COMPANY HISTORY
2019
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We begin to offer youth summer programming in Almonte
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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.
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Nick welcomes his first baby and steps back from the company as co-artistic director, but remains a cherished associate.
2018
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The French translation of Countries Shaped Like Stars - Avante l'archipel - tours all across Canada
2017
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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?
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Puppet workshop for Edge of Empire - a sci-fie puppet show.
2016
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The French translation of Countries Shaped Like Stars - Avante l'archipel - premiers at the National Arts Centre as part of the French Theatre season.
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Script workshop for Edge of Empire - a sci-fie puppet show.
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WOLF CHILD nominated for Outstanding New Work and Outstanding Production at the Prix Rideau Awards.
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In life news, Emily has a baby and moves to Almonte, while Nick answers the call of Toronto.
2015
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WOLF CHILD premiers at the Ottawa International Children's Festival
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WOLF CHILD is invited to pitch at the Magnetic North Theatre Festival
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Inclement Weather performs at the Toronto Festival of Clowns
2014
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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
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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
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Music from Live from the Belly of a Whale recorded with Matt Ouimet
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Co-produce Jill Connell's Hroses: An Affront to Reason with Evolution Theatre
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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.
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Collapsible premiers at the Crichton Cultural Community Centre
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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
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Live From the Belly of a Whale premiers at the 2012 Undercurrents Festival in Ottawa.
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Countries Shaped Like Stars tours to the Wildside Festival (Montreal),
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The Globe Theatre (Regina), The Firehall Arts Centre (Whitehorse) as well as living rooms in Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, St. Catharines and Toronto.
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HIDE premiers at SubDevision: A Theatrical Event in Ottawa, ON.
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Conceptualization and initial experimentation begins on our fourth full-length
piece tentatively titled Collapsible.
2011
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Catherine Frid’s Homegrown is co-produced with Gruppo Ruabto in solidarity with theatre companies across Canada as a benefit for SummerWorks Theatre Festival.
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Blue Ribbon Baking is presented at Arthotel in Montreal.
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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.
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Mi Casa presents at Magnetic North’s Magnetic Waves and sits on a Compass Points panel on Devised Creation.
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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.”
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Continued development of Live From the Belly of a Whale as part of a company residency with The Great Canadian Theatre Company.
2010
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Live From the Belly of a Whale workshopping begins as part of company residency with the Great Canadian Theatre Company.
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Countries Shaped Like Stars tours to the Winnipeg Fringe Festival, The Neanderthal Arts Festival in Vancouver, BC and SummerWorks in Toronto, ON.
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Countries Shaped Like Stars and Inclement Weather tour to the Revolutions International Theatre Festival in Albuquerque, NM and the Russian Hall in Vancouver, BC.
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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
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Countries Shaped Like Stars and Inclement Weather are presented in a sold out run in the studio of the Irving Greenberg Theatre Centre.
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Inclement Weather tours to the Dorothy Somerset Studio in Vancouver, BC.
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Mi Casa is nominated for 9 Prix Rideau Awards and wins 3 including Outstanding New Creation and Outstanding Fringe Show.
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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.
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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.


