News
2022
A Poem for Rabia is nominated for the Playwrights Guild of Canada’s 2022 RBC Emerging Playwright Award at the Tom Hendry Awards.
2021
Nikki is a finalist for the 2021 Crow’s Theatre RBC Rising Star Emerging Director Award.
Spirits wins first place in the poetry category of Briarpatch Magazine’s tenth annual Writing in the Margins contest.
Nikki is nominated for the 2021 Pauline McGibbon Award for Emerging Theatre Directors.
2020
BroadwayWorld.com: “The Theatre Centre announces plans for 2020/2021.” 15 September 2020.
The Globe and Mail: “In training up BIPOC artists, Why Not Theatre’s ThisGen Fellowship is the right pandemic pivot.” 4 July 2020.
AmericanTheatre.org: “WhyNot Theatre Announces ThisGen 2020 Fellowship.” 26 May 2020.
2019
Nikki is the 2019 recipient of the Patrick Conner Award
Montreal votes Nikki Shaffeeullah in the top 10 film actors of the year in Cult MTL’s popular annual Best-Of list. The Lower Plateau is voted #1 film of the year.
Nikki concludes her tenure as Artistic Director of The AMY Project after 5 years.
Now Magazine: “Climate change in the spotlight at SummerWorks Festival.” 1 August 2019.
Toronto Star: “Lilies: Or, the Revival of a Romantic Drama explores transformative justice, Two-Spirit culture” 11 May 2019.
2018
Life With More Cowbell: “SummerWorks: Revolution, gratitude & being with a roar in The AMY Project’s brave, bold Lion Womxn.” 14 August 2018.
CBC Exhibitionists: “What does it mean to be a lion womxn? To be courageous enough to be yourself.” 17 August 2018.
Now Magazine: “Summerworks Review: Lion Womxn”. 11 August 2018.
Now Magazine: “Luminato review: NASSIM is a brilliant show about language, home, and humanity.” 8 June 2018.
Nikki is nominated for the 2018 Ontario Arts Foundation’s Artist Educator Award.
Nikki is inducted into the Durham Region Hall of Fame.
2017
Nikki is invited by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Salzburg Global Forum to represent Canada as a Fellow of the Salzburg Global Forum for Young Cultural Innovators.
Toronto Star: “Summerworks projects vivid, varied, and versatile.” 7 August 2017.
The Slotkin Letter: “More from SummerWorks: Almeida (The Glorious) and O Nosso Fado”. 7 August 2017.
Mooney On Theatre: “Almeida (The Glorious) (The AMY Project) 2017 Summerworks Review.” 4 August 2017.
The AMY Project, led by Nikki Shaffeeullah and Rachel Penny, is the 2017 recipient of the Toronto Arts Foundation’s Arts for Youth Award
2016
Nikki is recognized by Cahoots Theatre’s 30for30: 30 artists shaping the next 30 years of Canadian theatre
Macleans: “Popular stage shows like war horse are leading a puppetry revival”. 4 November 2016.
2015
The AMY Project announces Nikki as its next Artistic Director.
2014
After the House Lights. “A reaction to Escape Velocity.” 3 April 2014.
Vue Weekly: “Escape Velocity”. 3 April 2014.
After the House Lights: “Escape Velocity the result of months of collaboration.” 29 March 2014.
After the House Lights: “Workshop on Gender-Based Violence Provides Insights Into Upcoming Play.” 4 February 2014.
2013
Nikki is named one of the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation’s Top 30 Under 30.
Nikki receives the 2013 Enbridge Nextfest Emerging Artist Award.
After the House Lights: “Out and About - June 11 - Seven Steps to Success.” 8 June 2013.
Nikki receives the 2013 Canadian Association for Theatre Research Award in Intercultural Theatre for her research on anti-colonial, feminist theatre creation methodologies.
After the House Lights: “UofA Studio Theatre tackles forgiveness.” 22 May 2013.
After The House Lights: “(Un)earthed takes a new approach to misogyny.” 24 April 2013.