Marianne Brorup Weston:  

It bears noting I attended five different high schools starting out in Copenhagen, Denmark so my attachment to RMSS is probably not as strong as some. I left South Porcupine and RMSS for Ontario College of Art in 1969, and ended up at the Eaton Design Group which kick started a 7 year career as an interior designer in Toronto. Married Alan Weston and moved to BC in 1978. Had four kids, became a childbirth artist and activist and when the kids started growing up, threw myself into community theatre ... acting and mostly directing plays and traveling to festivals all over BC. At the turn of the century (that sounds epic!), I got involved with Indigenous theatre, and today am the Artistic Director of a tiny theatre company, The Raven Collective. Check us out on line by googling Bunk 7. I also work as a consultant to First Nations, developing proposals and writing grants for arts & culture, community projects, housing, social justice and tourism. My husband and I live in northwest BC, outside Terrace in an WWII Canadian air force duplex with our cat Hank. Our eclectic home is furnished partly with set pieces from all the plays I designed and directed. Our kids are all in BC, and th...Expand for more