TJ Dawe

Who is TJ Dawe?

TJ Dawe is a Canadian playwright, director, and performer based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Dawe was born in Vancouver on August 22, 1974. He studied theatre at the University of Victoria, graduating with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in 1997.

Dawe has worked extensively in fringe theatre festivals in Canada and the US. Other festival appearances include the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival, Piccolo Spoleto, the Edinburgh Fringe and the Adelaide Fringe.

Dawe wrote and performed the monologues Tired Cliches, Labrador, The Slipknot, Tracks, A Canadian Bartender at Butlin’s, The Curse of the Trickster, Maxim and Cosmo, Totem Figures, Lucky 9 and Medicine. He co-wrote the plays 52 Pick-up, Toothpaste and Cigars, The Power of Ignorance and Dishpig. He adapted The Doctor is Sick from the novel by Anthony Burgess. He directed The One Man Star Wars Trilogy, One Man Lord of the Rings, Teaching As You Like It, Teaching the Fringe, Rant Demon, Local Celebrity, Mr Fox and The Big Oops.

A Canadian Bartender at Butlin’s was broadcast on Bravo Canada, and on CBC Radio.