Out of the Box Productions
​Co-Artistic Directors

Gwenyth Dobie

Gwenyth Dobie is a deaf artist and the co-founder and Artistic Director of Out of the Box Productions, a company that creates original works integrating spoken text, dance, music and interactive technology. Some of her producing and directing credits include Opera Erotique (BC tour and Toronto); The Third Taboo (BC tour); Prior Engagement (Victoria); Sound in Silence (Victoria and Toronto); and Rallentando (Toronto).

Gwenyth is on faculty in the Theatre Department at York University, teaching movement and devised theatre.

Most recently, with her partner William Mackwood, Gwenyth has created an Artist Residency on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia to support the research and creation of live performance.

William J Mackwood

William Mackwood is Co-Artistic Director of the innovative, multi-disciplinary company, Out of the Box Productions. Over the last twenty years he has co-created and lead the design team for productions of Opera Erotique, The Third Taboo, Prior Engagement, Sound in Silence, and Bugzzz~ a cautionary tale.

Professor Emeritus at York University, in the Department of Dance, William's research pursues a rigorous investigation of digital-based visual design, with a focus on developing and illuminating ‘emerging interactive modalities’ for live performance, through his teaching and interactive projects ‘Chromesthesia’ (2018), ‘Disrupting Solitude’ (2017) and ‘Rallentando’ (2015-16), with co-creator Gwenyth Dobie.

As a designer William focuses on lighting and projection design for dance, including the dance creations of Roberto Campanella, Holly Small, Julia Sasso, John Ottman, Paul Destrooper and many others.

​William is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada.​

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