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Based in Tiohtiá:ke / Mooniyang / Montreal, Alexis Diamond’s multidisciplinary practice encompasses theatre, installation-performance, opera, musical theatre, translation, curation and dramaturgy. Alexis was a finalist for the 2020 Governor General’s Award for her translation of Pascal Brullemans’ plays for young audiences, AMARYLLIS AND LITTLE WITCH (Playwrights Canada Press), as well as for the 2021 Tom Hendry TYA Award for THE PROBLEM WITH PINK, the English translation of Érika Tremblay-Roy's play (Lansman), which has travelled as far away as Korea. Previously, she has translated Marie-Claude Verdier’s plays JE N’Y SUIS PLUS/I’M NOT HERE (Composite Theatre) and ANDY’S GONE (Playwrights Canada Press). NZINGA (Hamac), co-written with Marie Louise Bibish Mumbu in collaboration with Tatiana Zinga Botao—and originally produced at the Centre du Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui with Théâtre de la Sentinelle—has enjoyed a multi-city tour in 2025-2026. Alexis has served as co-artistic director for the Festival du Jamais Lu, literary manager for Erin Hurley’s SSHRC-funded research into the history of Quebec’s English-language theatre and translation mentor for TRADUCTIONS CROISÉES (Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal/CEAD). She has a B.A. Honours in English and Creative Writing from Concordia University and an M.A. in English Literature from the Université de Montréal. Many of her works can be found at the Canadian Play Outlet.