Hi gay!
We’re Gabe Maharjan (they/them/iel) and Merlin Simard (she/they/iel/elle).
We create as bigT, a multi-media performance collective with the mission of uplifting intersectional trans and gender-nonconforming stories. Our storytelling spans across the stage, screen, and virtual realities, as we seek to go beyond the binaries of creation and gender.
WHAT WE LOOK LIKE
Gabe Maharjan (they/them)
Gabe is a Tiohtiá:ke-based writer, actor, translator, director and dramaturg who works across Canada and internationally. Growing up, they participated in performance workshops at The Black Theatre Workshop and the MSOPA where they developed a love for storytelling.
The Geordie Theatre premiere of Gabe’s From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea received eight Montreal English Theatre Award nominations, including Outstanding New Text and Production. You can catch them in Mattias Graham’s short film, Bleach, and they recently performed at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Gabe’s voice can also be heard on Netflix and Ubisoft projects.
Read more about Gabe at gabemaharjan.com and follow them @babemaharjan.
Merlin Simard (she/they/iel/elle)
Merlin is a performer, playwright, dramaturge, and filmmaker originally from Tiohtiá:ke (Montréal) now based in Tkarón:to (Toronto). Her practice focuses on themes of access, gender euphoria, technology, and multilingual performance.
As a performer, Merlin has worked with Stratford, Factory Theatre, Mirvish, Company Theatre, Crow's, Outside The March, Buddies In Bad Times, and many other theatre companies across Turtle Island. She has also acted on Grand Army (Netflix) and This Life (CBC).
She is developing several projects spanning across theatre and VR with the support of Theatre Passe Muraille (FEAR OF MEN), Théâtre Français de Toronto (ZADDY ISSUES), and Nightwood Theatre (a free britney), amongst others. @hussy4hussy
