Discomfort Lab 2019 Artist Biographies Swallow-a-Bicycle Theatre is proud to present the artists-in-residence for Discomfort Lab 2019. Clothing Bianca Guimarães de ManuelMark Hopkins Die Phantasie Stephen Jackman-Torkoffwith Katie Green fastLOVE Wayne BurnsJustin Many Fingers - Mii-Sum-In-IskumJ Stevens Wayne Burns Hailing from Truro, Nova Scotia,...
Update: January 2018 After two years of work with New Pathways for the Arts, Swallow-a-Bicycle Theatre has adopted a new Art Manifesto as of January 2018: Swallow-a-Bicycle Theatre creates productive discomfort. We engage with power structures, shining...
Artistic Accomplice Kevin Jesuino Kevin Jesuino is a queer Portuguese-Canadian interdisciplinary artist. His works spans the performing arts, visual art and participatory social art practices. Born in Edmonton, Alberta to Portuguese parents who arrived in Western Canada...
Charitable Donation Information To celebrate our 10-Year Anniversary, Swallow-a-Bicycle Theatre is seeking to raise $10,000! Since we're new to this fundraising business, we did a little research into charitable donations. Did you know...? ● donations made to...
Financial Literacy Month 2015 In 2014, Swallow-a-Bicycle Theatre teamed up with the Financial Empowerment Collaborative to create Money Theatre, a series of short plays about financial literacy that toured to Calgary's post-secondary institutions throughout November,...
From January 9-12, 2013 the Martha Cohen Lobby will transform into a veritable fairground. As part of that Swallow-a-Bicycle will set up a tent for our original creation Freak Show: Tall Tales and Terrible...
Volunteer for We Should Know Each Other #100 We Should Know Each Other #100 - running September 28-30, 2012 - is going to be a giant, vibrant community-building extravaganza. We need your help to make...
At last night's Secret Dinner, we had the amazing fortune of featuring performances by Kris Demeanor, Calgary's first Poet Laureate! Before each course, Kris recited a poem he had written, inspired by elements of the...
This year Swallow-a-Bicycle is expanding with a new style of FREAK SHOW tour. The FREAK SHOW REDUX tour will be a cohesive ensemble show. With that on our plate we decided to bring on...
i moved to calgary about 5 years ago. people always ask why, especially because many people leave for the city i am from, vancouver. well, i love this city. really. i know we rip it...
From Jonathan Ball's Clockfire, a book of impossible plays: Entering the theatre, you dream what brought you here. Impossible dreams. You know before you sit, before you turn your attention to the stage, that nothing...
Swallow-a-Bicycle Theatre: Call for Artists Freak Show 2011 Swallow-a-Bicycle invites Calgary-based artists to participate in two upcoming projects at the High Performance Rodeo, Calgary’s International Festival of the Arts. Both projects will run January 6-8 and...
