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CdnTimes Volume 8, Edition 6: LETTERS TO CANADIANS FROM AMERICANS
Earlier this week, all eyes were on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as he paid a visit to the new President of the United States...
New York Dispatch
Note: I wrote this three days after the election of Trump. Since then there has been a Muslim ban, the elevation of Bannon to...
Drag: The Device That Makes Portlandia What It Is
What is performance? Is it reciting rehearsed lines to an audience? Is it adopting new behaviours? Is it getting into a costume? Is it...
Re/De-Gendering the Singer through Electronic Manipulation
I was recently sharing my love of Agnes Obel’s new song ‘Familiar’ with a friend, and I found myself realizing something interesting: I have...
4 Strategies Towards a More Inclusive Theatre Practice
In light of the recent first-ever Disability Inclusion Roundtable in Beverly Hills on in late 2016, it seems fitting to talk about bodies with...
CdnTimes Volume 8, Edition 5: Contemporary Performance in Practice
Last fall SpiderWebShow was invited into a residency at Queen’s University. During our time there we co-taught a class in the Stage and Screen...
Facing the Fuck-Ups
In 1999 I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. I knew a couple of people who had it and who showed no outward signs of...
Finding Faith in Oblivion
I am a gay Christian. You may have heard of us; we’re mythological creatures that live outside the comfort of the church because of our queerness, while also living outside the comfort of the LGBT community because of our bent towards a faith that has so wounded non-heteronormative people. I am also a theatre artist.
White Fragility in the Hour of Chaos
The election of Donald Trump is a confusing and chaotic time to be a culturally-engaged progressive Canadian. Given a dizzying array of off-the-cuff remarks...
CdnTimes Volume 8, Edition 4: KEEPING THE FAITH
“Take your broken heart and make it into art.”
With these words, quoting Carrie Fisher, Golden Globe lifetime achievement winner Meryl Streep closed her much...