One Yellow Rabbit Perfomance Theatre

One Yellow Rabbit Performance Theatre is based in the Big Secret Theatre in Calgary’s Arts Commons. With its Resident Performing Ensemble, OYR creates original theatrical works each year for its home audiences and also hosts The High Performance Rodeo, Calgary’s International Festival of the Arts.OYR was founded as a collective in 1982 and coalesced into the OYR Performing Ensemble circa 1987-8. In its history, the company has created almost 80 full-length original productions. Ensemble personnel have remained relatively consistent since then, and OYR established a professional administrative staff.

The company’s philosophy and practice have been influenced by contemporary dance, the Artist-run centre movement, the Punk subculture, and the do-it-yourself creed.