Алианак Грант
Alianak Hrant
Алианак Грант
Hrant Alianak
Hrant Alianak has a long and wide-ranging career as a playwright, actor, producer, and director. The author of 14 plays, he made his debut as a writer in 1972 at the Théâtre Passe Muraille with TANTRUMS. Other plays he has both written and directed include his Gangster trilogy -- NIGHT, PASSION AND SIN and LUCKY STRIKE -- as well as THE BLUES, THE BIG HIT and THE WALLS OF AFRICA. LUCKY STRIKE has been performed in New York, Washington, Liverpool, London and Tel Aviv; THE BLUES has been performed across Canada; and his newest play, THE WALLS OF AFRICA, won three Dora Awards including Best Production. In 1992, he formed a production company, Alianak Theatre Productions, which has produced more than 20 plays including Richard Kalinoski’s BEAST ON THE MOON and Araxi Arslanian’s ROGUES OF URFA. In addition to directing more than two dozen theatre productions, Hrant Alianak has also directed opera and television and has acted in over a hundred television programs and films. His TV credits include a movie he directed, MICHAEL AND KITTY, nominated for 3 Gemini Awards, and recurring roles in ROBOCOP, MORE TEARS, NIKITA, NERO WOOLFE and MONK, as well as in two new upcoming comedy series, JEFF LTD., and HOTEL. He is currently working on a new play as well as a screenplay of THE WALLS OF AFRICA.
PLAYS
SELECTED PRODUCTIONS
THE WALLS OF AFRICA – Alianak Theatre Productions at Théâtre Passe Muraille Backspace, 2001 and 2003
LUCKY STRIKE Théâtre Passe Muraille, 1996 Quainzaine Festival, Quebec City, 1986 ICA Theatre, London, UK, 1981 Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, UK, 1981 Café La Mama, New York, 1979 Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., 1979 Factory Theatre Lab, 1978
NIGHT – Théâtre Passe Muraille, 1975 and 1979
THE BLUES Théâtre Passe Muraille, 1976 and 2003 Toronto Free Theatre 1979 Vancouver Playhouse, 1977
National Arts Centre, Ottawa 1976
Victoria Playhouse, Petrolia, 1976.
PASSION AND SIN, Toronto Free Theatre, 1976
CHRISTMAS Solar Stage, 1998 Factory Theatre Lab, 197 Théâtre Passe Muraille, 1973
AWARDS
THE WALLS OF AFRICA, 2001 – Three DORA Awards, including Best Production
PUBLICATIONS
THE WALLS OF AFRICA, Scirocco Drama, 2002
LUCKY STRIKE, Playwrights Canada, 1989
THE BLUES, Scirocco Drama, 2003, Playwrights Canada, 1985
PASSION AND SIN, Canadian Theatre Revue, 1987
CHRISTMAS, Fineglow Plays, 1974, Return of the Big Five (collection)
MATHEMATICS, numerous publications including Fineglow Plays, 1974; Playwrights Canada, 1973
THE VIOLINIST AND THE FLOWER GIRL, Playwrights Canada, 1983
WESTERN, Fineglow Plays, 1973; Playwrights Canada, 1973
TANTRUMS, Fineglow Plays, 1974; Playwrights Canada, 1972 MOUSETOWN, Playwrights Canada, 1983
BRANDY, Fineglow Plays, 1974
