Our Instructors
Victoria Fuller - Program Director
Victoria Fuller is a Toronto-based theatre artist and educator, originally from Newfoundland. She relocated to Toronto to pursue her passion for musical theatre, earning a Performing Arts Diploma from Randolph College for the Performing Arts. She furthered her training at the prestigious Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), where she completed an M.A. in Musical Theatre Performance. Over the years, Victoria developed a profound passion for directing and theatre education.
With over a decade of experience, Victoria has taught dance, singing, and acting to students of all ages. As the Educational Director of Little Red Theatre, a children's musical theatre program in Toronto, she also teaches music and musical theatre at P.A.C.E. The Academy for Gifted Children and various Toronto District School Board (TDSB) schools. Additionally, she has collaborated with numerous organizations across Canada, including her alma mater, Randolph College for the Performing Arts, through its Randolph Kids Performing Arts program.
As the founder and Artistic Director of Echo Productions, Toronto, Victoria has directed a wide range of productions, such as A Clockwork Orange (Tarragon Theatre), Frankenstein, Dog Sees God (Second City), Bonnie & Clyde (Factory Theatre), and Jekyll & Hyde, to name a few. Her productions of Bonnie & Clyde and Son of Man, toured the east coast of Canada, and her original work Context was featured at the Rendezvous with Madness film festival in Toronto. Victoria has also been invited to direct short plays for The Playwrights' Springboard, a platform for showcasing new works, and was nominated for Outstanding Direction at the 2018 My Entertainment World Awards.
Victoria is deeply committed to creating politically-driven original works and fostering anti-capitalist spaces for artistic expression. Alongside her directing and teaching work, she is an accomplished singer and vocal teacher, has adjudicated vocal festivals, and teaches privately.
In addition to her extensive directing and teaching career, Victoria has a long performance career in musical theater productions across Canada and the United Kingdom. She is also a singer-songwriter, regularly performing.. Victoria believes her ongoing work as a performer enriches her perspective and enhances her approach to directing, both at Little Red Theatre and Echo Productions.
Jensen Porter
Jensen is a Toronto-based actor, dancer, and creator. Prior to graduating from the Randolph Academy (’15) she was a competitive dancer and studied at the Quinte Ballet School of Canada. From screen, to theatre, to dance festivals, Jensen has dipped her toes into as many creative waters as possible, including being published by the Canadian Poetry Institute. She has had the opportunity to perform in the New York and Toronto International Dance Festivals, premiere a webseries (Gay Mean Girls) at TIFF Next Wave, and perform on many stages across Canada. Jensen has had the honour of teaching, adjudicating, assisting, and choreographing kids for over ten years between the ages of 4-17 in dance and drama (Kim Thomas Dance Project, Studio of Dance and Performing Arts, Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts). Jensen has worked under the direction of Thomas Carter (American Gods), Robin Bicknell (Paranormal 911), Heyishi Zhang (Gay Mean Girls), Rosanna Saracino (Little Pricks, Suitcases, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead), Linda Garneau (Spring Awakening, Suitcases), and Victoria Fuller (Echo Productions).
Adrian Yearwood
Adrian is a Toronto-based writer and performer with a passion for teaching and comedy! He has been performing and teaching with Little Red Theatre aince 2015, but he began his improv journey in 2012 with the troupe "Starwipe Comedy" and is ecstatic to be able to share his years of experience and knowledge with a new generation of budding comedians. Adrian is also a founding member of Toronto-based theatre company Echo Productions, and has written and performed over a dozen shows since it's inception.