We are now booking for the 2024/2025 season.
We will be supporting schools applying to the AFA May 1 deadline for in-school theatre based residencies for the 2024/2025 school season. Grants of up to $15,000 per school are possible.
We discover the show through a very simple group improv process. Our Trickster Artists begin by creating movement patterns with your students, the actors. Then we build the context around these patterns, developing the story and the dialogue.
Fundamental to the Trickster Process is our use of everyday items as props. Our actors improvise with plungers, bins, bamboo poles, pool noodles, scarves, and other everyday objects. On top of this, we bring the spectacle of our signature blacklight and shadow screen styles for theatre performances.
The Alberta Foundation for the Arts has a program that schools can apply to for 50% funding in the Calgary and Edmonton areas and 75% funding everywhere else in the province.
The application deadline is May 1 for residencies in the 2024-25 school year. Up to $15,000. per school is possible.
Contact our office for more details on how to apply.
Focusing your residency on a specific theme makes it cohesive. Each class will create pieces of the performance that focus on topics within your greater theme. The theme can be anything you want, but here are some of the common themes for your consideration.
Small acts, big impact: Embracing kindness for a brighter world. One kind gesture can create a positive ripple effect that strengthens a whole community. Explore the many ways you can change the world with kindness.
Examine the role of media in informing the public and uncovering stories that shape our understanding of the world. This theme includes an added video component, live, during performance to outline the many mediums of journalism.
Explore the importance of inclusivity and community, the value of identities, appreciating one and others experiences, empathy and mutual respect. Answer why a sense of belonging matters and how we can belong where ever we are.
“Going green” focuses on adopting environmentally sustainable practices to reduce our ecological impact, preserve natural resources, and address environmental challenges like climate change and pollution. It promotes awareness, advocacy, and collaborative efforts to create a healthier and more sustainable future for all.
Explore what it means to be Canadian. Students can present stories about the history of Canada, the landscape, the people, and the future of our country.
Looking at at what it means to welcome others to be part of their local, national and international family.
What do we learn from the Land? This is perhaps the most fundamental question we face today as we try to listen to and learn from the natural world.
Problem solving, stress management, setting goals, the effects of sugar on your body, or healthy sleep habits. Helping students connect with topics that will help them be happier and healthier.
Act out global issues and learn more about the world. Water issues, conservation, equality, resource use and climate change are all things that concern students today.
Explore the leadership values that inspire our youth. Some of those values are: resiliency, empathy, patience, mastery, courage, generosity and the ability to think outside the box.
Each class will create a theatre piece based on a literary genre, including Science Fiction, Fables, Documentary, Detective Novels, Poetry, Historical Fiction, and more.
Create a performance about how Math is used in real world situations. Included in the performances is a live-time projection outlining the Math that the students are using in their play!
Explore the history of your community, unearth stories about the past, celebrate your local heroes, and imagine what the future looks like in your community.
Explore the science curriculum by acting it out. We can create a physical understanding of any topic such as plant growth, flight, magnetism, and more.
Starting from a special object – like a wedding dress, or a gumball dispenser, each class will create the story – the flight of wonder – that comes from that prop.
We can create a show based on whatever you can imagine! Dare to dream – what ideas
do you want to
explore together?
Set up a meeting to discuss options.
Choose a theme for your residency.
We’ll help put together your grant application.
| Oct 2-6: | OPEN for small school (up to 10 classes) |
| Oct 10-13: | OPEN |
| Oct 16-20: | BOOKED |
| Oct 23-27: | OPEN ( small school 10 classes or less)
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| Oct 30- Nov 3: | BOOKED |
| Nov. 6-10 | BOOKED |
| Nov. 13-17: | BOOKED |
| Nov. 20-24: | BOOKED |
| Nov. 27- Dec. 1: | BOOKED |
| Dec 4-8 | BOOKED |
| Dec 11-15 | BOOKED |
| Dec 18-22 | BOOKED |
| Dec 23-Jan 7 | HAPPY HOLIDAYS |
| Jan 8-12 | OPEN (10 classes or less) |
| Jan 15-19 | BOOKED |
| Jan 22-26 | OPEN |
| Jan 29- Feb 2 | BOOKED |
| Feb 5-9 | BOOKED |
| Feb 12-16 | BOOKED |
| Feb 19-23 | BOOKED |
| Feb 26-Mar 1 | BOOKED |
| Mar 4-8 | BOOKED |
| Mar 11-16 | BOOKED |
| Mar 18-22 | BOOKED |
| Mar 25-29 | OPEN |
| Apr 1-5 | OPEN |
| Apr 8-12 | OPEN (12 classes or more) |
| Apr 15-19 | BOOKED |
| Apr 22-26 | BOOKED |
| Apr 29- May 3 | BOOKED |
| May 6-10 | BOOKED |
| May 13-17 | OPEN |
| May 21-24 | OPEN (4 day week) |
| May 27-31 | BOOKED |
| Jun 3-7 | OPEN |
| Jun 10-14 | OPEN – small school ( under 10 classes) |
| Jun 17-21 | OPEN |
| Jun 24-28 | OPEN |
Sep 9 – 13 | OPEN |
| Sept 16 – 20 | OPEN (Less than 12 classes) |
Sep 23 – 27 | OPEN |
| Sept 30 – Oct 4 | OPEN |
Oct 7 – 11 | OPEN |
| Oct 14 – 18 | OPEN ( over 12 Classes) |
Oct 21 – 25 | BOOKED |
Oct 28 – Nov 1 | OPEN ( over 12 Classes) |
Nov 4 – 8 | OPEN ( over 12 Classes) |
Nov 11 – 15 | OPEN |
Nov 18 – 22 | BOOKED |
Nov 25 – 29 | BOOKED |
Dec 2 – 6 | BOOKED |
Dec 9 – 13 | BOOKED |
Dec 16 – 20 | BOOKED |
Dec 21-Jan 6 | HAPPY HOLIDAYS! |
Dec 24-Jan 6 | HAPPY HOLIDAYS! |
Jan 6 – 10 | BOOKED |
| Jan 13 – 17 | OPEN (under 12 classes) |
Jan 20 – 24 | BOOKED (under 12 classes) |
Jan 27 – 31 | BOOKED |
Feb 3 – 7 | OPEN (under 12 classes) |
Feb 10 – 14 | BOOKED |
Feb 17 – 21 | OPEN (over 12 classes) |
| Feb 24 – 28 | OPEN (under 12 classes) |
| Mar 3 – 7 | BOOKED |
| Mar 10 – 14 | BOOKED |
| Mar 17 – 21 | OPEN (under 12 classes) |
| Mar 24 – 28 | BOOKED |
| Mar 31 – Apr 4 | OPEN (under 12 classes) |
| Apr 7 – 11 | BOOKED |
| Apr. 14 – 18 | OPEN |
| Apr. 21 – 25 | BOOKED |
| Apr. 29 – May 2 | BOOKED |
| May 5 – 9 | BOOKED |
| May 12 – 16 | BOOKED |
| May 19 – 23 | OPEN |
| May 26 – 30 | BOOKED |
| Jun 2 – 6 | BOOKED | ||
| Jun 9 – 13 | BOOKED | ||
| Jun 16 – 20 | BOOKED | ||
| Jun 23 – 27 | OPEN |
If you want us to come to your school to do an in-person residency. Talk to us to discuss available dates, costs, AFA grants, possible themes and any other questions you might have. If you decide to book, we can start that process too.
GRANT DEADLINE: MAY 1, 2024
The Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA) provides residency program funding assistance directly to Alberta schools. The annual application deadline is May 1, which may provide funding for projects in the following school year.