Barkerville Historic Town & Park
As well as being a long-term employee and historical interpreter/performer* for the renowned national and provincial historic site, Brendan is also a director for the Friends of Barkerville-Cariboo Goldfields Historical Society and is writing a book about Barkerville’s museum history (see Where the Past is Present). Brendan is also the current editor of the Friends of Barkerville souvenir newsletter.
Brendan has written and produced a one-actor, three character play about a prominent Barkerville miner called Sawney’s Legacy (see Noble Players Theatrics and Sawney’s Legacy).
Brendan has spent ten seasons in Barkerville Historic Town & Park performing as both Scots poet, community lobbyist, and miner, James Anderson, and Cornish miner, Richard Goldsworthy. This year, from June 1st until September 8th, the site is again producing their season called the 100 Days of Barkerville. While Brendan is not performing in the site this season, he was heavily involved in an important Barkerville media project earlier this year marking his eleventh year as a performer and his twelfth year of involvement with the site. In 2025, he will once again return as a rotating member of the daily theatre production as well as being a regular street performer, a typesetter, a waterwheel performer, and an occasional performative tour guide; offering various discourses alongside a diverse cast of historical interpreters.
Barkerville is open NOW through September 8th!
