For Bad Hats: CREATOR - Boy Boy and the Magic Drum - new bad ideas (2021)

Chantal Forde is a writer, director, and educator in the GTA with a passion for new works and theatrical opportunities that challenge and inspire. She was recently a part of the 2021 Noteworthy Program and also completed the Shadowpath Femme Five apprenticeship in 2019. Chantal’s most recent plays include Lacuna, Table 7, Grey, and Perceptions of Love in the Pursuit of Happiness. Recent directing and choreography credits include Drew’s Story (director, Shadowpath Theatre Productions), Disenchanted - At Home! (director, Poison Apple Productions), Statue of Limitations (director, Kingston Fringe), Monkey Wrench (director, Ergo Arts Pink Fest), And Then … She Did! (director, Goldenberg Productions), Little Shop of Horrors (choreography, BOTG), and Shrek the Musical (choreography, BOTG). Chantal and her husband, Tim Cadeny, are the creative team behind Oakville’s Holiday Pantomime for the last eight years, where they have created hilariously twisted up versions of Aladdin, The Wizard of Oz, Beauty and the Beast, and more.