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Québec Performing Arts – Edition Context

This week we are turning our attention to the province of Québec. What do you think of when you first hear “Québec” or “Québecois”? French?...
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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...
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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...

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...
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CdnTimes Volume 8, Edition 3: BLACK LIVES MATTER

On Sunday December 4th the US Army Corps of Engineers refused to approve an easement that would allow the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline to...

CdnTimes Volume 8, Edition 2: BODIES

This edition of CdnTimes is dedicated to BODIES. In our first article Making Stages Accessible, Dan Watson in Toronto picks up a thread sewn by Clayton Baraniuk when he asked Can Canada Unlimit Itself? On November 22, CdnTimes is proud to feature a response by Toronto actor Clare Preuss to a tabloid article written about her that she found published online. Clare’s creative reply to this unsolicited media attention is an artful ritual that brings with it surprising results. An article by Elaine Lee will land on November 29, finishing this edition. The Playwright in Residence with Inside Out Theatre, Elaine will share her thoughts on the performing body. She asks: is the body the art or the art the body, especially when society may deem it to be deformed, ugly or unconventional?

CdnTimes Volume 8, Edition 1: ALLIES

This edition of CdnTimes is dedicated to Allies. Organizations and individuals are being called upon to support and protect the efforts of those whose...
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#CdnCult Volume 7, Edition 8: SUMMER THEATRE

Summertime means summer theatre. Across the nation, actors, technicians, audiences and 50/50 ticket sellers are braving mosquitos, sudden downpours and less-than-ideal seating to make theatre happen in the great outdoors...
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#CdnCult Volume 7, Edition 7: ART & POLITICS

It’s baffling how American partisanship has brought us to a place where a man who’s famous for being on TV could possibly be in...

#CdnCult Volume 7, Edition 6: DIGITAL PERFORMANCE

Last month, Elon Musk (whose current projects include Hyperloop trains, Tesla electric cars, and Space X missions to Mars) stated it was more likely...