Brave New Works

Celebrate our creative city with the BRAVE NEW WORKS FESTIVAL!

BRAVE NEW WORKS welcomes artists across performance art disciplines and backgrounds in conversation, performances, networking, creation and ideas. Three days of shows, readings, discussions and installations.

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Call for Submissions:

Brave New Works Festival 2025 – Playwrights Wanted

Theatre Aquarius is pleased to announce an open call for submissions for the 2025 Brave New Works Festival, a celebration of fresh voices and bold stories from emerging and established playwrights. We are seeking original, unproduced scripts that push boundaries, inspire conversation, and ignite the imagination.

About the Festival:
The Brave New Works Festival is Theatre Aquarius’ annual new works showcase, dedicated to amplifying diverse voices and championing new Canadian plays. Some selected works will receive dramaturgical support, a professional staged reading, and the opportunity to engage with the artistic community through talkbacks and workshops.

Submission Guidelines:

  • Eligibility: Open to playwrights of all experience levels. We strongly encourage submissions from IBPOC, LGBTQ2IA+, d/Deaf, disabled, and equity-seeking artists.
  • Play Length: One-act or full-length plays. (Minimum 45 minutes)
  • Application Deadline: March 28, 2025
Submit Here

Sita’s Revenge Devi Triptych (2023) – Red Beti Theatre. Photo by Dahlia Katz

Four people in front of a dark studio theatre audience playing guitars and singing

The Nine Lives of Ross Fordham reading by Brandon McGibbon & Co (2023). Photo by Frame-work

One male figure wearing a red blindfold with hand out under another female presenting figure's hand and wearing a white shirt holding a knife in the other hand.

Michael Kras and Kiera S. West (2023). Photo by Frame-work

Three people laughing and reading off the script under stage lights in front of a seated audience in a dark studio theatre

Brave New Works (2023). Photo by Frame-work