Don Nixon

- Don Nixon - Theatre Institute - Czech Republic

Don Nixon grew up in Saskatchewan and attended the University of Saskatchewan.He originally planned to study architecture but found himself drawn to the theatre and he was awarded a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in directing and acting in 1990.

After initially moving to Vancouver, Nixon moved to Prague, Czechoslovakia which has a very active theatre community.He started out teaching English while educating himself about the local theatre scene.
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In 2001, Nixon joined the Theatre Institute and helped coordinate the Canadian Season in Prague.The festival was a great success, and the following year Nixon headed to Canada with a group of Czech performers for a Czech Season in Canada.

Nixon is now the coordinator of international projects for the Theatre Institute and has organized a festival of Czech theatre in Latin America.This has been followed by this year's Invasion of Europe.

An article in The Prague Post states that Don Nixon has "helped reinforce the country's reputation for being a center of theater."He has also had a local impact as the Czech theatre has been influenced by work from other parts of the world.