Vincent de Tourdonnet

Who is Vincent de Tourdonnet?

Vincent de Tourdonnet is a Canadian musical theatre writer. He is known for large-scale historical musicals, as well as intimate, cabaret-style musicals. He frequently also serves as stage director.

De Tourdonnet's current historical project is The Musical McCoy, adapted from Andrew Moodie's award-winning hit play The Real McCoy, based on the life of Elijah McCoy, the 19th-century African-Canadian inventor who helped revolutionize the steam engine.

De Tourdonnet’s epic musical Pélagie, co-written with Allen Cole, premiered at CanStage in Toronto and The National Arts Centre in Ottawa, and de Tourdonnet directed an Eastern Canada touring production of Pélagie, produced by Two Planks and a Passion with a bilingual cast alternating performances in French and English. Starring Québec chanteuse Marie Denise Pelletier, and Canadian actor Rejean Cournoyer, it was translated by Antonine Maillet, author of the Prix Goncourt-winning novel Pélagie-la-charrette, on which the musical is based.

His first production of Snappy Tales, Short Satirical Musicals, at the Factory Theatre in Toronto, was nominated for 7 Dora Mavor Moore Awards.