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The international boundary in Derby Line, VT. Centre for Land Use Interpretation photo.

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...
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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...
A messy pile of show programs and post-its. One post-it reads: We have different but similar struggles, and it's only through art like this that I've ever found the words to talk about me. My identity. Thank you for giving me the words.

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...