Eight Men - contemporary productions

Wed Jun 2 13:10:58 EDT 2010

Sorry, I accidentally hit send before I finished. The site for the review of Tim
Buck 2 is
http://www.eyeweekly.com/fringe/article/64267

Aislinn has already given the listserv current contact and website info on the
current Section 98 project.

Thanks again to everyone who wrote.

Moira

Quoting mjd707 at mail.usask.ca:

> Hi everyone,
>
> First, my thanks to everyone who responded to me. I also promised I`d share
> the
> information I got with the whole listserv.
>
> The 1983 production was produced by Popular Projects Society and directed by
> Rose Adams.
>
> At the 2009 Fringe,Praxis Theatre, a group that Aislinn is active in did an
> adaptation of the play that led to the current Section 98 project. In her
> words:
>
> "We created a show called Tim Buck 2 for last year's Fringe
> Festival, which used the Eight Men Speak script as performed by the members
> of the Progressive Arts Club (some of our actors played actual historical
> PAC members, others were fictionalised) and the script was intertwined with
> scenes from other moments in Canadian history where the issue of civil
> rights was brought into question.  Our work was then picked up to be part of
> Harbourfront Centre's HATCH season this year, and it became Section 98.  We
> still used a portion of Eight Men Speak, and the story of Tim Buck, but the
> full script played less of a role in the show, as we also created sections
> about the FLQ crisis in the 70s and a number of sections about the modern
> era.`
> A review of Tim Buck 2 and audience response to it can be found at:
>
>
> Quoting Aislinn Rose <aislinnrose at GMAIL.COM>:
>
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I wanted to send the below information along to you, not necessarily as an
> > invitation to the Workshop Presentation (unless of course, you're
> > interested), but more as an invitation to look in on our process.  We have
> > been experimenting with an idea we're calling "Open Source Theatre",
> whereby
> > we have been posting our research methodologies and our materials online as
> > they have developed.  Most recently, we offered our readers a piece by
> > Vancouver Poet Laureate, Brad Cran, and asked them to submit artistic works
> > based on that piece for possible inclusion in our presentation... in true
> > open source fashion.
> >
> > Given that *Section 98* looks at the history of Civil Rights issues in
> > Canada, and is experimenting with a whole new way of creating theatre, I
> > thought it might be of particular interest to those of you on this list.
> >
> > Here's what some educators have said:
> >
> > "As a writer, actor, and supply teacher (hoping to have my own class
> soon!),
> > I think this process is extraordinarily valuable, with respect to the arts,
> > cultural and political communities, and students of all ages. I would love
> > to integrate this process and blog into my future high school history
> > classesor drama classes. The cross-curricular potential is limitless."
> >
> > " Just keep me in the loop because I find this process fascinating &
> > informative."
> >
> > Here <http://praxistheatre.com/upcoming-shows/> is a link to our Open
> Source
> > page for *Section 98 *with links to all of our Open Source postings.
> >
> >
>
Here<http://praxistheatre.com/2010/03/section-98-open-source-entry-5-i-believe-in-the-power-of-you-and-i/>is
> > a link to our most recent post featuring Brad Cran's "2010 Handbook
> > for
> > Entering Canada.
> >
> > I look forward to questions, and/or comments of all kinds.  I can be
> reached
> > at aislinnrose at gmail.com, or (please) feel free to comment on the Open
> > Source entries themselves as we want to encourage as much dialogue as
> > possible.
> >
> > More about *Section 98* itself can be found in the invitation below.
> >
> > Warm Regards to you all,
> >
> > Aislinn Rose,
> > Open Source Project Leader &
> > Script Supervisor
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Praxis Theatre <michaelwheeler at praxistheatre.com>
> > Date: Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:42 PM
> > Subject: Section 98 - 1-Night Only Workshop Presentation - March 13th @
> > Harbourfront
> > To: Aislinn <aislinnrose at gmail.com>
> >
> >
> >
> >     [image: Prax_logo_and_section_98_banner]
> >
>
<http://go.madmimi.com/redirects/ea3d5d5914c725a743b0b3544ce90811?pa=753221905>
> >
> > A work-in-progress presentation of Section 98 will occur at Harbourfront's
> > Studio Theatre on Saturday March 13 @ 8pm as part of HATCH
> > *You're Invited!!* *TO A SPECIAL WORK IN PROGRESS PRESENTATION OF* *Section
> > 98*
> >
> > Part of Harbourfront Centre's HATCH: emerging performance projects.
> >
> > *Praxis Theatre presents an open-sourced, interactive,
> > work-in-progress*that uses performance and technology to explore and
> > debate individual and
> > civil rights in Canada. The production invites you to participate with your
> > cell phone or PDA during the presentation, and online before or after the
> > performance at praxistheatre.com.
> >
> > *Section 98 seeks an immediate relationship with the here and now* by
> > drawing inspiration from forms of political theatre of the past and
> > juxtaposing them with the present day. The production focuses on 1930s
> > Communist theatre artists in Toronto, 1970s FLQ activists in Montreal, and
> > reserves a portion of the performance to concern contemporary civil rights
> > issues.
> >
> > In this workshop Praxis Theatre will be exploring the testimony given to
> the
> > *Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan* November 25th,
> > 2010 as well as civil rights issues that come to light following the
> > exhaustion of a billion dollar security budget for the *2010 Olympic
> > Games*in Vancouver.
> >
>
<http://go.madmimi.com/redirects/7fedab00124d8aa690b5ea605e5ace20?pa=753221905>
> >
> > Buy Tickets
> >
> > *Click on the ticket to buy a ticket* (Or call 416-973-4000)
> >
>
<http://go.madmimi.com/redirects/ea3d5d5914c725a743b0b3544ce90811?pa=753221905>
> >
> > Engage with the show
> >
> > *Click the PDA to explore and engage with Open Source Theatre*
> >
>
<http://go.madmimi.com/redirects/0ed62c39f7c2fee20d6c582372f2a45a?pa=753221905>
> >
> > Learn about HATCH
> >
> > *Click the HATCH logo to learn more about the HATCH program, participants,
> > and what's going on this season*
> >
>
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> >
> > Read the press release
> >
> > *Click the Harbourfont Logo to read the Press Release for Section 98*
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