Theatre Junction

What Theatre Junction does

Theatre Junction is a bilingual, multidisciplinary live art ensemble headquartered in Montreal, with operational history originating in Calgary. The company creates live performances that sit at the intersection of contemporary dance, theatre, music, and visual art, driven by an improvisational and collective-collaboration methodology developed by co-artistic directors Mark Lawes and Raphaëlle Thiriet. Core productions include the Supernova Trilogy (2018, a three-module multimedia work exploring technology's impact on consciousness), Chaosmos (2021, an immersive installation deconstructing colonial power relations), Concord Floral/La Serre Concorde (2021, a youth-led staging of Jordan Tannahill's play), and OUTSIDE | IN (2024, a hybrid immersive performance using telepresence technology to enable simultaneous online and in-person audiences across two physical spaces). The technical platform combines live performance with video, installations, sound design, and telepresence streaming developed in partnership with the Society of Arts and Technology (SAT) and EMPAC at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

The company's business model is that of a non-profit performing arts organization. Revenue is generated through ticket sales at festivals and touring presentations, co-production and artistic residency arrangements with partner venues (Usine C Montreal, Théâtre le 140 Brussels, Carré-Colonnes Bordeaux, Teatro Koreja Lecce), donations processed via Arts Montreal's fiscal sponsorship program, and operational grants from public arts councils including the Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ), Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Calgary Arts Development Authority, and English Language Arts Network (ELAN). The Supernova Trilogy was selected as one of 200 projects in the Canada Council's $35M New Chapter program for Canada's 150th anniversary of confederation. Go-to-market is event-driven and community-focused: world premieres at international festivals serve as primary audience-acquisition moments, with international touring and artistic residencies extending the operational footprint across Canada, France, Belgium, and Italy. Target audiences include contemporary arts patrons attending festivals and venue programming, youth and emerging artists participating in mentorship programs, and enterprise partners (venues and festivals) seeking innovative bilingual, multidisciplinary productions.

Name

Theatre Junction

Legal name

Theatre Junction

Website

https://theatrejunction.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Theatre Junction is a Montreal-based bilingual multidisciplinary live art ensemble creating contemporary performances at the intersection of dance, theatre, music, and visual art, serving international festival audiences, partner venues, and emerging youth artists.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts

NAICS

Performing Arts Companies (7111), Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (711110), Musical Groups and Artists (711130), Dance Companies (711120)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Classical & Contemporary Theatre (Plays/Drama) (MPAGABAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Touring Theatre Productions (MPAGABAC), Performing Arts Centers & Presenters (Programming/Booking) (MPAGABAM)

Keywords

• Live performance art
• Multidisciplinary theatre
• Contemporary dance productions
• Immersive theatrical installations
• Bilingual performing arts

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Live Performance Revenue: Revenue generated from ticket sales at performances, festivals, and touring presentations of theatrical productions.
2. Government and Foundation Grants: Operational funding from arts councils including Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Calgary Arts Development Authority, and others. The Supernova Trilogy was one of 200 projects funded through the Canada Council for the Arts' New Chapter program ($35M total investment).
3. Donations: The company actively solicits donations through its website, accepting fiscal sponsorship through Arts Montreal.
4. Artistic Residencies and Co-productions: Revenue and in-kind support through artistic residencies at partner venues, reducing production costs while expanding reach.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Theatre Junction is a bilingual multidisciplinary live art ensemble that creates, produces, and presents contemporary theatrical performances, immersive installations, and touring productions at the intersection of contemporary dance, theatre, music, and visual art. Its current flagship works include the Supernova Trilogy (a three-module multimedia work), OUTSIDE | IN (a telepresence-enabled hybrid immersive performance), and Chaosmos (a poetic installation), delivered to audiences through festival co-productions, venue partnerships, and residencies in Montreal and internationally.

Product overview

Theatre Junction is a bilingual multidisciplinary live art ensemble based in Montreal. The company's offerings center on live performance creation at the intersection of contemporary dance, theatre, music, and visual art. Core productions include the Supernova Trilogy (a three-module multimedia work exploring technology and cultural change), Outside | In (a 2024 hybrid immersive performance using telepresence technology), and Chaosmos (a 2021 immersive installation). The company also maintains an archive of past productions including Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Sometime Between Now And When the Sun Goes Supernova, Lucy Lost Her Heart, and Little Red River. Each work combines live performance with multimedia elements, short films, concerts, and installations.

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Products and services

• OUTSIDE | IN A hybrid immersive theatrical performance for contemporary performing arts audiences exploring freedom and social control, leveraging telepresence technology so audiences can attend simultaneously online and in two physical spaces.
• Chaosmos An immersive, poetic installation forming a visual and acoustic cocoon that deconstructs power relations inherited through colonization, blending movement, songs, interviews, texts, and video art into a single interdisciplinary work for contemporary art audiences.
• Supernova Trilogy A multidisciplinary and multimedia trilogy composed of three independent modules exploring the life cycle of a star and the impact of new technologies on consciousness and the erosion of the American Dream, accompanied by satellite works including short films, concerts, and installations, performed for live audiences in festival and touring contexts.
• La Serre Concorde (Concord Floral) A French-language staging of Jordan Tannahill's Concord Floral featuring 15 adolescents from Montreal's cultural diversity, exploring youth refuge, identity, and contemporary reinterpretation of Boccaccio's Decameron, presented at Usine C, Montreal.

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Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and supporting.

• Society of Arts and Technology (SAT), MontrealcoreTechnology or IntegrationOUTSIDE | IN was developed in partnership with the Society of Arts and Technology in Montreal, leveraging SAT's expertise in immersive and telepresence technology for the hybrid performance.
• EMPAC / Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstitutecoreTechnology or IntegrationEMPAC provided additional production support and residency for OUTSIDE | IN, contributing technical infrastructure and creative development resources for the hybrid immersive performance.
• Usine C, MontrealcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUsine C is a key co-production partner and residency host for Theatre Junction. It presented the Supernova Trilogy in March 2019, hosted Chaosmos residency, and presented Concord Floral/La Serre Concorde in April 2021.
• Carré-Colonnes, BordeauxmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCarré-Colonnes co-produced the Supernova Trilogy and presented the work at the Festival International des Arts de Bordeaux in October 2018.
• Théâtre le 140, BrusselsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThéâtre le 140 co-produced the Supernova Trilogy and served as a development residency venue for the company in Belgium.
• Théâtre aux Écuries, MontrealsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerThéâtre aux Écuries hosted development residencies for the Supernova Trilogy and was a residency partner for the Concord Floral project.
• Teatro Koreja, Lecce, ItalysupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeatro Koreja hosted an international artistic residency for the development of the Supernova Trilogy as part of its national and international residency cycle.
• Collège Français de MontréalsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvided a residency for the Concord Floral/La Serre Concorde project in collaboration with Théâtre aux Écuries.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• La Fabrik (formerly In Pulverem Reverteris): Montreal-based multidisciplinary performance company co-directed by Angela Konrad, where co-artistic director Raphaëlle Thiriet previously performed. Direct overlap in artistic personnel and multidisciplinary methodology.
• Volcano Theatre (Volcano): Canadian experimental theatre company with a long history of producing innovative, multidisciplinary touring work, often bilingual or internationally co-produced. Comparable small-team, festival-oriented model.
• bluemouth inc. Toronto-based interdisciplinary performance company creating immersive, technology-integrated live works. Closely comparable in combining theatre, dance and multimedia into touring hybrid events.
• Suburban Beast: Toronto-based experimental performance company and original co-creator of Concord Floral. Operates at a similar small ensemble scale with comparable multidisciplinary, youth-engaged practice.
• Mammalian Diving Reflex: Toronto experimental performance company producing socially engaged, multidisciplinary live works with public engagement components. Comparable size, grant-funded model, and boundary-crossing aesthetic.
• Why Not Theatre: Toronto-based producing company known for risk-taking multilingual, multidisciplinary contemporary productions. Why Not Theatre co-produced Concord Floral with Theatre Junction, making it a directly comparable peer in scale, aesthetics and market.
• One Yellow Rabbit: Calgary-based multidisciplinary performing arts company and festival presenter with a comparable founder-led, hybrid-creation model. Theatre Junction's predecessor in its Calgary origin city.

Broad incumbents

• Usine C: Montreal venue and co-producer that has hosted Theatre Junction's Supernova Trilogy, Chaosmos and La Serre Concorde. Larger scope as venue operator/presenter, but with overlapping producing mandate.
• Canadian Stage: Major Toronto-based multidisciplinary producing/presenting organization. Significantly larger in budget and operations but active in the same contemporary multilingual, multidisciplinary producing landscape in Canada.
• Théâtre de Quat'Sous: Long-established Montreal contemporary theatre presenting risk-taking original and international works. Comparable genre-positioning as a Montreal contemporary theatre hub, but with broader programming and higher headcount.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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