Amanda Parris
Amanda Parris is a Canadian broadcaster and writer. An arts reporter and producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, she hosts the CBC Television series Exhibitionists, The Filmmakers and From the Vaults, and the CBC Music radio series Marvin's Room. She was cohost with Tom Power of the 2016 Polaris Music Prize ceremony.
Other Side of the Game, her debut as a theatrical playwright, was staged by Toronto's Obsidian Theatre and Cahoots Theatre in 2017. After it was published in book form, it won the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2019 Governor General's Awards.
Prior to joining the CBC, Parris was coordinator with Natasha Daniels of Lost Lyrics, an arts education program that used theatre, dance, poetry, film and music to reach youth at risk of dropping out of school.
