Ray Hogg
Ray Hogg is an award-winning Black theatre artist known for creating and presenting virtuosic, visually stunning, viscerally moving theatre and live performance. He has over 25 years of artistic, educational and leadership experience in the most celebrated opera, dance, and theatre companies around the world. His work as a theatre artist, director, and choreographer has taken him across Europe, The United States, and Canada. He has created for stages as diverse as Neptune Theatre in the east, The Arts Club Theatre Company in the west and many others in between. From 2012-2017 Ray served as Artistic Director of Rainbow Stage. He is currently Artistic Director for The Musical Stage Company, an Associate Artist at Halifax’s Neptune Theatre, and the founder of Prime Mover Theatre Company. Directing credits include: Controlled Damage (The Grand Theatre London), Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar & Grill (Theatre Calgary), Dixon Road, Starwalker, Soft Magical Tofu Boys (The Musical Stage Company), Da Kink In My Hair (Arts Club Theatre Co); Cats, The Producers, Sister Act, Shrek, Little Shop of Horrors (Rainbow Stage); Billy Elliot, Five Guys Named Moe, Dreamgirls (Neptune Theatre), Love and Information, An Enemy of the People, Mary Poppins, Damn Yankees and Chicago (Sheridan College). His award-winning choreography has been seen at Crow’s Theatre (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812), the Shaw Festival, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Neptune Theatre, the Segal Centre Montreal, and more. Social Media: Twitter & FB: @rayhogg • IG: @rayhogg2021