Reminder of Shifting Tides 2004 this week!!

[Luella Massey]

                   The Graduate Centre for Study of Drama
                        (University of Toronto)
                                   Presents

                   Shifting Tides: Atlantic Canadian Theatre
                     Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

The Graduate Centre for Study of Drama (U of T) is pleased to present,
Shifting Tides: Atlantic Canadian Theatre – Yesterday, Today, and
Tomorrow. The national conference will take place at the Drama Centre,
March 25th – 28th, 2004.

Home to many of Canada’s most celebrated playwrights, theatre
practitioners and scholars, Atlantic Canada has earned itself national
and, increasingly, international acclaim for theatrical innovation and
artistic excellence. Shifting Tides: Atlantic Canadian Theatre –
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow is the first national conference
dedicated to exploring the multi-textured, complex and, singular
artistic character of a region that is both the site of the nation’s
oldest theatre and the space of burgeoning talents, ideas and
innovations. By overcoming the physical, cultural and disciplinary
boundaries between academics, practitioners and audiences, this
celebration strives to increase the awareness of, and appreciation for,
the theatre of Atlantic Canada through artistic and intellectual
exchange and exploration.

Some of the most vital and progressive theatre companies from Canada’s
East Coast will offer staged performances of their current projects, as
well as hands-on workshops for conference participants. Atlantic
playwrights with national and international reputations will read from
their works. Papers, panels, workshops and performances will deal with
an array of issues that span the ongoing history of Canadian theatre and

breadth of its Atlantic Coast communities. Andy Jones (a videoconference
interview from Newfoundland) and Magnetic North Theatre Festival’s Mary
Vingoe will be delivering the conference keynote addresses. Plenary
presenters
include George Belliveau, Helen Peters, Patrick O’Neill and Glen
Nichols. Artistic presentations will include readings by Robert Chafe,
Don Hannah, Wendy Lill, Bryden MacDonald, Melissa Mullen, Jenny Munday,
Charlie Rhindress, Kent Stetson, and Colleen Wagner with showcase pieces
presented by companies Artistic Fraud, Moncton Sable and Zuppa Circus.
Additional presenters include Anthony Black, Jessie Maclean and Patrick
Christopher as well as Tessa Mendel.


                    Shifting Tides: Atlantic Canadian Theatre

                     Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

                           March 25th – 28th


                      Registration: $40/$20 students & seniors

                  University of Toronto students Free

                       shiftingtides2004 at yahoo.ca

                              416-978-7986

                           Conference Program

                        www.shiftingtides2004.com



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