Fw: Festival of Original Theatre Press Release

[Rebecca Burton]

Hello

For any interested parties, please find below a press release for the Graduate Centre for Study of Drama's annual Festival of Original Theatre (F.O.O.T.) which takes place next week.

Cheers,

Rebecca

  
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                          February 17, 2003
  THE GRADUATE CENTRE FOR STUDY OF DRAMA
  presents

    
  Festival of Original Theatre (F.O.O.T.) 2003
  Purging 20th Century Addictions: Toward A Different Theatre
  The Graduate Centre for Study of Drama (University of Toronto) is proud to announce the Festival of Original Theatre, 2003. This year's festival will feature both a conference and showcase of ten original performance pieces at the Robert Gill Theatre from March 6th - 9th, 2003.
  Under this year's theme, Purging 20th Century Addictions: Toward A Different Theatre, the annual Festival of Original Theatre (produced by the Graduate Centre for Study of Drama, U of T) will celebrate the diversity and innovation essential to exploring a theatre of the new millennium. Through content, comment and form, the possibilities surrounding a 21st century theatre demands that we take a hard look at where we've been, where we want to go and what needs to change in order for us to get there. Audiences are invited to join in the excitement of debate, discussion and paper and performance presentations as artists, practitioners and scholars from all over North America attempt to renegotiate theatre, between the 20th century familiar and 21st century innovation -Toward a theatre that is reflective, innovative, diverse and unafraid. 
    

    
  Opening with a keynote address by renowned Nigerian Theatre for Development practitioner, Chuck Mike, the F.O.O.T. Conference will feature a celebrity discussion panel that will include Guillermo Verdecchia, Honor Ford-Smith and Sky Gilbert. Thematic panel presentations (exploring Traditional Forms, Political Perspectives and New Directions in Theatre) will be accompanied by performance papers (delivered through a fusion of performance and discussion) and an open forum in which all are invited to participate. An exciting showcase of ten 10-15 minute original works will be presented nightly and will feature an extremely eclectic range of visions and innovative performance techniques. 

  Festival of Original Theatre
  F.O.O.T. 2003 
  Purging 20th Century Addictions: Toward A Different Theatre

  Robert Gill Theatre
  214 College Street, 3rd Floor 
  Performances: March 6th - 8th at 8 p.m., $8/$5 (students & seniors) 

  March 9th at 2 p.m., PWYC 

  416-978-7986 
    
    

  Free Conference: March 7th - 8th 

  http://gradrama.sa.utoronto.ca/foot/

    
    


  Media Contact: Luella Massey / Resh Budhu 416-978-7986
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