FOOT 2010 - PERFORMING SPACE/SPACE IN PERFORMANCE

[Luella Massey]

For Immediate Release: January 8^th 2010
The Graduate Centre for Study of Drama, University of Toronto presents...
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*FOOT 2010*
*Festival of Original Theatre*
*January 21-23, 2010*
 

*/PERFORMING SPACE/SPACE IN PERFORMANCE/*

Come join the Graduate Centre for Study of Drama in a cross-disciplinary 
colloquium exploring the concept and use of performance space from 
philosophical phenomenon to physical environment, examining its 
incarnations from gendered to pedagogical, civic to subversive. This 
three-day event merges engaging panel discussions from a diverse range 
of academic perspectives with nightly performances of new works by 
emerging playwrights.


*/_Keynote Speakers
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Patricia Flood* (University of Guelph) will present /Reflections on 
Theatrical Design in English Canada: the creation of space in 
English-Canadian text-based drama/
*Thursday January 21^st at 1 p.m.*

 
*Natalie Rewa* (Queen's University) will present /the Creation of 
Scenographic Space: contemporary debts to modernist experiments/
*Saturday January 23^rd at 2 p.m.*

*/_Performances by Emerging Artists_/*

*/Remember Lumumba/*, a new play by Charles Mulekwa and directed by 
Alexandra West, follows the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first 
legally elected prime minister of the Congo.  *Featuring:* Soppo Gomez 
Gnali, Mark Heath, Jillian Larkin, Nicole Bischoff, Julia Gibran, John 
Hastings, Tim Ziegler, Dave Schokking, Laine Newman.
*Thursday January 21^st at 8 p.m.*

***/Buy My House/*/, a staged reading of a new work in progress by 
Natalie Frijia./
*Friday January 22^nd at 8 p.m.*

 
*/Panel discussions are free and open to the public; performances are a 
donation of $5 or a non-perishable food item for the University of 
Toronto Food and Clothing Bank./*

 

*January 21-23*

Panels:* *Thursday through Saturday, , 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.;

Performances: Thursday &Friday at 8 p.m.

*Robert Gill Theatre, 214 College Street, 3^rd floor*

(For information: Luella Massey 416-978-7986)**

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*Schedule: *www.graddrama.utoronto.ca 
<../../../../Local%20Settings/Temp/www.graddrama.utoronto.ca>, or call 
416-978-7986**

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Media Contact: Caroline Reich, publicity.graddrama at utoronto.ca__

 

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