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  • Touring Productions

    Workshop Productions for Schools

    Theatre Prospero has been touring productions throughout Alberta since 2001, and specialises in one-day workshop stagings which allow students to participate directly in the production their classmates will see in the afternoon.

  • Multi-week Residencies

    Multi-week Residencies

    Our company can come to your school for a day, a week or a month - the length of time we spend with you depends only on your students' imaginations. In consultation with your teachers, we can develop a residency tailored to your school's curriculum.

  • Working With Students

    Students rehearse alongside our cast

    Our touring productions give students an opportunity to rehearse and perform alongside our cast, and also allow teachers to integrate our performance into their curriculum in an active way.

  • Resources for Teachers

    Resources for Teachers

    Our site contains listings of websites and resources that will be useful to anyone studying or teaching theatre (the plays of Shakespeare in particular). In addition, we provide documents to prepare for our touring workshops and productons.

  • Our Edmonton Audiences

    Reaching Audiences in Edmonton and Beyond

    Theatre Prospero regularly stages productions in Edmonton, which regularly draw an enthusiastic audience from a broad range of backgrounds.  Subscribe to our feed, and keep up to date on special announcements.

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About Us

Contact Us

By mail (please send all physical documents here):
P.O. Box 39051
8901 - 118 Avenue
Edmonton, AB  T5B 4T8

In person:
9210 118 Avenue
(inside the Alberta Avenue Community Centre)
Edmonton, AB

t: 780 . 477 . 2773 ext. 107
f: 815 . 301 . 6529

Our Reviews

" This is a stately and intimate production. An austere, visceral adaptation that shows worthwhile theatre comes from passionate, thoughtful performances filling a apace with genuine emotion.  "

Star Star Star Star
VUE Weekly
Hamlet, 2005 


Other Links

Great resources for teachers and students alike, as well as links to other local arts groups.

Click here to access our database of links to other sites.

If you would like to submit a link, please email us.

Cancellation Policy

Please familiarise yourself with our cancellation policy here.

Grants for Schools

The Alberta Foundation for the Arts provides grants to schools on an annual basis.
Find out how to cut the cost of booking a Theatre Prospero production at your school.

Supplement 50% of your fee if your school is located in Edmonton, St. Albert, Sherwood park, Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, Leduc, Calgary, Airdrie or Okotoks*.

Supplement  75% of your fee if your school is located anywhere else in Alberta*.

Click here to download application forms and guidelines for the AFA's Artists in Education project grant, including details on how much the grant can save your school.

Click here for Theatre Prospero's documents, essential for your application.

Click here if you only want to download our company description, without the rest of our assistance package.

*GST must be paid on the entire fee, and cost reductions are based on AFA grant formulae. Only specified communities receive the funding mentioned above - please see our booking pages and grant documents for details.

What Is Theatre Prospero?

Our Mandate

To provide innovative and affordable classical theatre for student and community audiences, and to provide high-level training and performance opportunity for teenagers.

Where We Are, Whom We Serve

We are based in Edmonton, Alberta. We serve junior and senior high schools in Alberta; we have also served Edmonton elementary school children. For the 2009 – 2010 season we are mounting student participation productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream and King Lear, which we will tour to schools throughout Alberta.  We also provide multi-week Artist-in-Residence programs for junior and senior high schools.

Our Main Goals and Artistic Objectives

  • To keep Shakespeare’s works alive as a tool people can use to explore and celebrate what it means to be human.
  • To make them accessible to modern audiences in their local cultures without watering down the content.
  • To celebrate and bring to immediate life other works that deal with great themes about humans as individuals and societies.

Our Role in the Arts Community

Our primary role is in arts education and audience development. We like to give young performers a chance to fly. Many of our student performers keep coming back to our projects in increasingly challenging roles. We believe that putting faith in youth can only have positive psychological and sociological repercussions.

 
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Last Updated on Monday, 18 January 2010 19:37
 
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