Briane Nasimok

Book Briane
Storyteller
Writer
Producer
Workshops

Every life is a story worth telling...

Izzy and the Naz

ABOUT THE SHOW
Two storytellers, two chairs, more than two stories
Four-time CBC Literary Prize finalist, Izzy Ferguson, and Canadian Comedy Award recipient and Gemini-award nominated writer, Briane Nasimok (the Naz), share the stage to regale their audiences with tales of romance, adventure, loss and triumph.

Izzy and Briane have been sharing stories for years and have not been told to stop.  Neither of them has moved to the States for fame and fortune.  They aren’t asking for your pity – but they are asking you to have it in your hearts to help them break even.
Learn More

PRESS

Izzy and The Naz, with Izzy Ferguson and Briane Nasimok, is two men taking turns telling stories. It’s like having a dinner conversation with two interesting friends, except you don’t say a word and just listen to them talk.
The stories loosely revolve around love, of people or pastimes, and are told with a gentle sense of self reflection that draws you in, knowing there’s nothing here that’s going to upset you.
An hour spent with these two is a perfect dessert to some of the more intense shows at this venue. Watching Monster and then going to this show would be a weirdly interesting double bill.
Izzy and Naz was a last-minute addition to the Fringe, and it would have been a shame if these two didn’t bring this show to Hamilton. Beyond this, there’s not much for a reviewer to say, except go and listen to these two men, you’ll feel better for it.

RAISE THE HAMMER | JULIAN NICHOLSON
The tagline on this show says it all. It is a simple (and another late entry) addition to the Fringe Festival but one that is wonderfully engaging.
Our two storytellers, poetically verbose Izzy Ferguson and effortlessly funny Briane Nasimok (star of Confessions of an Operatic Mute at Mills Hardware) share the stage to regale their audiences with tales of romance, adventure, loss, triumph and just stories about this thing called life. The stories aren’t crude or flashy but do they ever leave a lasting impression with the audience regarding their seemingly uncomplicated but fascinating lives.
I won’t spoil any of the story plots here but if you are able to catch this one tomorrow evening, you’ll find their storytelling prowess more than worthwhile. Don’t let their website content warnings fool you. This one is a pure gem.
STEEL CITY GIRL REVIEWS

HISTORY

  • 2019 Hamilton Fringe Festival

Storyteller

In Toronto Briane has performed as part of numerous International Storytelling Festivals and regularly appears at various local shows.
His three, one-person storytelling shows have played at Fringe Festivals across Canada .

During Covid he performed on-line in storytelling shows in Chicago, Boston, Ottawa, California and Mumbai and is a three-time winner of the Six Feet Apart Story Slam on-line completion out of California.

Writer

Briane has written for almost every genre.  He got his start writing children’s theatre and continued to entertain the younger set when he moved to television creating scripts for Canadian “Sesame Park”, “Fred Penners’ Place”, “Max and Ruby”, and Rotten Ralph”.

For film, he wrote and directed “tricia”, a short film that played commercial with “Birth of a Nation”.  He is a credited writer on the feature  film“Spring Fever”

He co-wrote “Dead Air’, which played at the Charlottetown Festival, over twenty interactive scripts for the Grafton Street Dinner and Feast Dinner Theatre and three one-person shows.

Producer

Briane began producing while still in high school, taking charge of a group which he named 2nd Century Players.  They performed children’s shows at Toronto’ Colonade Theatre for three years, as well as in public school.

He produces shows with Storytelling Toronto along with his monthly showcase Tales at the Tranzac, with co-producers Madeline Sedgewick and Andrew Wong through their company, ‘Tales Toronto’.

Workshops

Briane offers three workshops, storytelling, improvisation and corporate team building.

He has created workshops for; the.Toronto Board of Education; Telus; Sheridan College; the Charlottetown Festival; Toronto High School Principal’s Association; Humber College and Tales Toronto.

He can create a special program for organizations’ need.