Theatre Replacement

Theatre Replacement builds performance that speaks to contemporary existence and investigates the experiences and events that fill our lives.

When making this work, they recognize and draw upon the unique features, accomplishments and failures of the world around us. They then magnify these elements through extended collaborative processes and reproduce the results for national and international audiences.

Maiko Bae Yamamoto – Artistic Director
Maiko Bae Yamamoto Artistic Directs Theatre Replacement with fellow artist, James Long. Past works include WeeTube, That Night Follows Day (English language premiere, PuSh 2009), Train, Clark and I Somewhere in Connecticut, Yu-Fo, BIOBOXES, I am Sam Stan, Sexual Practices of the Japanese, and The Empty Orchestra: a love story powered by karaoke. Next season, Maiko will co-direct The Greatest Cities in the World, a work which will examine everyday life in some of the world’s greatest cities — Moscow, London, Rome — all located in the state of Tennessee. As a freelance performer and director, Maiko has had the pleasure of working with several companies including: urban ink productions, neworld theatre, Stan’s Cafe, Mammalian Diving Reflex, and the Leaky Heaven Circus. She is a graduate of Simon Fraser University’s School for the Contemporary Arts.

James Long – Artistic Director

James has been making theatre since 1995 and now Artistic Directs Theatre Replacement. Theatre Replacement’s work has been seen and received critical acclaim nationally and internationally. As a freelance artist he has had the pleasure of working with Rumble Productions, urban ink, Leaky Heaven Circus, The Only Animal, Stan’s Cafe, Electric Company, boca del lupo, CBC Radio, Judy Radul among many others. He is also a teacher, writer and graduate of SFU.

Scheduled Events
April 30 - May 1 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm	Weetube