Edge Theatre Ensemble Mission
Terror is fundamental to the human condition, and is constantly being
given new meaning in today’s world. Experience teaches us that nothing
makes the human being feel more alive than direct confrontation with
what we fear, in all of its forms. It is a conflict that presents itself in the
smallest of dramatic actions and the greatest of human endeavors.
Without this confrontation, there can be no truthfulness in life or in art.
This realisation is what inspires us to bring people together in the
experience of theatre. Theatre invites us all to “come to the brink”, through
a commitment to risk-taking, truth-telling, and experimentation, and it is
the journey of every artist and audience member.
So saying, we propose that Edge Theatre
Ensemble will strive to find the danger and the
challenge in our work and run towards it rather
than away from it.
As an ensemble, through our study of the actor’s
craft, we will discover and embrace those truths
which frighten us most, and strive to find new
ways to use these in our work.
As political and social beings, we will explore
universal aspects of the human condition, as well
as the contemporary issues of the day, and
attempt to investigate and reveal them boldly in
visceral theatrical form.
As part of our community, we will endeavor to
reflect a world of diversity within the ensemble, in
order to stretch common perceptions with an art-
form that essentially resists limitations.
And as individuals, supported within an
ensemble of true empathy and trust, we will
return again and again to the edge of our own
personal artistic safety, and joyfully, take the next
step.
Cast of A Dream Play, 2007 Photo by J. Torres
