This season we are back in schools creating live performances with students and teachers! Each class will get to create their very own play with one of our professional artists, and perform it to a live audience. In one week!
We are still accepting bookings for the 2022/2023 season.
We will be supporting schools applying to the AFA May 1 deadline for in-school theatre based residencies for the 2023/2024 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 2023-24 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.
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.
Reconciliation is an important topic in Canada. Explore the strengths of different worldviews as we find the balance between
two worlds.
Growth mindset, stress management, 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. Extend your learning with the Kids Go Global website where we provide resources to run school projects & share student work.
Drawing inspiration from The Leader in Me principles, explore the leadership values that inspire our youth, helping students determine the steps towards their own success.
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.
Sep 19-23 |
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Paddle Prairie School, Paddle Prairie | |
Sep 26-30 | Eleanor Hall School, Clyde |
Gift Lake School, Gift Lake |
Oct 3-7 |
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Worsley Central School, Worsley | |
Oct 11-14 – 4 day week | |
Menno Simmons School, Cleardale | |
Oct 17-21 | Holy Spirit Academy, High River |
Hines Creek Composite, Hines Creek | |
Oct 24-28 |
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Two Hills School, Two Hills | |
Oct 31-Nov 4 | Westsprings School, Calgary |
Kateri School, Trout Lake |
Dec 5-9 | St. Benedict School, Edmonton |
Berry Creek Community School, Cessford | |
Dec 12-16 | St. Mary School, Beaverlodge |
AB Daley Community School, Nanton | |
Dec 19-22 | Kemeyosek School, Edmonton |
Buchanan School, Calgary | |
Dec 24-Jan 6 | HAPPY HOLIDAYS! |
Dec 24-Jan 6 | HAPPY HOLIDAYS! |
Jan 9-13 | OPEN |
| Jan 9-13 | Anne Fitzgerald School, Edmonton |
Jan 16-20 | Overlander School, Edmonton |
Jan 23-27 | Highwood School, Calgary |
Jan 23-27 | Calgary Girls School |
| Jan 30-Feb 3 | David Thomas King School, Edmonton |
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, 2023
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.