• Home
  • About
    • alt.theatre magazine
    • The Team
    • Our Publisher
  • Read
    • Current & Back Issues
    • Theatre Reviews
    • Subscribe, renew or gift
  • Participate
    • Support
    • Advertise
    • Contribute
  • News & Views
  • Contact

info@alttheatre.ca

   Subscriber's Login

Menu
0

No products in the cart.

  • Home
  • About
    • alt.theatre magazine
    • The Team
    • Our Publisher
  • Read
    • Current & Back Issues
    • Theatre Reviews
    • Subscribe, renew or gift
  • Participate
    • Support
    • Advertise
    • Contribute
  • News & Views
  • Contact

Issue 13.1: Between Art and Activism

  • Home
  • Issue 13.1: Between...

Issue 13.1: Between Art and Activism

CategoriesIssue Preview

September 18, 2016

00

What’s in this issue?
  • The International Federation for Theatre Research‘s “Queer Futures” working group responds to the shooting in an LGBTQI nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, which cost 49 queer people their lives.
  • John Kim Bell shares his own difficult journey as an Aboriginal artist in his letter urging Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission to enable Aboriginal self-determination and build capacity within the Indigenous community.
  • Sky Gilbert endeavours to resolve the transgender theory debate through the notion of fiction’s potential for limitless self-creation.
  • Catherine Hernandez attempts to decolonize theatre, one question at a time.
  • Cole Alvis reflects on artists’ and audiences’ responsibility in understanding the histories and treaties of the land on which we stand.
  • Gail Nyoka on the tenth Women Playwright’s International Conference.
  • Book Review: Kerry McElroy reviews Like a Natural Woman: Spectacular Female Performance in Classical Hollywood.

 

For alt.theatre magazine

Michelle MacArthur (Editor-in-Chief), Sarah Waisvisz (Reviews Editor), Aaron Franks (Features Editor).

Contributors

Cole Alvis, John Kim Bell, Sky Gilbert, Catherine Hernandez, Kerry McElroy, Gail Nyoka and Donna-Michelle St. Bernard.

Cover Photo

© Alex Felipe. Catherine Hernandez in Operation Lifeboat, an online performance involving 45 artists worldwide raising funds and awareness about the devastating flooding in the Philippines in September 2012.


From the issue

  • Reality Checks and Balances


Want to stay connected with us?  Join our newsletter for the latest alt.theatre magazine news. We promise we only send the good stuff.


Related Post

APRIL 16, 2019

Issue 15.1

What’s in this issue? Editorial – Travesty, Treachery, and Bree(a)ching...

00

JULY 2, 2018

Issue 14.2

What’s in this issue? Sheila Christie & Kate Krug trans/form public...

00

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Issue 14.1

What’s in this issue? Editorial – Protest and Performance by Michelle...

00

AUGUST 1, 2017

Issue 13.3

What’s in this issue? Editorial – The Feminist Killjoy Goes...

00

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Issue 13.2: Back to School

What’s in this issue? Sherry Bie and Jill Carter draw...

00

MAY 1, 2016

Issue 12.4: Community Arts...

“This issue is the second in alt.theatre’s two part-project, “Community...

00

Leave a Comments Cancel Reply

Recent Posts

  • Three Richards

    September 26, 2019
  • Review of The Tashme Project at Centaur Theatre’s Brave New Looks Series

    September 26, 2019
  • Embedding Criticism:

    September 26, 2019
  • Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Canadian Theatre Here and Now

    September 26, 2019
  • “Why on earth are you talking like an extra from The Wire”:

    September 26, 2019

Categories

  • Archive Content
  • Bonus Material
  • Editorials
  • Issue Preview
  • News & Views
  • Theatre Reviews

Archives

  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • February 2017
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • May 2015
  • March 2015
  • December 2014
  • August 2014
  • April 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • September 2013
  • July 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • January 2013
  • November 2012
  • June 2012
  • March 2012
  • December 2011
  • September 2011
  • June 2011
  • March 2011
  • December 2010
  • September 2010
  • June 2010
  • March 2010
  • December 2009
  • September 2009
  • June 2009
  • March 2009
  • December 2008
  • September 2008
  • June 2008
  • February 2008
  • May 2007
  • February 2007
  • November 2006
  • May 2006
  • January 2006
  • March 2005
  • December 2004
  • July 2004
  • April 2004
  • June 2003
  • January 2003
  • June 2002
  • June 2001
  • October 2000
  • June 1999
  • November 1998
  • June 1998

Tags

alt.theatre alt.theatre magazine Alt Vol 1.1 Asian Canadian theatre Buddies in Bad Times Cahoots Theatre Canadian Theatre Charles Wakefield Cadman Chinese Canadian theatre Crow's Theatre Cultural diversity diversity diversity and the stage diversity in theatre embedded criticism Factory Theatre feminist theatre I Call Myself Princess immersive theatre immigrant theatre Indigenous opera Indigenous theatre Jani Lauzon Kate Croome Marjorie Chan Montreal Fringe Montreal theatre Native Earth Performing Arts opera Paper Canoe Projects play translation PuSh Festival PuSh International Performing Arts Festival queer theatre Robyn Grant-Moran Shakespeare Shelley Liebembuk SummerWorks 2018 SummerWorks Festival Summerworks Lab Toronto Toronto Theatre Tsianina Redfeather Vol 15.2 Willow White

CONTACT

460 Ste-Catherine West #916,
Montreal, Quebec,
Canada, H3B 1A7
Email: info@alttheatre.ca
Phone No: 1-514-848-0238
 

READ

Join readers around the world engaged in politics, cultural plurality, social activism, and the performing arts.

SUBSCRIBE
  • Current & Back Issues
  • Theatre Reviews
  • News & Views

SUPPORT

Keep this forum for critical discourse alive! Help us accomplish our mission:
  • donate
  • advertise
  • contribute

NEWSLETTER

Stay in the know. Subscribe to our newsletter.




© 2018 alt.theatre, All Rights Reserved.   |   Privacy Policy   |   Terms & Conditions