John D. Huston An actor of Métis heritage John’s career has largely involved “culturally misappropriating the works and identities of dead white guys”, playing Tommy Douglas in Saskatchewan, Shakespeare in England, William Lyon MacKenzie in Toronto & Dickens throughout Canada. He was therefore delighted to play Louis Riel for the 50th anniversary production of The Trial of Louis Riel Canada’s longest running dramatic presentation. Currently John is appearing in a well reviewed production on Canada’s Residential Schools: Civilised.

This year marks John’s 30th anniversary touring Dickens’ solo version of A Christmas Carol, a show he has performed over 700 times since 1992 at venues across Canada including The National Arts Centre, Theatre Passe Muraille & Ottawa’s Gladstone Theatre. In 2017 he was nominated as Best Actor for the 2016 theatre season by Ottawa’s Capital Critics’ Circle for his run of A Christmas Carol at Ottawa’s Gladstone Theatre.