playwright, poet, librettist
David James Brock is a Canadian playwright, poet and librettist. Author of poetry collection, Everyone is CO2. Librettist for Scottish pub opera, The Sloans Project. Co-creator of Breath Cycle, an opera for cystic fibrosis.
Tapestry Opera presents Songbook VII, which includes Miss Quickly, a short piece I wrote with composer Iman Habibi.
A Pacific Herring Gull talks love, life & death while spinning Yacht Rock records.
Hosts Michael Winter and Catherine Bush celebrate the 10th anniversary of University of Guelph’s Creative Writing MFA program, whose faculty, alumni (including me), and students have been pushing boundaries―being reckless!―for the past ten years.
After being performed in Canada and selling out at the Edinburgh Festival, Noise Opera brings back the Sloans Opera by Gareth Williams and David James Brock to Glasgow’s oldest pub this July for just seven performances.
David James Brock's play Wet (winner of the 2011 Herman Voaden Award) will be presented at the 2016 Revolver Festival as part of the UpDrafts Reading Series. Under the direction of Chelsea Haberlin and dramaturgy of Sebastien Archibald, ITSAZOO Productions is presenting this reworked version of the play.
David James Brock will be reading new poems and from his poetry collection, Everyone is CO2, at Poems for All Occasions at Victoria's Caffè Fantastico Specialty Coffees. The reading also features friends and fellow Toronto poets Daniel Scott Tysdal and Jim Johnstone reading from their new collections.
David James Brock will be a featured reader (late replacement) reading new poems and from his poetry collection, Everyone is CO2, at Planet Earth Poetry's weekly reading series in Victoria. The reading also features Tina Biello and an open mic.
Buy Everyone is CO2 at the reading or on the Wolsak & Wynn website.
David will return to Tapestry New Opera as the librettist for a new collaboration of experimental punk and opera in Tap: ex Metallurgy. This piece explores modes through which opera might assume a twenty-first century rebirth and involves collaborating with members of Canadian hardcore band Fucked Up, and two of Canada’s most masterful and versatile opera singers, mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó and tenor David Pomeroy.
Sewing the Earthworm will be a part of the Canadian Art Song Project's Recital Series, part its 2015-2016 season.
For the first time in Brian Harman's (composer) and David James Brock's (writer) Sewing the Earthworm's project, Carla Huhtanen (soprano) and Steven Philcox (piano) will be joined by choreographer and dancer Jennifer Nichols.
David James Brock joins a killer lineup of poets on September 5th for a series of microtalks on the theme of Play & Poetry.
David James Brock will be reading new poems and from his poetry collection, Everyone is CO2, at Palmpiset Press's Pillette Village Reading Series in Windsor. Buy Everyone is CO2 at the reading or on the Wolsak & Wynn website.
Come celebrate the Centretracks release of Sewing the Earthworm, an innovative song cycle by composer Brian Harman and librettist David James Brock, recorded by soprano Carla Huhtanen and pianist Steven Philcox. The musicians will present an intimate performance of the work, followed by a brief discussion about this unique cycle and celebratory drinks.
David James Brock will be reading from his poetry collection, Everyone is CO2, as part of IFOA Weekly/Poetry NOW's 7th Annual Battle of the Bards.
From the IFOA Website:
1 stage. 20 poets. 1 winner.
Our popular poetry competition returns in 2015 to feature readings by 20 of Canada’s upcoming and established poets. Judges Geoffrey E. Taylor (IFOA’s Director), Jen Tindall (IFOA’s Artistic Associate) and Catherine Graham (the 2014 Poetry NOW champion) will select one winner, who will receive an automatic invitation to read at the 36th edition of the International Festival of Authors AND an ad for their book in NOW Magazine!
Cost: $10/FREE supporters, students & youth 25 and under
Buy Everyone is CO2 at the reading or on the Wolsak & Wynn website.
David James Brock is returning to Toronto Cold Reads, a play reading series in Toronto. The third excerpt from his new play Misogyny will receive a cold reading from local Toronto talents who will arrive and receive the scripts an hour prior the show. The reading is PWYC. See more event details on the Toronto Cold Reads Website.
David James Brock will be reading new poems and from his poetry collection, Everyone is CO2, at the Hart House Review Speak Easy No. 3 in Toronto. David was featured poet in the 2014 Hart House Review (free copies available at the reading). Buy Everyone is CO2 at the reading or on the Wolsak & Wynn website.
David James Brock is returning to Toronto Cold Reads, a play reading series in Toronto. Excerpts from his new play Misogyny will receive a cold reading from local Toronto talents who will arrive and receive the scripts an hour prior the show. The reading is PWYC. See more event details on the Toronto Cold Reads Website.
David James Brock will be reading from his debut poetry collection, Everyone is CO2, and participating in the "Words Aloud: Writing for a Live Audience" panel discussion with Darrell Dennis and Kevin Kerr, hosted by Joan McLeod. Buy the book at the reading or on the Wolsak & Wynn website.
David James Brock will be reading from his debut poetry collection, Everyone is CO2, at the The Writer's Studio Reading Series in Vancouver. Buy the book at the reading or on the Wolsak & Wynn website.
David James Brock will be reading from his debut poetry collection, Everyone is CO2, at the Plasticine Poetry Series in Toronto. Buy the book at the reading or on the Wolsak & Wynn website.
David James Brock is participating in Sing For Your Supper, a cold reading series in Toronto. His play Black Cat, White Cat will receive a cold reading from local Toronto talents who will arrive and receive the scripts an hour prior the show. The reading is PWYC. See more event details on the Red One Theatre Collective website.
David James Brock is participating in the inaugural High Park Reading Festival, celebrating and uniting contemporary poets. Fifty-eight poets will read from noon until 8 pm. Brock will be reading some new work and from his collection of poetry, Everyone is CO2, at 2 pm. See the full list of readers and event details on the Facebook event page.
This July, David James Brock returns to the Toronto Fringe Festival with a new, site-specific play at The Labyrinth Lounge. Theatre Lab presents Centre of the Universe written by David James Brock and directed by Omar Hady. The morning after a catastrophic event in downtown Toronto, five people who are trapped inside a bar contemplate the end of the world and the city they once knew.
David James Brock will be reading from his debut poetry collection, Everyone is CO2, at the joint Wolsak and Wynn / Mansfield Press launch in Hamilton. Buy the book at the reading or on the Wolsak & Wynn website.
After selling out at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Sloans Project will return to its home in Glasgow this June. Composer Gareth Williams and librettist David James Brock created this site-specific promenade opera inspired by Glasgow's oldest pub, Sloans. The audience moves through the 250-year-old pub and encounters a series of scenes telling stories of love, loss, revenge and forgiveness.
David James Brock will be reading from his debut poetry collection, Everyone is CO2, at the Factory Reading Series in Ottawa. Buy the book at the reading or on the Wolsak & Wynn website.
This May, the Box Theatre hosts the Toronto premiere of Snow Bride - a one-person show written by David James Brock, starring Katie Hood and directed by Paul Hutcheson. Hood plays the role of Helena: a poet, a fiancé and an addict. No one shows up for Helena’s bachelorette party, so she invites the only friend she has left: cocaine. Buy tickets in advance online or at the door.
The program will start with a thirty-minute featured performance by Rachelle Elie, an award-winning comedienne who has been showcased on The Comedy Network and The Women’s Television Network.
David James Brock will be reading from his debut poetry collection, Everyone is CO2, at the Pivot Readings at the Press Club. Buy the book at the reading or on the Wolsak & Wynn website.
David James Brock will be reading from his debut poetry collection, Everyone is CO2, at the LitPOP Reading Series. Buy the book at the reading or on the Wolsak & Wynn website.
Join the Hart House Review for the launch of the 2014 print issue. David James Brock is this year's featured poet. Brock will read from his debut poetry collection, Everyone is CO2. Buy the book at the reading or on the Wolsak & Wynn website. Learn more on the Facebook event page.
Celebrate David James Brock's debut poetry collection, Everyone is CO2, at Wolsak & Wynn's Kitchener-Waterloo launch party at Words Worth Books. Buy Brock's book at the event or on the Wolsak & Wynn website.
