Staging poetry
David Ferry
appledor at SYMPATICO.CA
Thu Nov 27 21:04:58 EST 2014
Howl! (Ginsberg) with Ted Dykstra for Art of Time
Alligator Pie (Dennis Lee adaped by Mike Ross and Creation Ensemble) for Soulpepper Theatre
Spoon River Anthology ( same team) at Soulpepper
There have also been some poetry presentations over the years at Stratford...Douglas Campbell did a William Blake piece
Leon Pownell a Dylan Thomas piece
And Shakespeare stuff of course (sonnets etc)
And Lucy Peacock has done something recently
Roy Lewis has done some cabaret perfs of his own poetry there (his Haiku series)
David Ferry/Appledore Productions
74 Ivy Ave
Toronto, ON M4L 2H7
416 433 5826
appledor at Sympatico.ca
> On Nov 27, 2014, at 5:07 PM, Conrad Alexandrowicz <conrada at UVIC.CA> wrote:
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> I am currently revising an article for publication that essentially reflects upon my recent SSHRC-funded project staging selections from the published poetry of Lorna Crozier and ErĂn Moure. This resulted in the creation of a number of staged works.
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> When I began this work I did a quick survey of recent work of this kind in Canada, and came up with very little in the professional theatre, apart from a couple of notable and inspiring examples: The Four Horsemen Project, by Volcano Theatre, and Doing Leonard Cohen, by One Yellow Rabbit.
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> I know that some work of this kind has been going on in the academy, but I'd like to gather some real evidence here.
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> Does anyone have anything to share in this regard? A project in which you have been involved, or which you know about?
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> I would very much appreciate hearing from you!
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> Warm regards,
> --
> Conrad Alexandrowicz, Associate Professor
> Movement, Acting and Devised Physical Theatre
> Department of Theatre
> University of Victoria
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> Cell: 250.580.5524
> Office: 250.853.3727
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