Adjani Poirier is a queer Black theatre artist who currently lives and creates in her hometown of Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.
She is interested in creating work that explores the beauty and the ugly of the human experience, is drawn to stories that reveal the complexity of navigating a world where systemic inequalities oppress, yet love and connection still seep through the cracks, strong and fierce, giving us life. Their writing uses magical realism to explore ideas of home, queer desire and how the subconscious influences our relationships to each other and our physical surroundings.
Plays include: Scorpio Moon (Imago Theatre) , Sinkhole (or six ways disappear) (Infinitheatre), Celebrity Dogs (Boca del Lupo’s “Plays2Perform @ Home) and flight of fancy, hold me close.
Adjani has worked as the Assistant Artistic Director at Black Theatre Workshop, the Literary/Dramaturgical Associate Artist at Imago Theatre where she was also a mentor with the company’s youth mentorship program ‘ARTISTA’. They have a DEC in Acting from Dawson College, a BFA in Theatre and Development with a minor in Sexuality Studies from Concordia University and is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada where she studied playwriting.
