Jan "JD" Derbyshire is a Canadian theatre artist, comedian, and writer. She has performed her one-woman show, Certified, across Canada, including in Vancouver where it won two
Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards.
Derbyshire's play, Funny in the Head, about their experiences with bipolar disorder, was commissioned by
Stage Left Productions, and it premiered at the Balancing Acts Disability Arts Festival in Alberta, Canada in 2008.[3] In 2010, alongside the
Paralympic Games, Derbyshire performed her one-woman show Funny in the Head at the Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture Festival, and it was the only show performed at Kickstart.[4]
Derbyshire developed another one-woman show, Certified, in 2018. She has performed Certified for Handsome Alice Theatre (
Calgary) in 2018,[5] Touchstone Theatre (
Vancouver) in 2019,[6] at
One Yellow Rabbit's High Performance Rodeo (Calgary) in 2020,[7] and at the
Progress Festival (
Toronto) in 2020.[8]