Dean Bareham is Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Green Fools Theatre.

Dean began his studies as a sculpture major and performance artist at the Alberta College of Art & Design. He then attended the Dell' Arte School of Physical Theatre in Blue Lake, California. For the last fifteen years he has been delighting audiences across the globe with his buffoonery and stilt characters.

Dean's alter ego, Gustavo the Impossiblist, is infamous world-wide. He has performed solo and with the Fools in Europe, South America, Macedonia, New Zealand, Africa, the US and Canada.

Dean is an accomplished physical theatre instructor and has taught workshops at numerous schools and universities, including the Dell' Arte School. He teaches youth-at-risk in Northern Canadian communities and is proud to be a part of the Winnipeg CAMPP (Circus And Magic Partnership Program) as well as Calgary’s own Trickster Project. Both camps are aligned with Children’s Festivals, and target inner city and reservation-based youth. This winter, Dean taught circus camp to 150 impoverished students in Lesotho, Africa.

When not performing or teaching, you'll find Dean creating, designing, building and painting puppets, masks, props and sets for Green Fools projects. He is also the lead singer and ukulele player for The Philmoronic Orchestra.
Dean was recently named one of Calgary’s Top 40 Under 40.