Christopher Morris

Christopher is a playwright, actor and director and the artistic director of the Toronto-based theatre company Human Cargo. His most recent play The Ghosts of Mariupol is inspired by actors who survived the 2022 Mariupol Theatre bombing. Created in Ukraine in collaboration with the Mariupol Theatre, it will premiere at Crow’s Theatre in April/2027. Christopher’s French-language play tremblements premiered at Montreal’s ESPACE GO as part of their 2023/24 season. Inspired by a Canadian nurse who worked with Doctors Without Borders, it was developed in Montréal, Central African Republic, and Paris. Christopher is currently collaborating with Inuk theatre artist Miali Buscemi on Mother – an Annie Pootoogook Experience, a live-action/animated VR film about Inuk artist Annie Pootoogook. Other credits include the Dora Award winning The Runner (Human Cargo/Theatre Passe Muraille), Our Beautiful Sons (Blyth Festival), The Road to Paradise (with Jonathan Garfinkel – Human Cargo/Crow’s Theatre) and Night (Human Cargo/NAC).