Artistic Director/Leadership Team

Company Overview

Sick + Twisted is a Winnipeg based theatre company and registered non-profit charity dedicated to creating work exploring the experience of living with a disability. We don’t create theatre for disabled people; we create theatre for everybody. We believe that there are deep universal truths of the human condition hidden behind the veil of disability. We believe our bodies tell the truth, and when we listen clearly and with curiosity, we can create work that reveals an audience to itself. 

Job Description

The Role

Optimal Start date: September 2026

The new Leadership will guide Sick + Twisted to achieve its core purpose — creating theatre that challenges society’s understanding of disability and expands our collective sense of what it means to be human — at a pivotal time in Sick + Twisted’s history.  

The successful applicant(s) will be responsible for the artistic and business leadership of our theatre company. We place a high value on collaborative models in both its artistic and administrative work, while promoting the voices and careers of artists with disabilities.

This leadership role is one in which the candidate/s will develop Sick + Twisted as a theatre company which encourages learning and mentorship, so we are looking for a leader/s and facilitator/s who will help to maintain an environment in which everyone can thrive and grow.

We are looking for candidate(s) who will provide inspirational artistic and operational leadership, and we encourage applications from people with a range of different leadership styles and experience. Aligned with our mandate and disability justice values, Sick + Twisted prioritizes persons with lived experience of disability, Indigenous Peoples (First Nations, Inuit, Métis), 2SLGBTQIA+ persons, and persons who because of their race and/or colour, are a racialized minority in Canada.

If you have a commitment to Sick + Twisted’s purpose, a compelling vision for Sick + Twisted’s future on a local, national and international level, and you think you possess the right leadership and collaboration qualities, we’d love for you to apply.  

Terms and conditions

Salary: Range is $15,000 to $40,000 gross per annum depending on skills and experience and depending on whether one person or two people fill this position.  

Hours: This role is a work-from-home position averaging 28 hours per week. While your hours may be flexible, the Artistic Director/Leadership Team will need to fulfil the hours required to do the job, including some evening and weekend work. It is essential that the Artistic Director/Leadership Team maintains a consistent presence and responds to communication in a timely manner. Weekly co-working sessions with other staff must be maintained.  

Vacation time:  2 weeks per year pro rata
Probation period:  6 months preceded by a performance review
Notice period:  6 months
Employment Status: Part time employee

What We Offer

• flexible work hours
• flexible work environment (work from home/work as a team)
• support for your access needs
• a supportive team environment