Anjela Magpantay

Performer

Anjela is a first generation Canadian originating from the Philippines and holds a BFA in Theatre Performance from Simon Fraser University. She has worked internationally as a performer and collaborator in Hong Kong and across the UK. Recent acting credits include Walking at Night By Myself (A Wake of Vultures, HK) The Wolves (Withaspoon Theatre and Pacific Theatre) Foreign Radical (Theatre Conspiracy), 12 Minute Madness (rEvolver Festival), Mis Papás (Rice&Beans Theatre) and Harvey (Western Gold Theatre). Anjela works freelance as an actor, director, clown, teacher and collaborator with various artists of different disciplines. Anjela is a Co-Founder of New(to)Town Collective and formerly the Associate Producing Artistic Director of Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre. She is currently living on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.