Mixed Company Theatre

Name

Mixed Company Theatre

Legal name

Mixed Company Theatre

Website

https://www.mixedcompanytheatre.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Change Theatre Services

NAICS

Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (711110), Performing Arts Companies (7111), Other Performing Arts Companies (711190)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Community & Amateur Theatre (MPAGABAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fringe & Experimental Performing Arts (MPAGABAI), Children’s & Youth Theatre (MPAGABAE)

Keywords

• Forum theatre performances
• Social change theatre
• Interactive educational programming
• Community engagement workshops
• Organizational training theatre

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Program Bookings and Performance Fees: Revenue generated from booking educational programs in schools, community programming, and workplace training sessions. Programs are tailored to address specific social issues and organizational challenges.
2. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Registered charity (11903 1870 RR0001) accepting donations to support social change theatre initiatives.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Mixed Company Theatre is a Toronto-based registered charity that designs and delivers interactive Forum Theatre performances and workshops for schools, community organizations, and workplaces. Programs address social issues such as racism, aging, migrant worker rights, youth leadership, and workplace dynamics by engaging audiences as active participants in developing real-time solutions. Offerings span school and post-secondary programming, community workshops, organizational training, a youth leadership lab, and Forum Theatre training workshops.

Product overview

Mixed Company Theatre is a registered charity in Toronto that uses Forum Theatre and interactive arts to educate, engage, and empower audiences in schools, communities, and workplaces. Their portfolio consists of core Forum Theatre performance programs including school programming, post-secondary programming, community programming, and organizational workplace training. They offer specialized youth leadership programming through the Youth Forum Theatre Leadership Lab. Their current active productions include 'Aging with Pride' (supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ seniors), 'I Carry with Me' (anti-racism), and 'Harvest Justice: Twice the Speed of Lightning' (migrant workers' rights), alongside the Youth Incubator project 'In the Land of Milk and Honey'. The organization also provides Forum Theatre training workshops to develop the next generation of artists.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Forum Theatre Performances Interactive theatre performances where audiences participate in developing real-time strategies for dealing with social issues, using the Forum Theatre methodology. Delivered to schools, communities, and workplaces.
• School Programming Interactive educational programming for K-12 students and educators addressing challenges in educational settings through Forum Theatre techniques.
• Post-Secondary Programming Higher education programming engaging college and university students in Forum Theatre approaches to social issues.
• Community Programming Workshops, presentations, and larger projects engaging community members in Forum Theatre to catalyze actionable change on challenges they are facing.
• Organizational Training (Workplace Programs) Interactive theatre-based workshops for workplaces using Forum Theatre techniques to transform employee groups and catalyze change in workplace dynamics.
• Youth Forum Theatre Leadership Lab A leadership development program for youth using Forum Theatre techniques to build leadership skills and address youth-specific social issues.
• Forum Theatre Training Workshops Training workshops that teach participants how to use theatre as a tool for social change, regularly facilitated by associate artists.
• Aging with Pride A Forum Theatre project that aims to catalyze positive change in support of seniors in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
• I Carry with Me An anti-racism Forum Theatre presentation featuring public performances held in community-engaged spaces in Toronto.
• Harvest Justice: Twice the Speed of Lightning A Forum Theatre presentation developed with the Collaborative Network to End Exploitation, aiming to catalyze positive change for migrant workers in Canada, written by Catherine Frid.
• In the Land of Milk and Honey (Forum Theatre Youth Incubator) A Forum Theatre Youth Incubator project featuring scenes, audience interventions, and testimonials demonstrating the impact of community-engaged Forum Theatre.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Collaborative Network to End ExploitationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with MCT to develop Harvest Justice: Twice the Speed of Lightning, a Forum Theatre presentation to catalyze positive change for migrant workers in Canada.
• McMaster University (Department of Family Medicine)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrian Hutchison, a board member from 2017-2024, was a prominent family physician, educator, mentor, researcher and leader in family medicine and health services research at McMaster University for over 30 years.
• Various Communities (South America, Europe, Asia, Africa)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMCT brought Forum Theatre methodology to various communities internationally, sharing their approach with artists and communities across South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cardboard Citizens: UK charity founded by Adrian Jackson that explicitly applies Augusto Boal's Forum/Theatre of the Oppressed methods to work with homeless people and other marginalized communities. Closest international analogue to Mixed Company Theatre's Forum Theatre-based social change practice.
• Theatre of the Oppressed NYC: New York-based organization founded by Tony Cohen that uses Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed and Forum Theatre techniques for community organizing and social justice education. Directly comparable Forum Theatre methodology applied to U.S. and international community contexts.
• Geese Theatre Company: UK applied-theatre company using interactive drama, including Forum-derived techniques, for social change with offenders, young people, and communities. Comparable applied-theatre methodology for educational and correctional outcomes.
• Big Brum Theatre in Education: Long-running UK Theatre in Education company delivering interactive, socially engaged theatre programs directly to schools and young people. Comparable in education-segment focus and interactive delivery format.
• Tectonic Theater Project: New York-based theater company founded by Moisés Kaufman that produces socially engaged documentary and applied theater (The Laramie Project, The Moment Work methodology). Comparable in producing issue-driven theater with educational/community impact.

Regional players

• Soulpepper Theatre Company: Toronto-based nonprofit theatre company running a year-round repertory season and an academy for training. Regional theatre peer operating in the same Toronto market with complementary educational and community programs.
• Nightwood Theatre: Canadian feminist theatre company developing and producing original work with a focus on social issues and underrepresented voices. Regional peer in Canadian social-issue theatre space.
• Volcano: Toronto-based nonprofit theatre company producing socially engaged contemporary performance, including interactive and community-driven works. Closest Canadian non-Broadway social-issue theatre peer.

Broad incumbents

• Headlong: Larger UK touring theatre company producing politically and socially engaged new work with an established national education and participation program. Broader incumbent with overlapping issue-driven programming and education division.

Others

• Passionfool Theatre / Applied Theatre Network: Network of applied-theatre practitioners supporting Forum Theatre and Boal-derived work in Australia and internationally. Comparable as an industry/adjoining organization that connects practitioners, trains facilitators, and disseminates the methodology MCT uses.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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