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We create theatre, performance and events that are not only varied and vibrant, but that also lead to new theoretical insights into the use and function of culture. We are more than an art company; we see ourselves as a culture production workshop that collaborates with the public to create site and social-specific performance events, theatre-based productions, gallery-based participatory installations, video products, theoretical texts and a unique body of knowledge and expertise. Our work occurs in public, collaborates with non-artists, and offers both participatory opportunities for the audience as well as the traditional option of simply watching the proceedings as they unfold. However, when our work exists on a stage and communicates to the audience in a fairly traditional relationship, we always involve the audience in unusual ways
10/01/2026
Like talking to strangers?
EVERYONE IS INTERESTING: THE WORKSHOP takes over the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity this November 27-29.
Led by our AD, Darren O'Donnell, you’ll get a crash course in the Mammalian approach and interview techniques before hitting the streets of Banff to brew up new performance ideas.
Applications close October 14. 👀
Presented by Theatre Alberta, Azimuth Theatre, Thou Art Here Theatre as part of the Workshops by Request: The Bow Valley Series.
https://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/everyone-interesting-mammalian-diving-reflex
📸: Margherita Caprilli
09/16/2026
Toronto, it’s all nighter time agaaain -
Nuit Blanche Toronto is BACK, and 401 Richmond Street West will be wide open from 7PM to 7AM on October 3rd. The first floor and lower level will be packed with exhibitions, installations, and performances! Come and poke around!
Saturday, October 3 | 7PM - 7AM
401 Richmond, 1st Floor & Lower Level
09/08/2026
We're hitting the streets of Busan for another adventure with NIGHTWALKS WITH TEENAGERS presented by Busan International Performing Arts Market!
On October 2 & 3, get ready to see the city after dark, led by local teens.
Come wander! Tickets HERE!: https://bpam.kr/en/performances/list
📸: Max Roux
09/02/2026
Halifaaax, we’re almost there 👀
EVERYONE IS INTERESTING in collaboration with SiNS Dance hits Halifax Fringe Festival September 12 & 13.
Looking for something to do next weekend? Come get your steps in, see the city, and meet some strangers along the way!
https://www.simpletix.com/e/everyone-is-interesting-tickets-284078 -click
08/26/2026
What does youth engagement look like in the age of the algorithm?
On September 14, Darren O'Donnell will be in Hildesheim, Germany to take part in a panel for the 'For, By, With Young People?' conference at Universität Hildesheim.
More information here: https://www.uni-hildesheim.de/en/fb2/institute/kulturpolitik/research/kuse/kuse-symposium/
08/21/2026
Hey Halifax! EVERYONE IS INTERESTING will be a part of Halifax Fringe Festival in collaboration with SiNS Dance! This edition will be extra special, partially led by local youth.
Get ready for unconventional and playful walking performance inspired by our social acupuncture methodology, all to prove one universal truth: everyone is interesting.
September 12 & 13, 2026. Two shows daily. PWYC options available at the door. 💛
https://www.simpletix.com/e/everyone-is-interesting-tickets-284078 -click
📸: Steve Williams Jnr.
06/22/2026
Earlier this month, we premiered WALKING THE KORA, an immersive youth-led walking performance inspired by the Tibetan practice of kora and the Tibetan Buddhist concept of Tongpa-nyid, emptiness. Thank you to everyone who joined us for two packed performances at Amos Waites Park!
Presented by Arts in the Parks Toronto in collaboration with Kensington Health in Toronto, Canada.
Excitingly, the same youth will presenting a new work in The Future, the Archive, the Great Story created in collaboration with Big Pond Small Fish.
📅 Friday, June 26, 2–3:30 PM
📍 Archives of Ontario (134 Ian MacDonald Blvd)
Save the date!
📸: Steve Williams Jnr
06/19/2026
A room full of strangers is an underused resource.
You probably have something someone else needs. You probably need something someone else has. Humboldting #10: Social Muscle Club is the place to find out what those things are.
Join the Humboldting! youth and The Farm this June 19 & 20 at the Humboldt Forum for a communal feast filled with performances, conversation, and unexpected offers.
Your table is waiting: https://www.humboldtforum.org/en/programm/termin/entertainment-en/humboldting-10-social-muscle-club-163561/
📸: Frank Sperling
06/13/2026
What can you give?
What do you need?
Hosted by the Humboldting! students and created with The Farm, Humboldting #10: Social Muscle Club invites you to dine with strangers and exchange food, stories, skills, and whatever else comes. Come and engage with the Humboldt Forum as a forum, feast, performance, and a party all in one.
📍 Humboldt Forum. Hall 1, Ground Floor. Berlin.
📅 Friday, June 19 at 6PM & Saturday, June 20 at 5PM
https://www.humboldtforum.org/en/programm/termin/entertainment-en/humboldting-10-social-muscle-club-163561
Social Muscle Club was first held in Berlin in 2012, conceived by Jill Emerson and Till Rothmund, and has been touring worldwide ever since. https://www.thefarm.company/showgrounds-smc
📸: Frank Sperling
06/10/2026
Since 2021, we've been collaborating with a classroom of students in Berlin, asking big questions about participation, exchange, and what cultural institutions can be.
This month, the Humboldting! youth, together with The Farm are transforming the Humboldt Forum into a living, breathing communal feast and party. Social Muscle Club was first held in Berlin in 2012, conceived by Jill Emerson and Till Rothmund.
Join us for Humboldting #10: Social Muscle Club. All are welcome.
June 19 & 20: https://www.humboldtforum.org/en/programm/termin/entertainment-en/humboldting-10-social-muscle-club-163561/
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