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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hello Candrama colleagues,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please join the Professional Association for Canadian theatres for a free online roundtable:
</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#253941">Critical Condition: A National Check-In About Theatre Coverage in Canada</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#253941"> on <b>Thursday
April 3rd, </b>at <b>3-4:30 pm ET.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#253941">Across the country and around the world, media coverage of the performing arts has been in decline over the past several decades. Fewer and fewer legacy outlets
regularly run reviews and feature articles, with independent bloggers and patron reviews becoming the only source of outside response to productions in many Canadian theatre markets. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#253941">If you are concerned about this decline and its effects on Canadian theatre, this PACT roundtable is for you. We will make space for speaking about the current
state of affairs, but also talk about practical solutions and opportunities for collaboration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#253941">Questions we will address include: <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What is the reality on the ground for theatres across Canada in terms of getting coverage for their work?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#253941;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How can the theatre sector come together to address this decline, in partnership with journalists, independent and legacy media outlets, and academics? <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#253941;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What initiatives are already underway to foster new approaches to publishing, to bring new voices and perspectives into criticism, and to analyze and evaluate this changing landscape? <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#253941">During the session, we will be using breakout rooms to discuss the following:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#253941"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Existing funding sources for coverage and criticism <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#253941;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Advocating for more/better funding for coverage and criticism<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#253941;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Training and mentorship initiatives, and how the professional theatre sector can get involved <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#253941;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cross-disciplinary collaborations between other areas of art practice (eg, visual art, film) around coverage and criticism <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Host: Karen Fricker, editorial advisor,
<i>Intermission Magazine</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Speakers: Chelsea Haberlin, Neworld Theatre (Vancouver), Kate Smith (A Company of Fools (Ottawa). Other speakers to be announced.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This event is free and open to PACT members and non-members alike.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#253941;background:white">For any questions, contact Program Associate Panthea Vatandoost at </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:pantheav@pact.ca"><b><span style="background:white">pantheav@pact.ca</span></b></a><span style="color:#253941;background:white">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#253941;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#253941;background:white">Register here:
<a href="https://www.pact.ca/calendar/event/critical-condition-a-national-check-in-about-theatre-coverage-in-canada/registration">
https://www.pact.ca/calendar/event/critical-condition-a-national-check-in-about-theatre-coverage-in-canada/registration</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">--Karen Fricker, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Adjunct Professor, Dramatic Arts, Brock University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Editorial advisor,
<i><a href="intermissionmagazine.ca"><span style="color:#0563C1">Intermission </span>
<span style="color:#0563C1;font-style:normal">magazine</span></a><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Co-director,
<a href="https://www.circusanditsothers.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Circus and its Others</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Cell: (289) 668-9692<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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