For our production of La Machine des sens, we’ve been thinking about the relationship between performance and public space. What happens when a work unfolds within a site that is already active—socially, artistically, and communally? How do audiences gather within spaces that are not neutral, but shared? Our in situ approach at Bâtiment 7 is […]
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The Connections//Collisions Cabaret at Mile Zero Dance took place on January 2nd and 3rd, 2026, was a great kick off to the year. The cabaret featured three groundbreaking duos supported by Postmarginal Edmonton Collective through the Cabaret Creation Grant, each receiving $1,000 to develop bold, innovative works for the stage. The performances explored memory, identity,
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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