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We create theatre, performance and events that are not only varied and vibrant, but that also lead to new theoretical insights into the use and function of culture. We are more than an art company; we see ourselves as a culture production workshop that collaborates with the public to create site and social-specific performance events, theatre-based productions, gallery-based participatory installa

tions, video products, theoretical texts and a unique body of knowledge and expertise. Our work occurs in public, collaborates with non-artists, and offers both participatory opportunities for the audience as well as the traditional option of simply watching the proceedings as they unfold. However, when our work exists on a stage and communicates to the audience in a fairly traditional relationship, we always involve the audience in unusual ways

08/21/2026

Hey Halifax! EVERYONE IS INTERESTING will be a part of Halifax Fringe Festival in collaboration with SiNS Dance! This edition will be extra special, partially led by local youth.

Get ready for unconventional and playful walking performance inspired by our social acupuncture methodology, all to prove one universal truth: everyone is interesting.

September 12 & 13, 2026. Two shows daily. PWYC options available at the door. 💛

https://www.simpletix.com/e/everyone-is-interesting-tickets-284078 -click

📸: Steve Williams Jnr.

06/22/2026

Earlier this month, we premiered WALKING THE KORA, an immersive youth-led walking performance inspired by the Tibetan practice of kora and the Tibetan Buddhist concept of Tongpa-nyid, emptiness. Thank you to everyone who joined us for two packed performances at Amos Waites Park!

Presented by Arts in the Parks Toronto in collaboration with Kensington Health in Toronto, Canada.

Excitingly, the same youth will presenting a new work in The Future, the Archive, the Great Story created in collaboration with Big Pond Small Fish.

📅 Friday, June 26, 2–3:30 PM
📍 Archives of Ontario (134 Ian MacDonald Blvd)

Save the date!

📸: Steve Williams Jnr

06/19/2026

A room full of strangers is an underused resource.

You probably have something someone else needs. You probably need something someone else has. Humboldting #10: Social Muscle Club is the place to find out what those things are.

Join the Humboldting! youth and The Farm this June 19 & 20 at the Humboldt Forum for a communal feast filled with performances, conversation, and unexpected offers.

Your table is waiting: https://www.humboldtforum.org/en/programm/termin/entertainment-en/humboldting-10-social-muscle-club-163561/

📸: Frank Sperling

06/13/2026

What can you give?
What do you need?

Hosted by the Humboldting! students and created with The Farm, Humboldting #10: Social Muscle Club invites you to dine with strangers and exchange food, stories, skills, and whatever else comes. Come and engage with the Humboldt Forum as a forum, feast, performance, and a party all in one.

📍 Humboldt Forum. Hall 1, Ground Floor. Berlin.
📅 Friday, June 19 at 6PM & Saturday, June 20 at 5PM

https://www.humboldtforum.org/en/programm/termin/entertainment-en/humboldting-10-social-muscle-club-163561

Social Muscle Club was first held in Berlin in 2012, conceived by Jill Emerson and Till Rothmund, and has been touring worldwide ever since. https://www.thefarm.company/showgrounds-smc

📸: Frank Sperling

06/10/2026

Since 2021, we've been collaborating with a classroom of students in Berlin, asking big questions about participation, exchange, and what cultural institutions can be.

This month, the Humboldting! youth, together with The Farm are transforming the Humboldt Forum into a living, breathing communal feast and party. Social Muscle Club was first held in Berlin in 2012, conceived by Jill Emerson and Till Rothmund.

Join us for Humboldting #10: Social Muscle Club. All are welcome.

June 19 & 20: https://www.humboldtforum.org/en/programm/termin/entertainment-en/humboldting-10-social-muscle-club-163561/

06/05/2026

Don't miss WALKING THE KORA presented by Arts in the Parks Toronto THIS SATURDAY!

Join us for an immersive walking performance exploring mindfulness, meditation, and connection through guided encounters with and live audio.

Attendance is FREE, but registration is required due to limited headsets.

📍 Amos Waites Park, Toronto
📅 Saturday, June 6

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/walking-the-kora-tickets-1990016644353

📸: Gregory Lorenzutti

06/01/2026

In WALKING THE KORA, audiences encounter different experts of emptiness, from neuroscientists to meditators to a lama.

WALKING THE KORA is a series of encounters and live interviews that unfold throughout Amos Waites Park led by local Tibetan youth.

📍 Amos Waites Park, Toronto
📅 June 6, 2026
🎟 FREE. Registration required: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/walking-the-kora-tickets-1990016644353

📸: Gregory Lorenzutti

05/28/2026

Toronto is home to one of the largest Tibetan populations outside of Asia.

Part meditation, part performance, part walk through the park. WALKING THE KORA brings local Tibetan youth to the forefront of a guided walking performance inspired by the Tibetan practice of kora.

📍 Amos Waites Park, Toronto
📅 June 6, 2026
🎟 FREE. Registration required: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/walking-the-kora-tickets-1990016644353

05/25/2026

A walk. A meditation. A performance.

On June 6, join us at Amos Waites Park for WALKING THE KORA, a guided walking experience led by local Tibetan youth exploring mindfulness, emptiness, and meditation.

Presented by Arts in the Parks Toronto & Toronto Arts Foundation.

📍 Amos Waites Park, Toronto
📅 June 6, 2026
🎟 FREE. Silent disco headsets provided. Advance registration required: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/walking-the-kora-tickets-1990016644353

05/08/2026

HAIRCUTS BY CHILDREN is coming to Seoul, South Korea on May 9 & 10, presented by 국립현대미술관.

This very special edition will be the South Korean Premiere, don't miss it!

Reserve at mmca.go.kr > Viewing > Participating > Event > Multicultural Art

📸: Choi Jeong San

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