Ross Manson is an award-winning director and the founding artistic director of Volcano, an internationally acclaimed theatre company based in Toronto. Volcano is an independent, concept-driven company characterized by multi-disciplinarity and collaboration across intersectional identities. Ross’s shows for Volcano have toured to three continents, and won or been nominated for over seventy local, national and international awards. He has directed for theatres across Canada and around the world, including the Canadian Stage Company; the Tarragon theatre; Luminato Festival; the Traverse Theatre Scotland; LiteraturFest Berlin; PS122 New York; the National Svenska Theatre, Helsinki, and the Edinburgh International Festival, among many others. Award recognition includes Toronto Theatre Dora awards as a director, a writer and a producer; the KM Hunter award in Theatre; and short lists for the Siminovitch National Directing award (twice); the Ontario Premiere’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, and the Toronto Arts Foundation Cultural Leadership Award.