Audio version “We are a nomadic space for research and creation in the performing arts.” As a collective, we’ve created and continue to offer opportunities to expand our industry’s ideas and expectations of the creation process. Of course, we aren’t alone in this goal: companies such as Kinetic Light, founded by an internationally recognized disability […]
Audio Version What does it mean to create art that challenges margins placed upon us? What about art that distorts the modus operandi? What happens when we push through and against these margins? With the end of Postmarginal’s Edmonton 2.0 events held from May 21st to 24th at the University of Alberta and MacEwan University,
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Audio Version Amongst several projects we’ve been working on, last year saw the staging of a new production by award-winning Turkish academic/playwright Deniz Başar and founder of the Toronto Laboratory Theatre Art Babayants. After receiving confirmed funding from the Cole Foundation, we are beyond excited to announce a Montreal remount of the critically acclaimed production
Audio Version Recently, we’ve felt a shift of needs as the digital world has connected us in an increasingly isolating manner. Who are we to ourselves? To others? To our communities? À la fin de la journée, qu’est-ce qui nous lie l’un à l’autre? After the inspirational work put on through years of work by
After an inspiring period of growth with Postmarginal 2.0 in May 2024, the Edmonton Collective is thrilled to unveil its next steps. This phase focuses on workshops designed to transform Edmonton’s theatre-arts community through innovative practices. These sessions explore key themes: multilingual dramaturgy, ethical casting, and hybrid performance works. Each is tailored to inspire equitable
Inspired by the hybridity of practice displayed in The Centre Cannot Hold, artists working with or between different psychological, artistic, physical and ethnocultural perspectives are called upon to develop and test new dramaturgical ideas in laboratories that involve interactive, immersive and other technological devices (eg. vibration, immersive sound, volumetric video, motion triggering). Together, artists
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The Ethical Tapestry is more than just a concept; it’s an evolving, dynamic tool for reimagining how we approach creation and collaboration in the performing arts. Rooted in ethical relationality, a concept elaborated by Dr. Dwayne Donald, the tapestry reflects the complexities of human relationships and challenges us to consciously navigate them in creative spaces.
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Postmarginal: A Journey of Growth and Inclusion Since its founding at Modern Times Stage Company in 2017, Postmarginal has grown into a distinctive and dynamic force in the arts. By 2022, we became an independent, ad hoc collective based in Montreal, with projects spanning the country. This evolution was fueled by a shared commitment to
Born from the transformative experience of Postmarginal Montreal in 2018, le Collectif feuille déchirée is a multidisciplinary collective, founded by Aouatef Krikrou, Camille Havas, and Roxanne de Bruyn. With roots in inclusion and interculturality, the collective is a testament to the power of collaboration and the shared desire to create a theatre that embraces differences
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Some of the working principles and explorations of Postmarginal have been informed by the concept of ethical relationality by Dr. Dwayne Donald, a descendent of the amiskwaciwiyiniwak (Beaver Hills people) who works as a professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. Ethical relationality provides a vital framework for rethinking how we
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