CALVIN PETERSEN - Director

Calvin Petersen is a performer, director and clown from Aotearoa (New Zealand). He trained at Toi Whakaari: The New Zealand Drama School, where he earned his Masters (MTA: Directing) with a focus in creating collaborative devised theatre. In his practice he draws on physical theatre, clown and bouffon training, creating work that challenges traditional audience-performer relationships.

As director, his credits include; DOGS, a clown-run secret eating society, A Smidge of Pidge, a one-pigeon show about an existential crisis, and txt if you get lost, a 70 minute non-stop poetic party. Since moving to Toronto in November 2017, Calvin has assistant directed alongside Mitchell Cushman on Hand to God at the Coal Mine Theatre and alongside Kendra Jones on I, Malvolio in the Toronto Fringe.

Calvin directed the premiere of Dead Broke at the 2022 Toronto Fringe, and has spent the last two years between Canada where he directed Goodbye Esther, a Clown saga about the end, and Germany where he directed 6 touring productions including The Comedy of Errors, and Romeo and Juliet.