Catalyst Theatre

Catalyst Theatre
Formation1977
TypeTheatre group
PurposeOriginal works
Location
Artistic director(s)
Jonathan Christenson
Websitehttp://www.catalysttheatre.ca/

Catalyst Theatre is a multi-award-winning theatre company based in Edmonton, Alberta. Founded in 1977 as a social action theatre,[1] it was taken over by Artistic Co-Directors Jonathan Christenson and Joey Tremblay in 1996.[2] Christenson and Tremblay drastically changed the company's mandate to focus on "creating original Canadian work that explores new possibilities for the theatrical art form and the process through which it is created, to exposing the work locally, nationally and internationally, and to challenging the artists and audiences who participate in the creation of that work.” Since 2002, Catalyst Theatre has been developing new work under the creative leadership of Artistic Director Jonathan Christenson in collaboration with Resident Designer Bretta Gerecke.[3] Catalyst Theatre's artistic team has created original productions that have toured the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and the United States.[4]

  1. ^ The Catalyst Theatre Archived 2009-03-14 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Nicholls, Liz (July 13, 1996). "Catalyst re-born as funky, alternative". Edmonton Journal. pp. C2.
  3. ^ Nicholls, Liz (September 25, 2002). "Catalyst's Joey Tremblay takes up the freelance life". Edmonton Journal. pp. C5.
  4. ^ Nothof, Anne (February 2, 2020). "Catalyst Theatre". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia.