Re:Current Theatre

Re:Current Theatre is built upon three principles: 1. To create theatre that responds to performance, as a means to instill thought and provoke conversation. 2. To pull apart and rearrange methods of performance. 3. To breathe new life into an idea and start an intimate and intellectual conversation with the audience to redefine our experience of live performance. Re:Current Theatre fosters a space for the development of live theatre that responds to our surroundings and personal history with intellectual rigour and whimsical imagination. Our aesthetic uses a mix of current and historical technology, a range of acting methods and rehearsal techniques, and a visual sensibility to locate pulsing questions in intimate settings. Re:Current Theatre was founded in 2014. Originally, grown out of a shared interest in adapting classic texts, we wanted to produce live performance that would draw on both our academic and conservatory training. Frustrated by the lack of rigor and imagination we encountered, we decided to redefine performance in a way that would challenge how we approached our own work by placing us at risk for failure. Lead by Artistic Director, Brian Postalian, the company first produced Wild Duck Project, a four actor adaptation of Ibsen’s The Wild Duck, lit entirely by four wireless lamps. From 2014-2016, the company ran The Open Artist Share, a monthly(ish) pay-what-you-can series of workshops for emerging artists. Since then company has been working on developing new work with playwright/performer Jackie Rowland on This Is What I Know. Re:Current Theatre recently produced the sold-out hit at the 2017 SummerWorks Festival, The Smile Off Your Face, which won the SummerWorks Award for Best Production.