Ian McFarlane
Scenographer, Performer, Puppeteer
I am a multifaceted theatre maker whose unique practice of landscape poetics, junkyard theatrics and performative alchemy explores the unexpected correspondence between the performing body and the performing-of the world. Using the disciplines of puppetry, eco-scenography and sensory ethnography as foundations for creative inquiry, I create works for the theatre, outdoor spectacles and community-led projects.
I received a BFA in Multidisciplinary from the University of Lethbridge in 2010. Since then I have lived in Treaty 7 territory (Calgary, Alberta) where my practice has encompassed performance, scenic design, devised theatre, painting and puppetry. I am a Co-Founder of Mudfoot Theatre, an independent, interdisciplinary performance ensemble in Calgary, Alberta, as well as a Puppeteer with Bread and Puppet Theater in Glover, Vermont. I am currently pursuing my MFA in Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University.
Paralleling my creative practice, I navigate my life with a bicycle, a paddle and a pair of hiking boots. Wild space, landscape and weather continue to be my greatest teachers.
I received a BFA in Multidisciplinary from the University of Lethbridge in 2010. Since then I have lived in Treaty 7 territory (Calgary, Alberta) where my practice has encompassed performance, scenic design, devised theatre, painting and puppetry. I am a Co-Founder of Mudfoot Theatre, an independent, interdisciplinary performance ensemble in Calgary, Alberta, as well as a Puppeteer with Bread and Puppet Theater in Glover, Vermont. I am currently pursuing my MFA in Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University.
Paralleling my creative practice, I navigate my life with a bicycle, a paddle and a pair of hiking boots. Wild space, landscape and weather continue to be my greatest teachers.
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Current Projects
> MFA Contemporary Arts, Interdisciplinary Studies, Simon Fraser University School for the Contemporary Arts > Weather Patterns: A Performance Series MFA Graduating Project at Simon Fraser University School for the Contemporary Arts An outdoor, durational, public performance that approaches weather, landscape and ecology as key collaborators. September 8th, 2018 > Mudfoot Theatre
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