2026 Summer Workshops: Make a Show with Shannan
Declared “a national treasure” by the CBC, Shannan Calcutt is a performer, writer, educator, and director.
She has played everywhere from Saskatoon’s Wash ’n Slosh Pub to the Sydney Opera House, and performed for millions on the Vegas Strip with Cirque du Soleil and Spiegelworld. Her new show, Things I Shouldn’t Tell You, was hailed “a masterclass in one-person shows”—Eat More Art Vegas
She’s a leading educator in clown and play, and is featured in Clowns: In Conversation by Ezra LeBank and David Bridal. Shannan’s superpower is creating courageous playgrounds, where artists can play big, risk gloriously, and fail better.
She has devised and directed comedy for Cirque du Soleil, Spiegelworld, and Berlin’s Friedrichstadt-Palast, and is currently the director of The Wizard of Oz Experience at Sphere.
She is fluent in English, sarcasm, and sophisticated silliness.
More about Shannan: shannancalcutt.com