What’s it like to go from being an independent artist to the head of a national institution?

Kevin Loring is an accomplished Canadian playwright, actor and director. He currently serves as Artistic Director of Indigenous Theatre at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. He also serves as Artistic Director of Savage Society where he develops work that reflects an indigenous world view.

A Nlaka’pamux from the Lytton First Nation in British Columbia, Kevin was the winner of the Governor General’s Award for English Language Drama for his play, Where the Blood Mixes. The play explores the intergenerational effects of the residential school system. He also has a lengthy IMDB entry, with roles in Da Vinci’s Inquest, Arctic Air and Health Nutz, and played Edmund in an all-First Nations production of Shakespeare’s King Lear.