Independent Auntie is a company dedicated to mixing the personal and the political with the poetic and the imagistic. Based in Toronto, we create theatre that is playful, witty, physically stylish and wildly imaginative. Much of our work delves into women’s societal roles, constraints and obsessions, both historically and contemporarily. We are wordsmiths, with a penchant for satire and outrageous
humour. We strive to create surprising, highly entertaining theatre, with equal interplay between word and movement, social critique and cultural satire. We have written plays entirely in rhyme, turned metaphors into a literal reality on stage and are always looking at the underbelly, the flip-side and the large possibilities inherent in the suspension of disbelief in the theatre. Our company has been commissioned and produced by some of Toronto's most venerable and alternative theatres. In our city and across the country we have performed at many festivals that highlight comedy, experimental and women's work. In the last five years together as the Independent Aunties, we have created five highly acclaimed, original performances: Clean Irene & Dirty Maxine, Frances, Mathilda and Tea, The Mysterious Shorts, Robbers’ Daughters and Breakfast. The first three were conceived by the company (Anna Chatterton, Evalyn Parry and Karin Randoja), directed by Karin Randoja and written and performed by Anna Chatterton and Evalyn Parry. Robbers Daughters and Breakfast were dramaturged and directed by Brendan Healy and introduced new collaborators to the company.
