Starting initially in 2008 as a name for an informal European network of groups that Theatr Cynefin had trained in the preceding 8 years, The Republic of the Imagination then became a charity, and organisation in its own right, registered in the UK. TROTI for short is no longer a charity but continues to conduct research projects and create productions exploring the possibilities of Context Oriented Arts and has now become a stand alone spin-off of Theatr Cynefin.