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Gavan Cheema
Director / Writer / Producer
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Gavan Cheema is a director, writer, dramaturg and co-Artistic Director of Theatre Conspiracy. She is based out of Vancouver: the occupied territories of the Coast Salish peoples. She is an award winning first-generation Punjabi Canadian artist, and was a recent member of the inaugural REFLECT Leadership program through the GVPTA and the City of Vancouver.
Gavan has created new work and has directed for various local, national and international stages including: The Cultch, The Arts Club, The PuSh Festival, Neworld Theatre, Rumble, The Shaw Festival, The Theatre Center, and Battersea Arts Centre (UK). She is also a Story Editor for television, currently working on Allegiance (CBC).
Select works for the stage include Himmat (writer), SWIM (director), Eyes of the Beast (writer), Same Difference (co-creator/dramaturg), Conspiracy Now (co-creator), Rishi & d Douen (co-creator), Catfish (director), and Burqa Boutique (director).