Rough House devises and produces innovative works for theatre that playfully examine the paradoxes of contemporary culture. Artistic Directors Candelario Andrade and Camille Gingras utilize their multimedia design and playwriting skills to construct vital, thought-provoking productions, which actively aim to connect diverse audiences to the humanity of live performance.

Rough House past productions include Tiny Apocalypse, a one-woman show that scrutinized the surreal banalities and submerged hysteria of office life in a world shaped and monitored by surveillance. Presented at Rumble’s Tremors Festival (2008), Belfry Theatre’s Spark Festival and Shadbolt Centre for the Arts (2010), Tiny Apocalypse received a Jessie Richardson award for ‘Outstanding Lighting Design’ as well as being nominated for Outstanding Production, Direction, Performance, Sound Design and Significant Achievement in Video Design.

Smile! You’re on Camera investigated issues of police harassment and state surveillance in collaboration with 33 at-risk youth participants from Leave Out Violence (LOVE) BC. It was produced in partnership with Neworld Theatre and LOVE BC and presented as a 6-hour durational performance at Car Free Day on Main Street (2010)

A Last Resort experimented with the form of the travelogue to engage in an intimate biographical conversation about displacement and migration. Produced in partnership with Rumble and Shadbolt Centre, A Last Resort was presented at Free Fall Festival, Toronto; Tremors Festival, Vancouver; Shadbolt Centre, Burnaby (2012); and was nominated for a Jessie Richardson award for ‘Outstanding Original Script’.