Briane Nasimok is a

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writer, actor, and director and storyteller. In 2020 he shared the Hamilton Fringe stage with Izzy Ferguson in the two-man storytelling show "Izzy and the Naz". In 2021 his new show "Now Where Was I?" premiered ar the Ottawa Fringe, virtually of course. Nasimok appeared in films such as ''Gas', 'Funny Farm', ''Tulips'', '' Ticket to Heaven'' and ''Hi-Ballin'', before turning to a career as a television writer and producer.

Biography

Nasimok graduated from the

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and began his career appearing with the Canadian Opera Company in non-singing roles. He later toured

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as the Other Servant in ''

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'', and the Head Waiter in '' La Boheme'', performing 287 times without singing. Later, he performed the non-singing role Ambrogio in ''

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'' at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in

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before his retirement. His one-person show "Confessions of an Operatic Mute", premiered at the Toronto SouloTheatre Festival in 2013 and played that summer at Totnes England Theatre Festival. In 2014 the hour-long version played at the Toronto and Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festivals, followed by a tour which took the show to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Victoria, B.C. and Hamilton Ontario He wrote for the ''

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'' and the ''

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'' and was responsible for the guide book ''Making Out in Toronto'' (1980). As a

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for

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, he covered the

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for ten years, including their back to back

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wins. Nasimok was the second feature act at Yuk Yuks Komedy Kabaret and appeared on A&E's "Evening at the Improv" and Showtime's "Spectacular Evening in Canada". He then moved to Theatresports Toronto and was a member of the 1993 Canadian Championship Team. His theatre credits include "Dead Air" at the Charlottetown. In addition, Nasimok was the founder and artistic director of the Grafton Street Dinner Theatre in Halifax,

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. Nasimok created ''NBA Dunk Street'', ''Don't Lick the Pig'' and produced '' Uh Oh!'', and nanaLa' while writing for the YTV Achievement Awards and YAA to the M@x. He is currently telling stories online through his monthly series "But That's Another Story".

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