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We’re Looking for New Leadership

Our founder, Debbie Patterson, is preparing to step away as our Artistic Director. Her departure is designed to make room for a new leader. We are not framing this as a search for an Artistic Director or a Managing Director or an Executive Director, but as a search for new leadership. We are less focused on highlighting potential titles, than in finding the right person/team as a strong fit with our mission.
We are open to either one person or a team. We would be satisfied to see one person with all the qualities, skills, expertise and lived experience we are seeking. But we also know that we may see a duo, who combined, have all those attributes or the capacity to develop them.

WHO WE ARE
Sick + Twisted is a Winnipeg based theatre company and registered non-profit charity dedicated to creating work exploring the experience of living with a disability. We don’t create theatre for disabled people; we create theatre for everybody. We believe that there are deep universal truths of the human condition hidden behind the veil of disability. We believe our bodies tell the truth, and when we listen clearly and with curiosity, we can create work that reveals an audience to itself.

WHAT WE DO
Over the years our programming has grown to include Cabaret’s of new original work, Mainstage productions and co-productions with integrated companies of disabled and nondisabled artists, annual Holiday Pantos, Play Development, Live Audio Description for the community, a Community Choir and Classes in playwriting, comedy, songwriting, clown, musical theatre, acting for film & TV and more.

THE ROLE
Optimal Start date: September 2026

The new leadership will guide Sick + Twisted to achieve its core purpose — creating theatre that challenges society’s understanding of disability and expands our collective sense of what it means to be human — at a pivotal time in Sick + Twisted’s history. The successful applicant(s) will be responsible for the artistic and business leadership of our theatre company. We place a high value on collaborative models in both its artistic and administrative work, while promoting the voices and careers of artists with disabilities. This leadership role is one in which the candidate/s will develop Sick + Twisted as a theatre company which encourages learning and mentorship, so we are looking for a leader/s and facilitator/s who will help to maintain an environment in which everyone can thrive and grow.

We are looking for candidate(s) who will provide inspirational artistic and operational leadership, and we encourage applications from people with a range of different leadership styles and experience. Aligned with our mandate and disability justice values, Sick + Twisted prioritizes persons with lived experience of disability, Indigenous Peoples (First Nations, Inuit, Métis), 2SLGBTQIA+ persons, and persons who because of their race and/or colour, are a racialized minority in Canada.

If you have a commitment to Sick + Twisted’s purpose, a compelling vision for Sick + Twisted’s future on a local, national and international level, and you think you possess the right leadership and collaboration qualities, we’d love for you to apply.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Salary: Range is $15,000 to $40,000 gross per annum depending on skills and experience and depending on whether one person or two people fill this position.

Hours: This role is a work-from-home position averaging 28 hours per week. While your hours may be flexible, the Artistic Director/Leadership Team will need to fulfil the hours required to do the job, including some evening and weekend work. It is essential that the Artistic Director/Leadership Team maintains a consistent presence and responds to communication in a timely manner. Weekly co-working sessions with other staff must be maintained.

Vacation time: 2 weeks per year pro rata

Probation period: 6 months preceded by a performance review
Notice period: 6 months

Employment Status: Part time employee

WHAT WE OFFER

• flexible work hours
• flexible work environment (work from home/work as a team)
• support for your access needs
• a supportive team environment

HOW TO APPLY

1) Please go to our website (www.sickandtwisted.ca/careers) to download the ORGANIZATION INFORMATION PACK and APPLICATION FORM. It is highly recommended that you read the APPLICANT INFORMATION PACK thoroughly before filling out your application form.

2) Fill out the Application Form to tell us who you are, why this work calls to you, and what you would bring to Sick + Twisted. We welcome applications in whatever format works best for you — written, audio, or video.

3) Include a current resumé

4) Include two professional references

5) Email your completed application form, along with your resumé, cover letter and two professional references and any supplementary information (photos, clippings, etc.) all as a .pdf file if possible.

6) Send your email to Andy McKim, at andy.mckim@icloud.com. Andy is our Recruiting Coordinator, an independent party engaged by S+T to manage the application process.

7) If you would like further information, contact Andy McKim and he can answer your questions by email.
NOTE: You will get an acknowledgement that your emailed application was received, but contact Andy, after a week, if you don’t get that.

WE NEED TO RECEIVE YOUR APPLICATION BY 5 p.m. CST JULY 31, 2026

EQUITY AND ACCESS

Sick + Twisted Theatre is committed to creating conditions where everyone can do their best work. We welcome applications from artists and arts workers of all backgrounds, and we strongly encourage applications from persons with lived experience of disability. We will accommodate access needs throughout the application and interview process. Please let us know what you need and we will do our best to provide it. If you want to discuss your access needs in advance, then you can email a request to Andy McKim and tell him how and when to best to contact you.

INTERVIEWS

Successful shortlisted applicants will be invited to interview (on zoom) beginning in early August 2026. Second round interviews will be in person and will take place a couple of weeks later in Winnipeg. These interviews will take place at a neutral and discrete address where interviewees will not bump into each other. Sick and Twisted will cover the pre-approved cost of travel and lodging for applicants from outside Winnipeg for second round interviews.