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NEWS & PROJECTS
New Translation Development – Italy
SILENZIO
By Trina Davies
Translated to Italien by Carolina Migli
Teatro di Grazzano Visconti
Oct. 13 – 25, 2025
Theatre Curation – Rural Arts
DEAFY
Created & Performed by Chris Dodd
Summerland’s Ryga Arts Festival
Saturday, September 20, 2025 | 7 PM
Centre Stage
(9518 Main Street, Summerland B.C.)
New Play Development – Rural Arts
WINGS (WORKING TITLE)
By Isobel Rondeau
Summerland’s Ryga Arts Festival
Sept 16-21, 2025
Author Reading & Workshops – Rural Arts
C. E. GATCHALIAN
Reading: Double Melancholy: Art, Beauty, and the Making of a Brown Queer Man
Workshop: Writing the Unraveling Self
Friday, September 19, 2025
Ssummerland’s Ryga Arts Festival
Author Reading & Q&A – Rural Arts
BRIAN THOMAS ISAAC
Award-Winning Author of “All the Quiet Places”
Hosted by Jack Paterson
Summerland’s Ryga Arts Festival
Friday, September 19, 2025 | 1 PM
New Translation Development – Rural Arts
FACELIFT
By Nathalie Boisvert
Translated by Johanna Nutter
Summerland’s Ryga Arts Festival
Sept. 18, 2025 | 1 PM
Skills Development Workshop (Ages 17-29) – Rural Arts
CREATING THE WORLD OF THE PLAY
Lighting, Projections & QLab
FREE WORKSHOP
Summerland’s Ryga Arts Festival
Saturday, September 21, 2025 | 11 AM
Centre Stage
(9518 Main Street, Summerland B.C.)
New Play Commission – Rural Arts
WINGS (WORKING TITLE)
By Isobel Rondeau
“..a play that centers on forgiveness, within yourself and with others. Armed with this base knowledge, you can continue learning the Seven Grandfathers’ Teachings.” – Isobel Rondeau
Summerland’s Ryga Arts Festival
Celebrating the 2024-2025 Korea-Canada Year of Cultural Exchanges
“…an unforgettable performance! Blending powerful storytelling with youthful energy and cross-cultural collaboration…”
– Embassy of Canada (Korea)
R;LINK THE MUSICAL
Written & Directed by Kim Ga-Ram
Co-written with Tyrone Perreault
Composed by Kim Jun-Ho
Seoul, Korea: July 26 & 27, 2025
Vancouver, Canada: Aug. 15 & 16, 2025
The Creatus Project featured at CART2025 Conference (CAN)
Julia Henderson presents a paper on The Creatus Project at Canada’s leading Theatre Research conference.
May 26-27, 2025
Sharing Creative Access Practices at The All Inclusive Kongress (DE)
Conference on the state of contemporary disability & inclusive performing arts in independent theatre in Europe.
May 22.- 24, 2025
Sharing in Each Other’s Songs at the flausen+ kongress (DE)
Artistic Freedom, Cultural Political Resistance, and Self-Empowerment through International Alliances in Times of Crisis.
May 20 – 22, 2025
New Translation Canada featured at 2nd CRLCC International Conference
New Translation Canada invited to speak on “Creative Translation” in theatre and our interprovincial work.
May 9-10, 2025
Glendon College, York University (Toronto, CAN)
Bali Canada Cross Cultural Exchange 2025
Conceived by Jack Paterson, I Nyoman Sedana, & I Made Sidia
Considered one of the longest uninterrupted performance traditions in the world, the Balinese traditional performing arts are unique, rich, and complex.
April 2025
The Ballad of Georges Boivin – Ignite the Arts Festival
“…explores with great insight thematic territory I’ve never seen covered before…”
– Colin Thomas, colinthomas.ca
Sunday, March 30 | 2:00-3:00pm
Tempest Theatre
125 Eckhardt Ave E, Penticton BC V2A 1Z5
Connecting Korean & Canadian Theatre Makers – Young artists from Korea, Canada join hands (Korea Times)
GAPYEONG — Young artists from Korea and Canada are joining hands to create the historical musical “R:LINK,” based on the Battle of Kapyong, now known as Gapyeong, during the 1950-53 Korean War….
Active Access Design for Senior Artists
CREATIVE RESEARCH
PAL Theatre
Western Gold Theatre
Oct.- Dec. 2024 & March 2025
New Writing
DUTY CALLS & LAYING UP OF THE COLOURS
Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Vancouver’s Victory Square Cenotaph
Christ Church Cathedral
Vancouver, BC
CAG2024: Agents of Change – Unraveling Complexity and Advancing Transformation
BRAZEN AGING: UNRAVELING RESEARCH BIAS TO SUPPORT AGING VIGOROUSLY AND DISRUPTIVELY
Julia Henderson, PhD & Jack Paterson
October 24-26, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Towards an Inclusive Theatre (Summerland CAN)
THE BALLAD OF GEORGES BOIVIN
By Martin Bellemare
Translated by Jack Paterson with Johanna Nutter
Creating new paths for Senior Artists in Festival Touring
Sept. 22 2024 | 7 PM
Ryga Arts Festival
My Success is Measured in the Success of the Artists I Work With
English Language Premiere
STILL LIFE
By Marie-Ève Milot & Marie-Claude St-Laurent
Translated by Rhiannon Collett
Translated from Chienne(s)
Talisman Theatre (Montréal Canada)
Oct. 28 – Nov. 9, 2024