Discover immersive training opportunities designed to inspire, challenge, and elevate your creative journey.
Ghost River Theatre’s renowned intensives are perfect for adventurous artists, educators, and creators from all disciplines. Whether you're exploring devised theatre techniques, diving deep into collaborative creation, or perfecting your grant-writing skills, there’s an experience tailored for you:
Take your craft to the next level. Learn more about each program and find the right fit for your artistic goals!
November 13 - 16, 2025
A hands-on, transformative experience for adventurous artists from all disciplines, this renowned and immersive intensive offers a space to experiment, create, and push the boundaries of your artistic practice
June 1 - 20, 2026
Designed for both established and emerging artists and educators from across the country, this comprehensive experience is open to adventurous creators from all disciplines—whether you're a designer, dramaturg, performer, writer, dancer, visual artist, musician, or digital artist.
2026
Led by writer, grant expert, and former Artistic Director of Ghost River Theatre Jason Rothery, this seven-week course will guide you step-by-step through the process of conceiving, writing, developing, and submitting an Individual Project Grant for a new or ongoing real-world artistic endeavour.
Testimonials
"The devised intensive equipped me with a massive toolbox of techniques, strategies, and ideas to take back into the world and advance my artistic practice. I feel revitalized as an artist and ready for more wild and wonderful collaborations."– ANNA SHEPARD, Multi-Disciplinary Artist
"The Intensive quickly becomes a beautiful, engaging, and challenging artistic community. You'll leave with an expanded perception of 'process' and the tools to thrive in creative discomfort"–DOMINIK BUCONJIC, Improviser, Poet, & Playwright.
“I never knew I was poetic until I was given the freedom yet confinement to do so.”
EMILY BOYLE, Visual Artist
“I left this process filled to the brim with ideas and armed with the ability to make those ideas a reality.”
LYALL MILLER, Technical Director
It should be essential learning for anyone who hopes to support themselves with a career in the arts, develop a passion and take a chance on their vision. The Grant Writing Intensive gives participants a much better chance of receiving a grant. I am a fan, and attended the Grant Writing Intensive not once, but twice! – ROB HUNTER, Performing Artist & Composer
"This intensive changed how I thought about grants. With Jason Rothery’s fantastic facilitation, I found I could break down the scariest of grants into chewable pieces. Suddenly the behemoth that is a Canada Council grant feels a little smaller. I’m so grateful to have taken this intensive and think you should too!” - ALEXA MCGINN, Playwright, Actress & Artistic Director, Citizen Theatre