Member Review
The Writers' Union is a refuge — an occasional one to be sure, but a kind of home nonetheless — for a lot of people who practise an often solitary craft. It's a place populated by people who tend to understand what that's like.
Member Profile
Irene N. Watts
Irene N. Watts (a.k.a Kirstein Watts) was born in Berlin, Germany and immigrated to London, England in 1938 via Kindertransport at age 7. She studied at University College Cardiff and arrived in Canada in 1968, by way of Hobbema Indian Reserve. Since 1977, she has been a resident of B.C. She is the founding director of Citadel Wheels and Wings, Alberta and Neptune Theatre Company, Nova Scotia. She served as the program director of the first International Vancouver Children's Festival. Theatre credits include: Stratford Festival, Ontario; Greenthumb Players, Vancouver, B.C. She is a playwright and a member of PUC.
