About Jim Morrow...

Jim Morrow was first introduced to puppetry almost twenty-five years ago when he joined Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia as a young performer. His skills and talents have evolved with the company, and both Jim and Mermaid now enjoy an international reputation for their unique approach to multi-media theatre productions.

Jim is a gifted performer, a dedicated director, an imaginative designer and an inspiring teacher. His twenty- one tours as a performer with Mermaid have taken him across Canada, the United States, Japan, England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and he's participated as well in a wide range of stage, dance and television projects with other companies.

Jim studied puppetry at the Institut International de la Marionnette in Charleville-Méziere in France with the late Jim Henson. Much in demand as a teacher himself, Jim has taught master classes at the National Theatre School and Concordia University in Montreal, and at Dalhousie University in Halifax as well as countless puppetry workshops and residencies from Whitehorse, Yukon to Black Tickle, Labrador to the Broadway Theatre in Tacoma, Washington and the International Arts Carnival in Hong Kong.

As Mermaid's Artistic Director, Jim has created puppets for stage, film, television, parks and industry. His recent design credits for Mermaid Theatre include "Goodnight Opus", "The Very Hungry Caterpillar - The Very Quiet Cricket", "Gulliver's Travels", "Wee Gillis", and "Puss in Boots". He also directs many of the company's productions, among them Mermaid's touring productions,"Little Lame Prince", "Borrowed Black - A Labrador Fantasy" "Goodnight Opus" and "Noah and the Woolly Mammoth".

Jim Morrow & Berkeley Breathed Malibu, CA March 2001

The number of spectators who have attended the shows he's directed has exceeded one million.

Jim also constructed the puppets and props for Symphony Nova Scotia's acclaimed production of "The Nutcracker" for which he has served as Director of Puppetry for the past ten years. He is also a Director of Auguste Productions Inc., a company which produces high quality videos which integrate puppetry and medical information. Their most recent video is entitled "Dancing Inside - an Alzheimer's Story".

Jim, originally from Grand Falls, Newfoundland, now makes his home in Port Williams, Nova Scotia with his wife Suann and his four children, Hannah, Cael, Jacob and Kaitlin.

With 'Old Woman' the fusion of movement and puppetry really ignites and . . . there is no stopping the flame. With absolutely minimal but impeccably timed and directed movements, Morrow brings to living, breathing anima, the mask/puppet character of the old woman."
Christopher Majka, Arts Atlantic, Charlottetown, P.E.I.

"Jim Morrow's imaginative puppets . . . are striking plusses for 'The Nutcracker" production" - Kay and Stephen Pedersen, The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, N.S.