Roy Surette has served as Artistic Director to Touchstone Theatre in Vancouver, Centaur Theatre in Montreal and The Belfry Theatre in Victoria. He has directed for many major companies such as The Arts Club, Vancouver Playhouse, National Arts Centre, Canadian Stage, Shaw Festival, Alberta Theatre Projects, Manitoba Theatre for Young People, Carousel Theatre, Axis Theatre and recently the Phoenix Theatre production of Rick Waines verbatim play, In My Day. Much of his work has been directing contemporary Canadian plays and creations. Roy fell in love with theatre during his studies at Len Shepherd and Queen Elizabeth Secondary in Surrey BC and trained at Douglas College and Studio 58, Langara. Roy directed The Light In The Piazza for CCPA in 2020 and is very happy to be back working with this new team and digging into Alan Ayckbourn’s wonderful play.