Allan Lysell

Biography

Education: BA (Theatre and English), BEd (British Columbia), Certificate in Arts Administration (Harvard). Allan has taught at Douglas College since 1994. After leaving UBC Allan worked as a professional actor in Vancouver and on tour throughout BC and the rest of Canada. He was a writer for network television and has written documentaries, TV dramas and sketch comedies, and a feature film. In 1974 he co-founded Northern Light Theatre in Edmonton and guided that company through the first eight years which included the establishment of a Playwright's Workshop and two seasons of Shakespeare in a Tent. Allan was General Manager of Theatre Lennoxville in Quebec before returning to Vancouver to open an acting school; the Arts Club Drama Centre. Allan has worked extensively in film and television with credits in feature films, TV Movies of the Week, episodic TV, voice-overs and commercials. Allan has directed over a dozen productions at Douglas College including Frankenstein, A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Macbeth, Our Country's Good, Mariner, Italian-American Reconciliation, Love's Fire, and The Good Woman of Setzuan. Recent film and television projects include feature film Rogue and Rat Race, and episodes of Stargate SG1, Cold Squad, Mysterious Ways and Poltergeist.