Peter Fernandes

@pjrfernandes

Theatre Maker Artistic Associate @crowstheatre Director, Sleuth @shawfestival 2026 Host, 45th Dora Awards
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Huge love to @canadianstage and the Fat Ham fam. Honoured to be nominated among these beautiful names. 🍖💜 The @tapa_to Dora’s this year are going to be ONE HELL OF A COOKOUT and I can’t wait to celebrate all the incredible artists who made this season so damn juicy
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11 months ago
Do you need a “funny, heavy set journalist”? “Supportive partner who is uncomfortable in social situations”? A “mischievous and troublemaking nurse”? [BIPOC] FBI agent? [Any ethnicity] manager? I’M YOUR GUY! 📸: @kristinaruddick 💄: @jenfishermakeup
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11 months ago
I’M HOSTING THE DORAS AND I’M FREAKING OUT! “It’s a huge honour to be hosting the forty-fifth Anniversary Dora Mavor Moore Awards! I was so thrilled when I got the call that I said yes almost immediately—and have spent every second since anxiously pacing around my house, wondering what I’ve gotten myself into. But the truth is, theatre is what gave younger me a community. It gave me space to be big, bold, unsure and joyful, and surrounded me with people doing the same. Hosting a night that celebrates the community that welcomed me feels incredibly special. So, am I terrified? Yes. But mostly, I can’t wait!” @tapa_to 📸: @kristinaruddick 💄: @jenfishermakeup
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1 year ago
So excited to be returning to the @shawfestival next season! Check out SLEUTH at the Court House Theatre, where I’ll be acting like I know how to direct, and ONE FOR THE POT on the Festival Stage, featuring @crowstheatread ‘s (and everyone’s) worst nightmare: three Peter Fernandeses.
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6 months ago
🇬🇧 And that’s a wrap on two weeks in London helping people levitate, disappear, and turn into mice! What an absolute joy it was to collaborate with the amazing creative team behind The Witches on this next stage of the show’s development - script, choreography, and of course- the big honking illusions! So much gratitude to the Philip Akin @black_shoulders Legacy Award for their part in getting me here, and to one of the most generous, brilliant humans I know, @skylarcfox
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6 months ago
I am SO EXCITED to be heading back to the @shawfestival next season for One Man, Two Guvnors and as an Intern Director on Witness for the Prosecution and Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Human Heart. As Francis would say: “You got to concentrate ain’t ya, with two jobs. Kaw! I can do it, long as I don’t get confused. But I get confused easily”
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2 years ago
Peter Fernandes, Host of the 45th Anniversary Dora Mavor Moore Awards Meridian Hall June 30, 2025 Photographed by Anne-Marie Krytiuk Thank you, thank you, thank you, @pjrfernandes ! You brought the vocals, you brought the moves, you brought the magic, you brought the fits, you brought the puns. Peter, you were fire, you were dazzling, you sir, were the belle of the ball. Idris Elba could never. 🪩
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10 months ago
Fat Ham: Beginning… middle… end. This was one of those rare ones - tender, joyful, cracked-wide-open kind of rare. Big love to the amazing group of artists that built Fat Ham together and Thank you to everyone who came to the cookout and laughed, sang, danced and kept our souls fed. “Lights burn on until we are all gone. Like stars” Photos by @dahliakatz Set by @brandonkleiman Costumes by @mingwongdesign Lighting by Projection by Laura Warren
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1 year ago
About last night… 🎩 🪄 🪩 🕺🏾 What an absolute honour it was to host the 45th anniversary Dora Mavor Moore Awards. Thank you to everyone who came out and laughed and danced and put up with my shenanigans. My heart is full Big love to @tapa_to , @victorpokinko , @herbiebarnes , @saunoris , liza paul and all the folks who made last night possible. Still buzzing. Still sore. Still can’t believe they let me do that #doras2025 📸: @jlphoto.ca and others
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10 months ago
The Anger in Ernest and Ernestine – the final of my openings here at the @shawfestival , and the culmination of my time as a Neil Munro Intern Director officially opens today! I’m so grateful to everyone who’s been a part of this experience. It’s been an incredibly rewarding process, full of growth, collaboration and pure chaos. Huge thanks to the incredible cast, creative team, crew, and mentors for helping bring this piece to life! And of course my intern directing bestie @tararosling 📦 📦 📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦📦 THE ANGER IN ERNEST AND ERNESTINE by Leah Cherniak, Martha Ross, and Robert Morgan CAST Ernest - Andre Morin @andrepmorin Ernestine - Jade Repeta @jaderepeta Set Design / costume concept - Ximena Pinilla @ximena.png Costume Associate - Jason Bendig @jasonbendig8 Lighting Designer - Nathan Bruce @crutch_ae Sound Designer - Athena So @athenasomusic Fight Consultant - Richard Lee @richardtheartistlee Movement Coordinator - Alexis Milligan @milligan.spike Stage manager - Georgia Holland @georgia.holland_ 📸: Mark Callan
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1 year ago
Back in 2019, I made my @shawfestival debut and at the end of that season (probably heavily influenced by what the Niagara wineries had to offer) I decided to pitch the artistic director on a massive show …. and cast me in it. 5 years later we’re opening One Man, Two Guvnors on the Festival stage. @crowstheatread and The entire team behind this show– calling it a dream come true is an understatement. Much love to everyone who made this possible!
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1 year ago