Nathania Bernabe

Ethnicity: Filipino
Occupation and/or Company: Artistic Director and Co – Founder of Affair of Honour. Nathania Bernabe is an actor, fight director, playwright, producer and director.
Years of experience: More than 20 years of experience in performing arts.

Personal & professional philosophy:
Nathania is the co – founder of Affair of Honour, which is committed to creating visually stunning fight and movement based productions as well as providing a platform for emerging and professional artists, showcasing our diverse BIPOC & LGBTQIA+ communities and cultivating stories with women at the forefront.

Upcoming performances/project:
Currently, they are on a tour with one of their original works Multi – Vs which is travelling from Quebec to Halifax and then at the Waterfront Theatre presented by the Vancouver Fringe on June 4 and 5 followed by presentations in Vernon and Shuswap Theatre’s Tote Festival on June 26 to 28. They open the 2026 tour of Multi – Vs at Bishop’s University in Sherbrooke, Que. on April 23 and 24.

What is the highlight of your work?
As an artist being able to incorporate all my training I have invested in, into creating new work. I have travelled abroad to train with companies and schools like Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (London), SITI Company (New York), Zen Zen Zo (Melbourne), Diavolo Dance (Los Angeles), Rapier Wit (Toronto), DynamO Théâtre (Montreal) and Second City (Chicago). I am also a certified instructor with Fight Directors Canada, an internationally recognized stage combat organization. I have been inspired by all my training, instructors, mentors and fellow artists to become the artist I am today and provide a platform to create more action-based stories with women at the forefront and showcase BIPOC & LGBTQIA+ artists.

Future goals:
To continually create new work that sparks adventure, joy and laughter and tour all over the world performing and providing Stage Combat training for artists.