Norman Armour is a live performing arts specialist with over 30 years of experience. Based out of Vancouver, he is currently working with the Australia Council for the Arts as the International Development Consultant for North America (Canada, USA). Norman’s career has included work as a festival director, curator, theatre producer, stage director, and interdisciplinary artist. He co-founded the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, serving as its Artistic and Executive Director for the past 14 years. Prior to that, he established Rumble Productions as a mainstay of Vancouver’s thriving independent theatre scene.  A graduate of from Simon Fraser University’s School for the Contemporary Arts in 1986, Norman has collaborated on120 works for the stage and other media. His career covers a wide range of creative interests: new writing and devised works; contemporary and classical interpretations; site-specific endeavours and live-remote radio broadcasts, along with contemporary large-scale interdisciplinary collaborations and events.