Heather was appointed artistic director of the Ryga Arts Festival in 2017. Born in Winnipeg, she trained as a dancer, singer, actor and musician before moving to the UK. Heather spent 18 years in Britain, studying, acting and directing, including three years as a resident director with the Royal Shakespeare Company, performing in UK regional theatre, tours and London’s West End. She has directed for numerous theatres and festivals in the UK, Canada, USA and Germany. She also writes and enjoys creating theatre adaptations including Night Desk by George Ryga (staged reading, SpringWorks Stratford, ON), Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, (Theatre Northwest, Prince George) and Judith by Aritha Van Herk (Blyth Festival, Blyth ON). Current theatre projects include Silverfish, a trilogy of plays exploring the themes of community and migration.

For Heather’s full biography and credits, please visit www.heatherdavies.com/

Adrian joins the Ryga Arts Society and Festival as Managing Director which is a new role for the Society. Adrian brings over 25 years of Marketing and Event Marketing experience joining the team to lead the Festival into the exciting future.

Born and raised in the Vancouver area, after receiving his degree in marketing Adrian moved to London, England where he worked and lived for over 7 years. As a Senior Manager at a Fortune 500 company, Adrian saw his success come quickly in the fast-paced race in a tough European market and although these were challenging career times, Adrian enjoyed all the other as pects of life in UK with his friends, family, and colleagues. Taking advantage of the accessibility of interesting travel throughout Europe and Africa, Adrian combined this interest of travel, learning new cultures and meeting new people with his strong career path goals.

After returning to Canada from the UK, Adrian settled in the beautiful Okanagan Valley in central British Columbia where he was married, raising their son and began his own consulting company. For the past 15 years Adrian has enjoyed workin g with many different companies, businesses, organizations, and associations from start-ups, SMB’s to large corporate clients in a wide variety of industries. With a keen interest in the Tourism industry especially in the Okanagan Valley, Adrian’s clients have also included industry leaders in manufacturing, real estate, education, and others.

An accomplished rugby, and soccer player, Adrian also enjoys golf, skiing and spending as much of his free time with his family and his secondary passion of training and working with dogs.