TheatreSports

[Jeffrey Goffin]

SOMETHING LIKE A DRUG: AN UNAUTHORIZED ORAL HISTORY OF
THEATRESPORTS chronicles the growth of one of the most
significant theatrical movements to come out of Canada in the
last half century - theatresports.  A "drug," a "kick," a
"buzz," "instantaneous storytelling," "gladiatorial
improvisation" - theatresports has been described as these and
more.  In the words of those who participated in the growth of
this curious sports and improvisational theatre hybrid,
SOMETHING LIKE A DRUG looks at how theatresports first sprang to
life and how, over the period of a decade, it has grown into a
sprawling international league spanning four continents and
encompassing thousands of improvisors.  Chroniclers Kathleen
Foreman and Clem Martini teach drama at the University of
Calgary and have been improvising since the seventies, when
Loose Moose Theatre first began experimenting with theatresports
at Calgary's Pumphouse Theatre.
 
SOMETHING LIKE A DRUG is a quality paperback book.  208 pp.
CDN $16.95.
 
Red Deer College Press
Box 5005
Red Deer, Alberta
Canada
T4N 5H5