2019

• We begin to offer youth summer programming in Almonte

• Our Community collaboration Lighting The Way, sees 50 people age 10-65 perform 9 short shows about the climate crisis, 5 new works, and 4 from the international project Climate Change Theatre Action.

• Nick welcomes his first baby and steps back from the company as co-artistic director, but remains a cherished associate. 
   

2018

• The French translation of Countries Shaped Like Stars - Avante l'archipel - tours all across Canada
   

2017​​

• Countries Shaped Like Stars tours to the High Performance Rodeo in Calgary and the Chinook Series in Edmonton. A first attempt at touring with a baby goes...well?

• Puppet workshop for Edge of Empire - a sci-fie puppet show. 
   

2016​

• The French translation of Countries Shaped Like Stars - Avante l'archipel - premiers at the National Arts Centre as part of the French Theatre season.

• Script workshop for Edge of Empire - a sci-fie puppet show.  

• WOLF CHILD nominated for Outstanding New Work and Outstanding Production at the Prix Rideau Awards.

• In life news, Emily has a baby and moves to Almonte, while Nick answers the call of Toronto. 
   

2015​

• WOLF CHILD premiers at the Ottawa International Children's Festival

• WOLF CHILD is invited to pitch at the Magnetic North Theatre Festival

• Inclement Weather performs at the Toronto Festival of Clowns
   

2014

• Revised from the Belly of a Whale is performed at the Undercurrents Festival in Ottawa, 
  In-the-soil Festival in Saint Catherine's, and the rEvolver Festival in Vancouver. 

• Countries Shaped Like Stars is performed at the Saskatoon Int. Children's Festival

• Our co-production of Hroses: An Affront to Reason with Evolution Theatre wins
  Outstanding Direction, Female Performance & Sound Design at the Prix Rideau
  Awards. It is also nominated for Outstanding Male performance, and 
  Collapsible gets a nomination for New Work.

• Revised from the Belly of a Whale and Inclement Weather are performed at the
  Edmonton Fringe

• In life news, Patrick has a baby the day we premiere in REVISED in St. Catherines,
  Nick gets married and there is much dancing, and Emily gets married and there
  are many wide-games. This makes us all old and happy.
   

2013

• Music from Live from the Belly of a Whale recorded with Matt Ouimet

• Co-produce Jill Connell's Hroses: An Affront to Reason with Evolution Theatre

• In residence at Videofag in Toronto, we make Whale music videos with
  Jordan Tannahill and perform two nights of stories and songs. 

• Live from the Belly of a Whale is nomintated for 4 Prix Rideau Awards (Best 
  Director, Lighting Design, Set Design and New Work). Our very own
  John Doucet wins it for set design.

• We go to Quebec City to work with Danielle Le-Saux Farme, André Robillardr and Joël Beddows on a French translation of Countries Shaped Like Stars. 

• Collapsible premiers at the Crichton Cultural Community Centre

• Countries Shaped Like Stars is performed at the Ottawa International Children's
  Festival, The Festival Players of Prince Edward Country and the Edmonton Fringe

 

2012

• ​Live From the Belly of a Whale premiers at the 2012 Undercurrents Festival in Ottawa.

• Countries Shaped Like Stars tours to the Wildside Festival (Montreal),

• The Globe Theatre (Regina), The Firehall Arts Centre (Whitehorse) as well as living rooms in Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, St. Catharines and Toronto.

• HIDE  premiers at SubDevision: A Theatrical Event in Ottawa, ON.

• Conceptualization and initial experimentation begins on our fourth full-length
  piece tentatively titled Collapsible.​
   

2011

• Catherine Frid’s Homegrown is co-produced with Gruppo Ruabto in solidarity with theatre companies across Canada as a benefit for SummerWorks Theatre Festival.​

• Blue Ribbon Baking is presented at Arthotel in Montreal​.

• International workshop/presentation series organized for the local community with the Missoula Oblongata (US) teaching a creation workshop and presenting their show The Daughter of the Father of Time Motion Study.​

• Mi Casa presents at Magnetic North’s Magnetic Waves and sits on a Compass Points panel on Devised Creation.​

• An 8-show workshop run of Live From the Belly of the Whale at the Ottawa Fringe Festival takes home awards for “Outstanding Concept” and “Outstanding Overall Production.”​

• Continued development of Live From the Belly of a Whale as part of a company residency with The Great Canadian Theatre Company.

 

2010

• Live From the Belly of a Whale workshopping begins as part of company residency with the Great Canadian Theatre Company.​

• Countries Shaped Like Stars tours to the Winnipeg Fringe Festival, The Neanderthal Arts Festival in Vancouver, BC and SummerWorks in Toronto, ON.​

• Countries Shaped Like Stars and Inclement Weather tour to the Revolutions International Theatre Festival in Albuquerque, NM and the Russian Hall in Vancouver, BC.

• We make a storybook version of Countries Shaped Like Stars with illustrator Joshua Pearlman, and make an album with the help of the Acorn's Rolf Klausener.

 

2009

• ​Countries Shaped Like Stars and Inclement Weather are presented in a sold out run in the studio of the Irving Greenberg Theatre Centre.​

• Inclement Weather tours to the Dorothy Somerset Studio in Vancouver, BC.​

• Mi Casa is nominated for 9 Prix Rideau Awards and wins 3 including Outstanding New Creation and Outstanding Fringe Show.​

• Inclement Weather and Countries Shaped Like Stars presented at the Ottawa Fringe Festival in a BYOV. Both shows enjoy sold-out runs and are the only local shows named in the top 5 CRITICS PICKS by the Ottawa Citizen.​

• Tales From the Gasoline Coast (which will become Live From the Belly of a Whale) is pitched at the Magnetic North Theatre Festival’s Industry Series and we host the festival bar at SAW Gallery, featuring music by Bob Wiseman, homemade empanadas, piñatas and performance installation Storybike.