequent National Tour. Over a twenty-year career in musical theatre, personal highlights include directing and creating new material for Trey Parker’ s Cannibal the Musical, creating and directing the national tour of the hilarious girl’ s night out musical Little Black Dress and co-writing and directing the official stage adaptation of Night of the Living Dead, where Christopher collaborated with horror legend George A. Romero. Chris continues to work in the theater, most recently collaborating with world famous illusionist Xavier Mortimer on his show Xavier Mortimer, Master of Magic. On the big screen, with his writing partner Trevor Martin, he co-wrote the rom-zom comedy A Little Bit Zombie, winner for Best Feature at the Canadian Film Festival, Best Feature at Fantaspoa Film Fest in Brazil and a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Feature Screenplay. Their follow up film, a feature adaptation of the short film Patch Town( official selection of the Toronto International Film Festival), won for Best Feature at the Canadian Film Festival, and was also a selection at the Palm Springs International Film Festival and the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival.
STARVOX ENTERTAINMENT Producer
Starvox Entertainment has been producing and delivering exciting and ground-breaking shows and live entertainment experiences throughout North America and globally since 2005. These include Immersive Van Gogh which sold more than 5 million tickets in North America, Disney Animation: Immersive Experience, Immersive Frida Kahlo, the Canadian production of Andrew Lloyd Webberʼs CATS, The Art of Banksy, a tour of Evil Dead – The Musical which broke sales records in Canada and the United States, the touring West End hit show Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience, and many more. Starvox Entertainmentʼs innovative approach to audience engagement takes live entertainment to a whole new level. www. starvoxent. com
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