Past Productions

Fat Fables

Fat Fables is a collection of fat queer stories, written and told by fat queer people, about our lives, bodies, and beings. We draw from our fat histories, speak with our fat ancestors, and dream our collective fat futures

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Creation Program 2025

The AMY Theatre Creation Program (formally Spring Program) is our flagship activity. In 2025 we offered a nine-week performance creation program for gender-diverse youth and women between 16 and 25 years of age. AMY is a trans and queer positive space, open to all abilities, bodies and experiences. Each participant is paired with a professional artist mentor. Over nine weeks, the participants worked collectively with a team of professional directors to create and devise their own performance pieces, which you will see today. 

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Undertow (2020)

The AMY Project 2020 Participants bring you Undertow, a collection of short films created by the participants based on their personal experiences of navigating life at multiple intersections. In collaboration with the AMY Film program and in response to COVID-19 restrictions the creators explore themes of self growth, healing, and navigation.

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The Breath Between (2019)

Forced to live under the cover and control of The Dome since the climate catastrophe, queer youth of Tkaronto emerge for the first Pride event in years, only to discover it is not the celebration they had hoped it would be. A small band of them break out of the dystopia and journey into space to explore the meaning of community, connection, and home.

Created by the young artists of The AMY Project 2019 theatre program, The Breath Between is a collection of monologue, poetry, movement and music that explores themes of queer resilience, and dreams of what new worlds we will make together in apocalyptic times.

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Lion Womxn (2018)

Lion Womxn is a collage of monologue, movement, song, dance, and poetry. Created by the young women and non-binary youth artists of The AMY Project’s 2018 Theatre Program, this show explores themes of empowerment, self and community care, and the relationships with the mothers, grandmothers, and lion women in our lives.

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Almeida the Glorious (2017)

“I’m on a mission to look for my history… I want a relationship with my ancestors… I took my grandmother’s middle name, just because I like the way it sounded: Almeida, the Glorious. I will pull from my ancestors to create my new self.

An original creation exploring personal power, relationships with our ancestors and descendants, and how our given and chosen names shape us. 

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Quiet Revolution (2016)

​​“I think it will start with a whisper, a stammer, a stutter, a moment of bravery. We don’t have to hide anymore.”

Blending spoken word and slam poetry with movement and music, Quiet Revolution is a collective creation that leads with the monologues and manifestos embodying the brave hearts and resilience of the young women and gender diverse folks who make up the production.

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Aperture (2015)

Who framed your imagination?

Aperture is a collective challenge that puts personal politics under the lens. The ensemble guides the audience as they ask questions and make discoveries about the way women let ourselves – and don’t let ourselves – imagine. What moments and events in our lives shape our imagination, and what moments cause our relationship in our imagination to shift? How does our ability to imagine relate to how we perceive ourselves, society, and our place in society?

Witness a reflection on gender-based themes – body image, beauty standards, sexual orientation, and family structures – that explodes into a confrontation of how we talk about the themes – usually characterized by uncertainty, questions and (distinctly ‘female’) politeness. As they grapple through these subjects, the ensemble seizes the camera, opens the aperture, and re-frames the conversation.

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Transfusions (2014)

It takes blood a mere 60 seconds to circulate through the entire human body. But what happens when those oxygen carrying and disease fighting blood cells can’t keep up with the flow? From the gut to the groin, from the head to the heart, Transfusions explores how a body fights to survive when the perfect system breaks down. 

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Zero Visibility (2013)

A paralyzing snowstorm is set to hit. Yet they sit unprepared and unconvinced. They’ve heard it all before. Promised 30 centimetres and then no more than three.

Except for this time.

Created and performed by a powerhouse of emerging talent, this is brave and provocative storytelling that is sure to give you chills.

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Derailed (2012)

Using the TTC as both a setting and a device to drive its various stories forward, Derailed takes you on board as nine young women explore their lives, dreams and relationships with peers, boyfriends and parents in reflective, revealing and touching monologues.

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Check Out (2011)

A woman lines up at the return counter to get a refund for ‘the perfect dad’ product; a customer goes shopping for words and discovers that “pressure” and “can’t” are the only ones she seems to be able to afford; a BFF doll stands on a shelf selling herself to passersby.

Courageously exploring themes of isolation, addiction, body image, and the commodification of…well, everything, Check Out chronicles a full day of operations at The More Frills Super Mega Ultimate Extreme Shopping Centre Place. This multi-disciplinary performance piece takes a playful look at the things we value and asks us how much we are willing to pay.

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Step Right Up (2010)

Step Right Up and experience a circus show like no other! Take a closer look at the human ‘oddities’ that make us gawk, laugh and cringe! This ensemble of promising, emerging performers step up into the spotlight and, with great feats of courage, invite us to look beyond society’s game of smoke and mirrors and see the complex truth that lies beneath.

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Face Value (2009)

Description coming soon.

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Force Over Area (2008)

Force Over Area, our third annual production, explores the state of a group of young women struggling to stand strong under the weight of a world of pressure.

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I Am Her (2007)

Directed by Claire Calnan and Weyni Mengesha, I am Her is a short multidisciplinary piece and mosaic of stories by young women, for young women.

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