Background

Theatre Topikós is a Toronto queer theatre collective. We started in 2014, when Nick May and Jess Bryson made their first show, Wordplay, for Toronto’s Gay Play Day. It went on to the Bad Dog Theatre, One More Night Festival, the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, picking up two Dublin nominations along the way.

Since then we’ve produced Shit Show: A Queer Comedy Night, the Canadian premiere of Peter Darney’s 5 Guys Chillin’, the Toronto Queer Theatre Festival, and Mark Keller’s POZ: winner of the Toronto Fringe Best New Play and Patron’s Pick, a Toronto Star Critic’s Pick, and a hit at the Montreal Fringe.

Mission

To engage current and new theatregoers with socially relevant queer material. Producing original and published work that pushes the boundaries of convention.

Vision

To be recognized for producing audience-first stories through theatre, that need to be told because they are innovative, topical and impactful.