Josue Laboucane
Stratford debut: Justice in Measure for Measure, Page in Mary Stuart and appears in Othello. Elsewhere: Henry VI in Henry VI: Wars of the Roses, Richard III, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Measure for Measure, Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Julius Caesar, Timon of Athens (Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival); Revenge (Felix Culpa); Zachary in The Exquisite Hour (Relephant Theatre); Carnage (Pi Theatre); Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz, Toad in A Year with Frog and Toad, Horton in Seussical, Robin Hood, Bird Brain, Pharaoh Serket, Silverwing (Carousel Theatre); The Emperor’s New Threads (Axis Theatre). Training: The Birmingham Conservatory, Studio 58, the Canadian National Voice Intensive. Awards: Six Jessie Richardson Theatre Award nominations and one win, and the Sydney J. Risk Award. Et cetera: Josue is also a teacher, emerging director (BC Buds, Alley Theatre, Walking Fish) and mask maker (Carousel Theatre, Vancouver Opera). Online: Twitter @josuelaboucane.