“The legacy that’s being felt now is that. Theatre was not necessarily literary to Brooks, MacIvor said, though in 1992 he was nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award in the drama category for “The Noam Chomsky Lectures,” co-written with Canadian theatre artist Guillermo Verdecchia. “He’d never adhere to the rules of the system of theatre that we had, that had come from the British idea of how the theatre was supposed to work,” MacIvor said. There was always something to be learned in the asking. He asked questions as a matter of course, and was comfortable even if they didn’t have clear answers, MacIvor said. “First and foremost, he was a teacher - without necessarily wearing that title,” MacIvor said. It’s about engaging in curiosity and investigation, and developing as people as part of our work developing.”īrooks’s prolific career included time spent directing, writing, acting and producing. “Daniel embodied the idea that the work was not really separable from our lives,” MacIvor said. His friend and frequent collaborator Daniel MacIvor said Brooks took the same approach to his work and life - one that centred creativity and communion. TORONTO - Daniel Brooks, a renowned Canadian theatre director who spent his decadeslong career pushing against the bounds of his medium, has died at 64.Ī representative for his family said Brooks died surrounded by loved ones in Toronto on Monday, five years after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
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