In seasons of change – like spring in the Yukon – some things open up, water is visible and the daylight grows.
Also we watch for floods and landslides.
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June 22 – July 31, 2026
Rate: $25/hour at 30 hours a week for six weeks
A hands-on summer position working alongside Pivot’s Artistic Director Jacob Zimmer and Managing Artistic Producer Norah Paton to plan, coordinate, and deliver our summer outreach and Community Puppets programming. You’ll help build and animate giant puppets, work on simple carpentry projects, coordinate logistics for outdoor events, and connect with Whitehorse residents and visitors – from families at the farmers’ market to elders in continuing care homes. If you’re curious, adaptable, and excited about community arts and light carpentry, this is a role for you!
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This spring – Shows, workshops and guests!
After a great festival (check out Erik Pinkerton’s photos) – we’re right into a busy spring of shows, workshops and hosting.
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Would you like to send a message to someone with a FREE CAKE delivered right to their door?
From breakups, to confessions, to annoyance, sometimes it’s hard to say things out loud, so say it with a cake! You are invited to participate in Secret Ingredients, a theatre project by artist Keely O’Brien presented at the Pivot Festival in Whitehorse.
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The staff and Board of Directors of Nakai Theatre are proud to announce a historic change. Effective November 20th, 2025, the organization will be known as Pivot Theatre, or Pivot for short.
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Updates ahead of our Annual General Meeting on Tuesday Tuesday, September 16, 2025 6:00 PM
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In the summer of 2023, Nakai continued our learning and development for performances outside, with the assistance of the funding from the Sector Innovation project Old Dogs, New Tricks: What is Sustainable Theatre Design. We held two weeks of creative experiments during the summer of 2023 with locals and summer staff.
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On January 18th 2023, Nakai hosted a one day peer to peer workshop followed by a public discussion focused on the environmental realities and potentials of Whitehorse performing arts and events sector. Unfortunately, the audio recording was unusable.
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Show us your fave photos of arts in the Yukon and follow the rules of the contest to enter. The person with the most creative picture will win our Good Night Out prize pack!
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Made a short video? Want to see it above downtown Whitehorse?
Nakai is opening submission for our video installation in second floor windows of the Old Fire Hall. The installation will run during the Pivot Festival from January 10-20 from 8am-10am and 4pm-6pm on a loop with other videos.
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Nakai Theatre's Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday, September 26th at 6pm.
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Art has a way of re-energizing and re-awakening the young parts in all of us.
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In a sea of artists and delegates from circumpolar regions and Indigenous nations across the north, a bouncing jellyfish attracted the attention of 250 audience members in an artistic-fuelled version of Follow the Leader.
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The Joy Seeker Festival was a celebration of life and love organized by Nicole’s closest friends, family and musical colleagues. And the puppets were invited!
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We made a very special friend during our four-week stint at the Fireweed Market. A talented young artist visited our booth regularly.
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On Monday, June 6, Nakai Theatre’s ensemble doubled in size with summer staff arriving from Ottawa and Vancouver to join the team – and we dove headfirst into our Big Fish Summer.
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Summer Production Assistant (2 positions)
Want to spend a summer with big puppets and stories not about gold?
Nakai Theatre is looking for two Production Assistants to work with us in Whitehorse from June 6 through September 2nd, 2022.
The Production Assistants will work with Associate Producers, Managing Producer, Artistic Director and other contract staff to support and deliver Nakai’s summer programming
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