About

magpie exchange

Magpie Exchange Arts Management was founded in 2018 after a group of innovative Calgary theatre makers - Ghost River Theatre, Downstage, and Inside Out Theatre - joined forces to address the lack of an Alberta-based tour agency. With funding from Canada Council for the Arts, they engaged Christy Offer to be their agent. The goal is to establish a sustainable agency that will create touring opportunities for a growing roster of regional companies and foster a vibrant culture of theatre and performing arts creation in Calgary and the Canadian prairies. 

Christy Offer

Christy holds a BMus (UBC) and an MBA in Arts & Media Management (Schulich School of Business, York U.) From 2015 - 2018, she was Curator of the multi-disciplinary Calgary International Children’s Festival. Previously as Artistic Presenting Manager of the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts (Vancouver), she was associate curator of Chan Centre Presents and received a UBC President’s Staff Award for developing the centre’s outreach series. She has sat on numerous arts boards, including as President of the Western Front Society artist-run centre in Vancouver.

Magpie Exchange acknowledges the support of Canada Council for the Arts which helped kick start this agency through a Sector Innovation and Development grant to client Ghost River Theatre.

Magpie Exchange is a member of CAPACOA (the Canadian Arts Presenting Association), Western Arts Alliance, Arts Touring Alliance of Alberta, BC Touring Council, Alberta Dance Alliance, NAPAMA (North American Performing Arts Managers and Agents), and is a PACT (Professional Association of Canadian Theatres) colleague.