new conversations UK - Canada

UK-Canada was the first new conversations project back in 2018.

Initially launched as a two-year pilot, new conversations has invested over £200,000/$350,000 to increase collaborations between Canadian and British artists with an emphasis on new partnerships and - before the pandemic - on physical exchange and artist mobility.

In light of the restrictions on international travel due to the pandemic and the ongoing climate emergency, round three responded to a radically different context with a programme focused on creative responses to remote exchanges.

We would like to thank the funding and delivery partners, including the British Council, High Commission of Canada in the UK, and Canada Council for the Arts.

Round one partnerships:

Bucket Club (UK) and Ghost River (Canada)

Wild Works (UK) and The Only Animal (Canada)

Flintlock Theatre (UK) and Gwaai Edenshaw (Canada)

The Marlborough Theatre (UK) and Buddies in Bad Times (Canada)

Forest Fringe (UK) and The Chop (Canada)

Rachel Warr (UK) and Théâtre de la Pire Espèce (Canada)

Poetic Unity (UK) and R.I.S.E Edutainment (Canada)

Action Hero (UK) and Mia & Eric (Canada)

Lyth Arts Centre (UK) and Pat the Dog Theatre Creation (Canada)

Round two partnerships:

Vibra Fusion Lab (Canada) and Charles Matthews (UK)

Broadleaf Theatre (Canada) and Blooming Ludus (UK)

Secret Theatre (Canada) and Chapter Arts Centre (UK)

Toronto Storytelling Festival (Canada) andMairi Campbell (UK)

2b theatre company (Canada) and Imitating The Dog (UK)

Moonhorse Dance Theatre (Canada) and Three Score Dance Company (UK)

Rumble Theatre (Canada) and Bertrand Lesca & Nasi Voutsas (UK)

Joe Jack & John (Canada) and Candoco Dance Company (UK)

Young Vic (UK) and Grand Theatre (Canada)

Arika (UK) and Western Front (Canada)

Doorstep Arts (UK) andAntyx Community Arts (Canada)

Maribé – Sors De Ce Corps (Canada) and Agile Arts (UK)

Round 3 partnerships:

Beyond the Border Wales International Storytelling Festival (UK) and Festival interculturel du conte de Montréal (Canada)

//BUZZCUT//(UK) and The Rhubarb Festival (Canada)

Cole Alvis (Canada) and Subira Joy (UK)

Fuel (UK) and T'uy't'tanat-Cease Wyss (Canada)

GIFT (UK) and Mia & Eric (Canada)

Hot Coals Productions (UK) and Connor Yuzwenko-Martin (Canada)

Manitoba Theatre for Young People (Canada) and Kevin Dyer (UK)

Naeem Adamma Davis (UK) and Kirsten Azan (Canada)

Naomi Woo (Canada) and Sophie Seita (UK)

Rhiannon Faith Company (UK) and Jaberi Dance Theatre (Canada)

Salima Punjani (Canada) and Greer Pester (UK)

Second Hand Dance (UK) and Wee Festival of Arts and Culture for Early Years (Canada)

Selby Town Council (UK) and Tim Fitz Higham (Canada)

Stopgap Dance Company (UK), Laura Dajao (UK) and Maxime D.-Pomerleau (Canada)

Suzanne Alleyne (UK) and Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada)

The Successors of Mandingue (UK) and Productions Sagatallas S.E.N.C. (Canada)

Theatre Passe Muraille (Canada) and Streetwise Opera (UK)

Theatre Replacement (Canada) and Deborah Pearson (UK)

Trigger (UK) and Summer Works (Canada)

Unsettling Dramaturgy Colloquium (Canada) and Julie McNamara (UK)

Vocal Eye Descriptive Arts (Canada) and Anne Hornsby (UK)

Zoyander Street (UK) and Dietrich “Squinky” Squinkifer (Canada)