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The idea for ORDA all started in the UK by Simon Jay, who is the creator and Editor of the Neurodiverse Review (NDS Review). In 2022, Simon began the first year of the NDS Review at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as he believed that “our community's work deserves to be reviewed by our own peers, not through an ableist lens”. After Shaharah Gaznabbi took part in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2023 and met Simon, they were surprised that it was something that didn't already exist back home in Toronto. Therefore Shaharah and Simon are working together to create a Canadian Neurodiverse Review, bringing on and collaborating with Canadian Neurodiverse/Disabled Artists that are reshaping how we look at accessible Theatre practices in Ontario!
The idea for ORDA all started in the UK by Simon Jay, who is the creator and Editor of the Neurodiverse Review (NDS Review). In 2022, Simon began the first year of the NDS Review at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as he believed that “our community's work deserves to be reviewed by our own peers, not through an ableist lens”. After Shaharah Gaznabbi took part in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2023 and met Simon, they were surprised that it was something that didn't already exist back home in Toronto. Therefore Shaharah and Simon are working together to create a Canadian Neurodiverse Review, bringing on and collaborating with Canadian Neurodiverse/Disabled Artists that are reshaping how we look at accessible Theatre practices in Ontario!
Meet the Team
Shaharah Gaznabbi
Co-Project Manager, Editor
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Hannah Smith
Co-Projector Manager, Editor
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Reviewers
Dylan Carter
Dylan Carter
Reviewer
Eric Trudell (he/him) is a writer, director, and theatre producer based in Toronto, Canada. As a writer, Eric's work focuses on themes of media, politics, violence, masculinity, disability, and environmentalism. He is also the founder of Infinite Wild, an Ontario-based theatre company specializing in the development of new plays and musicals that are bold, scrappy, and deeply Canadian.
Lorna Craig
Lorna Craig
Reviewer
Eric Trudell (he/him) is a writer, director, and theatre producer based in Toronto, Canada. As a writer, Eric's work focuses on themes of media, politics, violence, masculinity, disability, and environmentalism. He is also the founder of Infinite Wild, an Ontario-based theatre company specializing in the development of new plays and musicals that are bold, scrappy, and deeply Canadian.
Heather Lundrigan
Heather Lundrigan
Reviewer
Eric Trudell (he/him) is a writer, director, and theatre producer based in Toronto, Canada. As a writer, Eric's work focuses on themes of media, politics, violence, masculinity, disability, and environmentalism. He is also the founder of Infinite Wild, an Ontario-based theatre company specializing in the development of new plays and musicals that are bold, scrappy, and deeply Canadian.
Zoe Magirias
Zoe Magirias
Reviewer
Eric Trudell (he/him) is a writer, director, and theatre producer based in Toronto, Canada. As a writer, Eric's work focuses on themes of media, politics, violence, masculinity, disability, and environmentalism. He is also the founder of Infinite Wild, an Ontario-based theatre company specializing in the development of new plays and musicals that are bold, scrappy, and deeply Canadian.
Eric Trudell
Eric Trudell
Reviewer, Web Designer
Eric Trudell (he/him) is a writer, director, and theatre producer based in Toronto, Canada. As a writer, Eric's work focuses on themes of media, politics, violence, masculinity, disability, and environmentalism. He is also the founder of Infinite Wild, an Ontario-based theatre company specializing in the development of new plays and musicals that are bold, scrappy, and deeply Canadian.
Eden Ulnik
Eden Ulnik
Reviewer
Eric Trudell (he/him) is a writer, director, and theatre producer based in Toronto, Canada. As a writer, Eric's work focuses on themes of media, politics, violence, masculinity, disability, and environmentalism. He is also the founder of Infinite Wild, an Ontario-based theatre company specializing in the development of new plays and musicals that are bold, scrappy, and deeply Canadian.
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