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S2E13 – Episode 13 – Nicolas Billon of Green Light Arts in Association with Tarragon Theatre's "The Neighbours" – A View from the Box – The Podcast

Hello everyone and Happy Family Day! I've got a great interview to share with you today with playwright Nicolas Billon. Nic’s literary vocation surfaced at the age of six, when he wrote and illustrated a story on index cards about a rampaging robot. He stapled the cards together and sold “Le Robot” to his mother for a tidy profit. Today, his work is known for its challenging subject matter blended with humour, twists, and deep humanism. The Elephant Song, Nic’s first play, premiered at the Stratford Festival in 2004; it has since been produced around the world and was made into a feature film in 2014. Several of his other plays, most notably Iceland and Butcher, have had major productions across Canada and internationally.  Accolades include a Governor-General’s Award for Drama, a Canadian Screen Award, and a Writers Guild of Canada Screenwriting Award. Nic is a strong supporter of the serial comma and of Caryl Churchill’s adage that “Playwrights don't give answers, they ask questions.” You can find Nic on Bluesky here: https://bsky.app/profile/nbwriter.com If you'd like to hear Nic's Before You Go! episode, join my Patreon at: https://patreon.com/AViewfromtheBox
  1. S2E13 – Episode 13 – Nicolas Billon of Green Light Arts in Association with Tarragon Theatre's "The Neighbours"
  2. S2E12 – Episode 12 – Kate Martin of Shakespeare BASH'd's "Troilus and Cressida"
  3. S2E11 – Epsiode 11 – Natalia Bushnik and Kathleen Welch of Spindle Collective and Eldritch Theatre's "Dead of Winter"
  4. S2E10 – Episode 10 – Gabi Epstein of Talk Is Free Theatre's "Company"
  5. S2E9 – Episode 9 – 2025 in Review with Kyle!
  6. S2E8 – Episode 8 – Clyde Wagner of TO Live
  7. S2E7 – Episode 7 – Virgilia Griffith of Tarragon Theatre and Obsidian Theatre Company's "a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun)"
  8. S2E6 – Episode 6 – Heather Marie Annis of Theatre Gargantua's "Dissonant Species"
  9. S2E5 – Episode 5 – Eric Woolfe of Eldritch Theatre's "Doc Wuthergloom's Little Lib'ary of the Damned"
  10. S2E4 – Episode 4 – Fall Preview