Les Trouvères, Toronto - Hosts
Les Trouvères is, of course, the celebrated Victorian touring company. Seen throughout the capitals of Europe, the great ones have now fallen on hard times and are reduced to singing for their supper in Dufferin Grove Park. But never fear, the famous actress Madame, and her sly assistant Doyenne (with poodle) will reprise their roles as audience hosts from last year.
Theaturtle, Toronto - Alphonse
Based in Toronto, Theaturtle has produced Kafka and Son with Threshold Theater, which toured across Canada and to Iceland, Alphonse by Wajdi Mouawad, The Song by Adam Nashman, The Snow Queen composed by Patrick Cardy, and Noah's Great Rainbow by Sam Chaiton.
Golgi Apparatus, Toronto - Ahoy!
Golgi Apparatus Theatre Company formed in the summer of 2007, brought together by the three core members' interest in clown and physical theatre. As graduates of the Ecole Jacques Lecoq, Ecole Philippe Gaulier, and Humber College, the company possessed a wide array of skills and training with a shared vocabulary on which to base their work. The company developed their own approach to rehearsing with highly physical routines and improvisational exercises from their different schools to anchor their collective creation process. Golgi Apparatus’ first show Bigfoot made its successful debut at the 2007 Cooking Fire Theatre Festival.
Buddy Nutt, Pittsburgh - Pickleville
Buddy Nutt is a singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist who sings songs about picnics, super markets, dead girlfriends, ping pong, sledding, and so on. Relying heavily on ukulele, kazoos, duck call, and slide whistle, he also occasionally whips out the musical saw, cornet, spoons, didgeridoo, and suitcase bass drum. Oh... and a vibraslap.
Scrapheap Theatre, Toronto - Hellooo...
Scrapheap Theatre is a new Toronto-based company comprised of creator/performers, Sarah Cormier and Kiersten Tough. A full-on mash-up of physical theatre, clown, and music, combined with a general desire to create explosive chaos, quietly. Originally from Summerside, PEI, Sarah has worked in Halifax, Montreal, and Toronto. She has collaborated on many shows with Stranger Theatre since 2002, performing in The World Turned Upside Down at The Cooking Fire Theatre Festival in 2005 and Käthe Kollwitz (Cooking Fire, 2006). Kiersten is originally from Halifax, NS. She has trained in acting, physical theatre and clown in both Halifax and Toronto. With Zuppa Circus Theatre she co-created and performed in many shows including Uncle Oscar’s Experiment (Cooking Fire, 2004) and Open Theatre Kitchen (Cooking Fire, 2006). At last year’s festival she performed her solo show, Lear’s Shadow. This new collaboration comes out of Kiersten and Sarah’s work together last summer as part of Stranger Theatre’s The World Turned Upside Down.
Teatro Arado, Portugal - The Bird of Spring/O Passaro da Primavera
Teatro Arado is a Portuguese Theatre company founded in 2005 in Vila Nova de Gaia. The company's focus in Portugal consists in taking theatre to isolated villages and socially disfavoured areas. In the belief that continuity is important in order to build up audiences, the company also teaches yearly drama projects.
Some other projects include the organization of Beijamins - a Theatre Festival for Children and Youth; and Trebilhadouro - an Arts and Cultures International Festival.
TeatroArado also develops working partnerships with Portuguese speaking African Countries.
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