About Us
The Centre for Alternative Theatre Training (CATT) is a not-for-profit theatre organisation founded by Michael Devine in 2009. There are two arms of CATT: CATT Projects, which creates original, intercultural performances using the BoxWhatBox (BWB) system; and CATT Intensives, which focus on intercultural actor training.
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS CATT
CATT Projects
2004 BoxWhatBox: Family Album Jyväskylä, Finland, University of Jyväskylä
2005 I Forget State Theatre of Serbia—Užice
2006 BoxWhatBox: I Dream State Theatres of Užice, Kraljevo, Serbia
2006 Aeneas Ghost Qendra Multimedia Theatre, Prishtina, Kosova
2006 Aeneas Wounded Qendra Multimedia Theatre, Prishtina, Kosova
2007 HAWKS Open Arc Theatre, Tripkova, Serbia
2008 Punch & Judy Murder Love Municipal Theatre of Prizren, Kosova
2011 BoxWhatBox: Go Ideo/Ideis Festival, Alexandria, Romania
2011 Ghost Mountain State Theatre of Serbia—Kraljevo
2011 Identity Theft Teatro Verrdi, Zadar, Croatia
2014 Project X Grupa Grupa, Kraljevo, Serbia
2016 Walls/Stiny Odesa International Theatre Festival
2017 Eurydika A.N.F.I. Festival, Kraljevo, Serbia
2021 Kontakt FLIPT Festival, Fara in Sabina, Italy
2021 Sherif Mounira Laban Theatre, Beirut, Lebanon
2023 Ghosts Are Dancing A.N.F.I. Festival, Kraljevo, Serbia
Catt intensives
2009 Prishtina, Kosova National Theatre
2010 Galaxidi, Greece Heritage Centre, Galaxidi
2013 Rome, Italy Teatro Orologio
2014 Casperia, Italy Villa Forani
2015 Athens, Greece TangArt Studio
2016 Rome, Italy Teatro Argot
2017 Dublin, Ireland The Lab
2018 Amsterdam, Netherlands Fijnhout Studio
2019 Venice, Italy Patronato Salesiani
2021 Fara in Sabina, Italy Teatro Potlach
2022 Argos, Greece Kopodistrias Barracks
2023 Arezzo, Italy Spazio Seme
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Dr. Michael Devine
Founder & Director
Michael Devine is a Canadian-born theatre artist. Primarily a director and playwright who has also worked extensively as an actor-trainer, dramaturg and essayist, he has worked professionally outside Canada, in more than 20 countries, since 1996. Michael created the BoxWhatBox system in 2004, an internationally recognised performance creation and actor-training system. Michael has used BoxWhatBox to create performances and train actors at state theatres, experimental and independent companies, and in ambient productions on five continents. His books Playing Outside the Lines, a collection of plays, and The BoxWhatBox Book: Acting for the 21st Century have been published by FriesenPress. Michael trained as an actor in London, New York and Toronto. In addition he possesses an MFA in Performance from York University and a PhD in Drama from the University of Toronto. He is a Full Professor at a Canadian university.