The Team

Daniel Martin (Artistic Director)

Daniel was born in Vancouver in 1974, but was raised in Auckland, New Zealand. After completing his Masters Degree in Sociology at the University of Auckland, Daniel returned to Canada, where he graduated from the studio acting program at the William Davis Centre for Actors Study and studied Clown with David McMurray Smith at Fantastic Space Enterprises. Driven by a desire to create exciting, relevant, and energetic new theatre, Daniel co- founded Upintheair with Dave Mott in 1999. As an actor Daniel has appeared in the Leo award winning short film Bob Appleby is a Loser , as well as a (very) brief appearance on Xena: Warrior Princess , and many short films. On stage he has been seen most notably as the manic director Strizh in Black Snow (United Players), Guy in Men of the World (Upintheair) , Frank in Daniel McIvors' Never Swim Alone (Street Repertory Theatre) and Sophie's Dad in Carnage (Pi Theatre). 

David Mott (Artistic Director)

David is committed to fostering emerging artists, challenging established creation concepts and developing new ways of seeing theatre. Getting his start as an actor with Vancouver Youth Theatre he toured the Governor General's Award winning play Will the Real Canadian through BC schools and eventually to Japan. A core member of the Chaos Collective in the 90's his creative efforts gave rise to the Metanoia Projects while completing his BFA at the University of Victoria. Founding Upintheair in 1999 with Daniel Martin led to the company's first developmental piece Pyropornomania for the Vancouver Fringe. Always focusing on developing, creating and challenging his own concepts of theatre making, David has now begun to widen his skills as a producer, playwright and director.

Board of Directors

• President: Robin Anderson
• Vice President: Joanna Zlotnik
• Seceratary: Mary Simmonds
• Treasurer: Brenda Matthews
• Director: Amber Fraser
• Director: Vanessa Clark