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Number Eleven Theatre, Toronto - Hosts

Number Eleven is a permanent ensemble dedicated to creating original performances from text, action, story and song. The company creates theatre over time, allowing performer training research, thorough rehearsal periods, and a sustained ensemble dynamic to inform the creation of densely woven performances. Throughout all phases of work the company members, Varrick Grimes, Alex McLean, Elizabeth Rucker, and Jane Wells, with director Ker Wells, engage in a rigorous training of body and voice. Number Eleven is committed to the rich potential of a permanent ensemble, a dynamic forged both through performer training, and attention to all aspects of the company's practice, from creation to promotion, from design to construction. Based in Toronto, Number Eleven has successfully toured through Canada and the U.S., introducing the company's unique performances to fresh audiences and winning strong appreciation for its work in diverse and remote communities.

Find out more about Number 11 Theatre at: www.numbereleventheatre.com

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Zuppa Circus Theatre, Halifax - Open Theatre Kitchen: All Possible Futures

Zuppa Circus is an ensemble theatre driven by a core group of artists developing original performances in collaboration with like minded individuals from related disciplines. Every Zuppa Circus show is a magic carpet ride through wild imaginings, genres, familiar stories and the unknown; the experiences, thoughts and inclinations of the lead artists determine the flight plan. Rehearsals are a juggling act of elements such as original music, traditional songs, surreal imagery, acclaimed literature, commissioned new texts, slide photography and the onstage cooking of food. At the heart of each show is the playful, restless spirit of the actor.

Find out more about Zuppa Circus Theatre at: www.zuppacircus.com

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Drama of Works, New York City - On the Backs of Fishes

“Drama of Works invites the audience to re-examine their notions of theatrical structure and method without seeming self-important or compromising accessibility…This company will be around for years to come. If you go see them now, you'll be able to say you knew about them before everybody did.” (www.offoffoff.com)

“New York’s tightly organized satirists” (In Pittsburgh), are known for their innovative works “high on fantastic production value” (Village Voice) that cross the line between actors and puppeteers. “Whatever it is supposed to be, it isn’t boring.” (Puppetmaster) Led by Artistic Director Gretchen Van Lente (who is also president of UNIMA-USA), they have performed nationally and internationally with their unique brand of theatre: gaining members, fans and supporters along the way. Drama of Works has performed at five international festivals to date: The Barents Region International Puppet Festival in Oulu, Finland; The FOOT Festival of Original Theatre in Toronto, Canada; The Istanbul International Puppet Festival, the Prague Fringe Festival and The World Festival of Puppet Art, Prague where they have earned two awards. Drama of Works has earned three Henson Foundation grants to date.

Find out more about Drama of Works at: www.dramaofworks.com

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Theatre SKAM, Victoria - Billy Nothin'

Theatre SKAM is a Victoria-based company that specializes in both site specific and regular theatre work that is build to tour. Formed in 1995 by Sarah Donald, Karen Turner, Amiel Gladstone, and Matthew Payne. Billy Nothin’ was written specifically for the company by playwright-out-of-residence Sean Dixon. It was premiered at Summer Kamp 1999 in Victoria, went on to the Vancouver Fringe that year, and was performed on the Honest Ed’s loading dock in Toronto in 2003. Find out more about Theatre SKAM at: www.skam.ca

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Stranger Theatre, Toronto - Käthe Kollwitz

Stranger Theatre is an artist-run company that uses myth, folktales and literature as a springboard through which to tell new stories. In our work, we try to give pre-eminence to social and political critique, while also giving delight or surprise through playful ways of telling, incorporating physical theatre, found text and objects, video, clown, various forms of puppetry, song, and original writing. Our focus is the creation of new pieces, adapting old texts into new forms, and producing work which uses public space in unconventional ways.

The company has performed as part of Puppet Uprising (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), The Flying Brick (Richmond, Virginia), MadLab Theatre (Columbus, Ohio), The Langdon Street Café (Montpelier, Vermont), Catcall and Le Pocket Palace (Montreal), The Black Sheep Puppet Festival (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) the On The Waterfront Festival (Halifax), Rhubarb! (Toronto), SummerWorks (Toronto), Groundswell (Toronto), LadyFest Midwest (Chicago, Illinois), The Third Space Gallery (Saint John), The Nova Scotia High Schoold Drama Festival (Halifax) and The Cooking Fire Theatre Festival (Toronto), as well as staging independent indoor and outdoor work in both Toronto and Halifax.

Find out more about Stranger Theatre at: www.strangertheatre.ca

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