Company
Our work is grounded in the creation of original, experimental + intercultural works of performance. Since our beginnings, we've held fast to an ethos of co-existence + this idea still runs through everything we do. Our new works are built through highly collaborative processes, over extended working periods + foreground diverse artists. With an incredible roster of Associate + Resident Artists, as well as ongoing + new collaborators, we've built a body of work that forwards our aesthetic + conceptual interests in creating + sharing bold, contemporary performances. Our works tend to question the ways in which the performance + the audience interact. We lean into autobiographical + biographical material; our shows look to answer larger questions we are asking in + of the world. As we continue to make new work, our processes include collaborating and intersecting with artists + people who hold different cultural perspectives, histories + identities — this is how we define our intercultural practice. We've also designed public programs that share what we do + how we do it with other artists through various opportunities for mentorship, residency, professional development + networking. We are invested in cultural exchange and international dialogue + actively seek out ways in which our work can be in conversation with the world through presentation opportunities, creative partnerships + strategic initiatives.
The company continues to build + tour work + has been presented at internationally recognized festivals + venues including: Festival TransAmériques (Montréal), Magnetic North Theatre Festival (Ottawa, Vancouver, Kitchener, Whitehorse), Free Fall Festival + Factory Theatre (Toronto), PuSh International Performing Arts Festival + The Cultch (Vancouver), High Performance Rodeo (Calgary), On the Boards (Seattle), Fusebox Festival (Austin, TX), Noorderzon Festival (Groningen, NL), PAZZ Performing Arts Festival (Oldenburg, Germany), Lókal + Everybody’s Spectacular Festivals (Reykjavik), A! Festival (Akureyri, Iceland), Terni Festival (Italy), Dublin Fringe Festival + Dublin Theatre Festival (Ireland), Foreign Affairs (Berlin), Soho Rep. (New York), Woolly Mammoth (Washington, DC), Portland Repertory Theatre (Portland, Oregon), Mayfest (Bristol, UK), artsdepot (London), Cambridge Junction (Cambridge, UK), FOLDA Festival (Kingston, ON), BASTARDFESTIVALEN, Meteor Festival (Norway) + Melbourne Fringe Festival (Australia).
Mandate
Recognize. Magnify. Reproduce.
Theatre Replacement builds performances that react to contemporary existence.
When making this work, we recognize the accomplishments and failures of the world around us; use biographical material to magnify these events through extended collaborative processes; and reproduce the results for local, national and international audiences.
Mission
To bring together intercultural creative teams inclusive of diverse histories, lived experience and disciplines, to make new, experimental work;
To engage intercultural and intergenerational audiences and create new relationships to performance for these audiences;
To be an active part of a global network of artists, presenters and producers and share these networks with our home community through our programs;
To engage in purposeful and ongoing conversations around experimentalism and internationalism in the arts through activities, artist talks and writing;
To mentor artists making new, experimental and intercultural work;
To learn from the continuation of creative practices that decolonize our working rooms and processes;
To continue to learn and develop better creative access and inclusion practices for our projects and programs;
To interrogate the environmental impact of our work through content, form, materiality, process and presenting relationships;
To provide opportunities for education and professional development;
To critically reflect on our work on an ongoing basis and share what we learn with our community.
Values
artistic excellence
curiosity
experimentation
dedication and diligence
continuous learning and critical reflection
generosity
cultural exchange and international connections
courageous engagement with and across difference