2012 amid controversy. Several playwrights, including Walker and Judith Thompson, pulled their work from the theatre in protest, and figures including Atom Egoyan, Gordon Pinsent, Fiona Reid , and R. H. Thomson called for a boycott of the company. Since then, theatre professionals and community partners have publicity supported Factory Theatre and its existing pursuit of New Canadian voices. Nina Lee Aquino and Nigel Shawn Williams were named the new artistic directors in late 2012. In December 2014, Factory Theatre presented a re-branding as "Factory. Theatre with Grit" and announced that Aquino was appointed sole artistic director. Factory's artistic team came to include Aquino as artistic director, Williams as associate artistic director, and Jonathan Heppner as artistic producer. Aquino served as Artistic Director of Factory Theatre from 2014 up until 2022 (after which she was appointed Artistic Director of the National Arts Centre English Theatre). Mel Hague assumed the Artistic Directorship of Factory Theatre in May 2022. References External links Official site Factory Theatre collection (R13597) at Library and Archives Canada. The funds consist of posters advertising productions staged at the Factory Theatre Lab in Toronto, 1971-1973. Ken Gass fonds (R5331) at Library and Archives Canada. Most of the files are related to the Factory Theatre and Factory Theatre Lab. Theatres in Toronto