Trevor Copp (he/him), Artistic Director
Trevor Copp founded Tottering Biped Theatre (TBT) in 2009, known for its commitment to original, issue-driven, and intensely physical theatrical work - totteringbiped.ca . As a multifaceted theatre professional with over 20 years of experience, Trevor’s expertise spans acting, partner dance, directing, choreography, education, and arts advocacy. His career has taken him across classical and contemporary stages across Canada and in more than 40 cities worldwide.
Text-based acting credits include Will Eno’s Thom Pain, Panych’s The Ends of the Earth (TBT), Shakespeare's Pericles (Oakville Fest. of Classics), Chelsea's Story (MT Space), and the Canadian professional premier of Metamorphosis (Theatre & Company). He was a resident artist with Theatre & Company, MT Space Theatre, and Motus O Dance Theatre. Trevor also founded the popular 'Shakespeare by Nature' series in 2016 which performs Shakespearean theatre each summer in Hamilton, ON.
As a devised theatre co-creator Trevor performed in TBT’s First Dance, The Second Life, Searching for Marceau, and Bulfinch's Mythology; and MT Space’s The Last 15 Seconds, Body 13, and Amal. These 7 shows performed multiple times at the Theatre Passe Muraille, Grand Theatre, Firehall Theatre and Theatre Aquarius TA2 seasons; the IMPACT (x5), Magnetic North, Rutas, Prismatic, Undercurrents, In the Soil, Springworks, and Canoe Festivals; National tours, and tours of the Middle East, Northern Africa, Eastern and Western Europe.
Trevor is also a former Latin/Ballroom Dance competitor and has coached Canada’s 2 sets of World Amateur Salsa Champions. He co-invented a gender-neutral form of partner dancing whose TED.com talk has garnered 800,000 views/international speaking engagements.
He went from streetbuskering to professional Mime, creating/touring his solo shows which have performed to over 40,000 audience members. He studied at the Marcel Marceau School in Paris and qualified for Cirque du Soliel's performer roster. He has taught/coached physical Theatre for The Shaw Festival, CanStage/Studio 180, Theatre Beyond Words, Pat the Dog Playwright Centre, Zacada Circus, Irish Classical Theater, The Iberoamerican Festival in Bogota, and the 6 University Theatre Departments.
He has been recognized with the Hamilton Theatre Artist of the Year, Burlington Artist of the Year, the Ontario Presenters Artist of the Year, a Paula Award, and a Chalmer’s Fellowship Award. His work has been featured in the Canadian Theatre Review, TED.com, CBC, Dance International, Whole Note, and the Dance Current. Trevor's practice as an artist is captured here.
TBT's Board
Colin Umbach, President
‘I disregard you entirely and declare myself emperor’ – from ‘The Insect Play’
Henny Hamilton, Vice President
‘Common sense is not so common.’ – Voltaire
Adrial Fitzgerald, Board Member
‘They should have never let me use the alphabet.’ - Will Eno, Tragedy: A Tragedy
