Welcome to Inside Out Theatre

We are a Deaf, Disability, and Mad Theatre company in sunny Calgary Alberta equally invested in artistic excellence, community development, and deepening our cultures’ accessibility.

Our mission is to produce and present plays that showcase the vibrancy of Deaf, Disability, and Mad culture,

To host community-based drama programs that nurture a sense of belonging and provide an antidote to social isolation, and

To deepen cultural accessibility for audience members and to ensure their agency and dignity.

Created by Back to Back Theatre, presented by Inside Out Theatre & The High Performance Rodeo

THE DEMOCRATIC SET serves as a snapshot of our community at this unique moment in time. Over 40 Calgarians took part in the filming; members of our ensemble, participants from our community programs, folks we’ve only known so far as audience members, and new friends came together to collectively star in this mesmerizing new film.


We are Treaty People and are honoured to be story-tellers living in Moh’kinsstis, the traditional Treaty 7 territory of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani as well as the Stoney Nakoda  and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge and appreciate the members of the Métis community, specifically the Métis Nation Region Three.


Thank You To Our Season Funders