Sideshow Physical Theatre is a resident performing company of the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts and the resident professional company in the Department of Theatre and Dance at UC Davis. It is devoted to the exploration of new performance forms and the consequent creation of interdisciplinary work that merges text, dance, video, and film into productions that are viscerally, artistically, and intellectually challenging. Within a Sideshow performance, the body bridges the gap between theater and dance, life and art. The name comes from interests that include the strange and unusual existing in the margins of our lives: emotional undercurrents, submerged stories, and offbeat characters.

Sideshow supports the programs of the Department by acting as a laboratory for the exploration of contemporary issues in dance and theatre.