Leo

Actor, Director and Playwright, Daniel Brière is a founding member of the Groupement Forestier du Théâtre (Matroni et moi) and associate artistic director of the NTE, where he has performed and created new plays since 2003. As an actor, he has performed in many theatre productions in Canada since his graduation from the Conservatoire d’art dramatique de Montréal in 1985. On television, he has appeared in many different productions and since 2008 he has been a part of the popular family comedy series on CBC, Les Parent which earned him the Artis award for “Best Actor in a comedy” for 3 consecutive years. On the big screen, his performances include parts in Le déclin de l’empire américain (D. Arcand), La moitié gauche du frigo (Ph. Falardeau), Gaz Bar Blues (L. Bélanger) and C’est pas moi je le jure (Ph. Falardeau), all presented at several international film festivals. He has directed more than twenty plays and stand-up comedy shows and during 2010-2011, he directed the creation of LEO which has been presented around the world and has won many awards. His unique approach to theatrical creation has made him a leader in Quebec’s contemporary theatre.

From his early days on Tobias had strong feelings for circus clowns and the fine comedy of the silent movie era. In order to make this passion a profession, he went to study in Brussels at the renowned University for Contemporary Circus Arts – École Supérieure des Arts du Cirque – and graduated in 2003. Ever since, he has been working in various projects interweaving the genres of dance, theatre, circus and even opera. In 2010 he started co-creating LEO and performed the show at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where it walked off with the first three major theatre awards. The accolade of the “Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh” award took LEO to New York’s Off-Broadway “Theatre Row” for a month-long run. Along with the worldwide success of LEO Tobias has been invited to major theatres and festivals in cities around the globe.Festivals auf der ganzen Welt eingeladen.

Gregg toured extensively all over the world as an onstage performer before turning his focus on production. Since then Gregg has managed, directed and produced a variety of internationally known artists and companies creating, presenting and touring original works internationally. Gregg directed the Operations of the Montreal based Les 7 doigts de la main / the 7 fingers, with whom he was introduced to the Chamaeleon Theatre in Berlin. From 2008 through 2013 he worked continuously with the Berlin theatre and its offshoots creative producing and touring original shows that included SOAP – The Show, myLIFE, VERSUS and LEO. In 2013 Gregg was the Creative Producer of 4 productions for Hapag-Lloyd’s 5 star cruise ship MS Europa 2. In 2014 Gregg was the Associate Director for Circo Jumbo 2014, an original, full length circus show featuring 41 international artists that was presented to over 500,000 spectators in arenas across Chile, Columbia and Peru. In 2015 Gregg was Creative Producer, and Co-Producer, of the show RUELLE which premiered at the 2015 Montréal Completement Cirque Festival. Concurrently Gregg directs the operations of Y2D Productions Inc., his Montréal based production company which continues to develop original shows and produce and tour LEO internationally.