Brave New Works



GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY

New Scripts. Out Loud. 

The Brave New Works Festival is Theatre Aquarius’ annual showcase of new Canadian plays, dedicated to championing them. Selected works receive dramaturgical support, a professional reading, and the opportunity to engage with the artistic community through talkbacks and workshops.

Professional actors will read new plays out loud during the day while working with the playwright in real time. After working on the play, it will be read aloud to an audience in the evening.

The Brave New Works Festival takes place February 27, 28, & March 1, 2026.

Admission to the readings is free.    

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