Trickster Theatre supports schools and communities in using theatre and technology to explore the world around them. In their main Artist-in-Residency program, they embed a team of professional artists in a school for one week to co-create an original theatrical production with up to 600 actors! Trickster provides all of the curtains, lights, sound, props, and costumes as the school gymnasium or community hall is transformed into a magical theatrical “black box” theatre with every student performing in the final production.

In 40 years of pop-up performances and artist residencies, over 250,000 Albertans have appeared in a Trickster show in almost every community in Alberta from Fort Chipewyan to Fort MacLeod. Based on physical theatre techniques, Trickster’s work with embodied learning and arts-integration has been formally studied by the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary. Their findings? Trickster Theatre’s programs are powerful interventions for engaging youth.