Rouvan Silogix is an award-winning, immigrant Pakistani-Tanzanian writer, director, performer, and classical pianist. His work primarily explores imaginative forms of art, often reimagining classical texts, digging into the profound and complex sociopolitical issues of our times. Prior to joining Modern Times as Artistic Director in 2022, Rouvan was Associate Artistic Director (Head of New Play Development) at Crow’s Theatre, Founding Artistic Director of Theatre ARTaud, Writer-In-Development at Factory Theatre, and Associate Artist and Producer at Mammalian Diving Reflex. Prior to immigrating to Canada, he worked professionally in New York City and Karachi, Pakistan. In Toronto, Rouvan’s work has been seen on the stages of Theatre Passe Muraille, Buddies In Bad Times, The Theatre Centre, Crow’s Theatre, Factory Theatre, SummerWorks Performance Festival, Next Stage Festival, and others. In Karachi, Pakistan, he was a Resident Artist at the National Academy of Performing Arts working under Pakistani icon Zia Mohyuddin. Rouvan is an RBC and Toronto Arts Foundation award winner. Recent Artistic Credits include the Toronto premiere of “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo” by Rajiv Joseph, “The Land Acknowledgement / As You Like It” by Cliff Cardinal, and “The Caged Bird Sings” at the Aga Khan Museum. With Modern Times, Rouvan is excited to continuing opening doors and breaking boundaries for immigrant artists, communities, and for radical, transgressive, progressive, original performing arts. Rouvan believes in Canadian futurism with a humanist view, as one of a multi-faceted, diverse, and unapologetic nature, and is proud to continue empowering voices & communities that represent us all.