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Quipping Against the Pricks: Comedy, Community and Popular Theatre
Authors: Bird Kym , Nyman Ed
Published: June 2023

The Company of Sirens and the Workman Theatre Project are only two of the many members of the Canadian Popular Theatre Alliance who are using theatre, as Brecht did, to change political and social consciousness while entertaining audiences. Liberal humanist notions of “art” (of greatness, genius, the masterpiece) have caused many to denigrate popular theatre for its political agenda, as though other theatres can be free from the political and ideological conditions under which they are produced. Most popular theatre workers, however, accept that all cultural labour is ideologically committed and yet must live with the threat of alienating sponsors and audiences and with the challenge of working out a vision with artistic integrity.
Shocker’s Delight!
Authors: Lemoine Stewart
Published: June 2023

I suppose that in an effective introduction to Shockers Delight! I might discuss some of the experiences which led me towards the insights that inform the play. But come on! That would be personal, just read the thing and use your imagination.
Jerusalem and Tel Aviv A Canadian Spring in Israel
Authors: Ajzenstadt Michael
Published: June 2023

Four years ago a new theatrical festival, titled Theatrenetto, opened in Israel. It was devoted to one-actor plays and within a couple of years reached immense popularity with the audience. And while actors are still complaining that they are not being paid enough for their performances in this festival, the fact remains that they get enormous exposure out of it, exposure which money cannot buy. In fact plays that won first prize in the festival competition were soon grabbed by leading theatre companies here and added to their ongoing bills.
Directory of Canadian Theatre Archives
Authors: Mccallum Heather , Pincoe Ruth , Ball John
Published: June 2023

The Directory is a guide to Canadian theatre materials held in over 300 collections and institutions. It revises and updates Heather McCallum’s Theatre Resources in Canadian Collections published in 1973 by the National Library of Canada. It covers federal, provincial and city archives, national and large public libraries, university libraries and drama departments, theatre companies, schools, associations, museum and private collections. The arrangement is geographical by province from the East coast to the West with additional entries for the Yukon Territory and private collections. Within each section, arrangement is alphabetical by city or town and then by institution or theatre. Each major entry is numbered and decimal numbers are used to subdivide such major collections as the National Archives, the University of Guelph Archives and the Metro Central Library collection. A detailed index includes references to individuals, theatres, theatre groups, organizations, authors and titles. There is also a selected eight-page bibliography of major monographs on Canadian theatre.
Cuba “AsiSomos” and the Fine Art of Survival
Authors: Rudakoff Judith
Published: June 2023

From September 12-19, 1993, I co-ordinated a Theatre and Fine Arts Delegation which travelled in Cuba. The primary goal of this delegation was to begin to explore the Fine Arts in several regions of the country with particular emphasis on learning how the social, economic, political and religious conditions affect the contemporary creative work in terms of themes, imagery, form and structure and even, at times, venue. This was my second of five trips planned this year, facilitated by the Cuban Ministry of Culture and their Canadian representatives, Canada-Cuba Sports and Culture Festivals. The first trip, last spring, was a whirlwind immersion as we travelled to eight cities in seven days. The September journey was less frenzied and involved less travel within the country: we spent time in Cienfuegos, Trinidad de Cuba and Havana. As well, our interests on this delegation were focused primarily on Theatre (and attendance of the International Festival of Latin-American Theatre in Havana) and, more marginally, on Santería (the widely practised, syncretized Afro-Cuban religion that combines Yoruban spiritual belief and ritual with Catholicism) and its continued influence on the Fine Arts in Cuba.
Computing Theatre
Authors: Goodwin Jill Tomasson
Published: June 2023

I recall my first experience with computers, some twenty-odd years ago. It may have been like your own: in a large room, filled with imposingly large computing machines, our group of neophyte programmers pencilled in ovals on computer cards. The group leader told us that we were programming the computer to execute some basic numerical addition, addition, I discovered, I could do in my head far faster than it took to fill out and enter the cards. Enamoured with the theatre, I promptly dismissed the programming activity as tedious, the computer as pitiably slow, and both, fundamentally antithetical to the human activity of play making.
On the Edge Revisioning Nightwood
Authors: Glen Catherine
Published: June 2023

I arrive at the Nightwood offices located on Adelaide Street in downtown Toronto early in the afternoon. I’m the appointment between administrative meetings in the morning and creative appointments with writers for the upcoming Groundswell festival in the afternoon. Nightwood’s offices are located equi-distant blocks from the trendy Queen Street Village to the north with its shops of the very avant-garde (both real and imagined) and blocks from Blue Jays Way, the SkyDome and the “real entertainment” centres in the city, to the south. It’s a location that I have been to many times as an artist – writer, actor, dramaturge, and most recently a Board member. But today I’ve come in a new character with costume (I couldn’t resist the trench coat) and props (a borrowed hand-held recorder) in hand. This new character – your reporter – can’t help but notice and note Nightwood’s location as an ironic set/backdrop: designed by one with a limited budget and an unlimited sense of humour. There it is – small and struggling, situated on the sixth floor of a warehouse building surrounded by ari abundance of cultural dollars to the north and south. It’s next door to a furrier (yes, those are real fur balls floating down the hallway) and has toilet facilities close by! Don’t get me wrong – this space is a move up for Nightwood – there’s heat here and a room alongside the offices that serves as rehearsal and workshop space (it even provides Nightwood with a decent revenue when it can rent the space out).
Gathering rose buds as ye may
Authors: Wasserman Jerry
Published: June 2023

In our review article, Rob Nunn considers the disparate goals of three anthologies: canonizing Canadian drama (Wasserman), collecting dramatic scenes (Hamill), and promoting regional drama (Johnston Lewis and Warren). From the Greek words anthos, meaning “flower” and legein, “to gather”, “anthology” describes a collection of the “flowers” of Greek verse, the gathering up of small choice poems. Of course, gathering implies judging, selecting, and rejecting. And in the age of post-modern drama, Canadian and otherwise, these activities are permeated with ideological agendas. “Choice” becomes exceedingly problematic when we recognize that principles of judgement and selection are no longer “natural”, no longer unscrutinized. What do anthologists reject, exclude, make standard? What is “standard”? CTR considers three anthologies here because the impulse to anthologize, it seems, is as old as the Greeks. But, given the increasing difficulty to justify “judgement”, does the anthology have a future? JTG
Miss Autobody; L’Affaire Tartuffe or The Garrison Officers Rehearse Molière; New French-Language Plays: Martinique, Quebec, Ivory Coast, Belgium
Authors: alliees Les folies , Gaboriau Linda , Ackerman Marianne , Lamont Rosette C. , Rittenhouse Jonathan
Published: June 2023

Revolution and rebellion – liberation from all types of oppression – are issues that course through these otherwise disparate French-language texts. Written from the margins – by Africans, women, Caribbeans, gays, Belgians, Québécois -they bring to the centre the concerns of those who want their identities reflected in history. As with most contemporary, post-modern-influenced work, these texts are self-conscious about language, about its influence and power and the possibility to respeak/ rewrite history in the interest of liberation. All but one (L’Affaire Tartuffe is the exception) are being reviewed in translation; and the probable consequences of the filter of translation as yet another restraint to liberation further adds ironic tension to a review of these tales of sometimes reconstructed, sometimes deconstructed, freedoms. This review will deal with texts that vary significantly in theatrical intention and theatrical sophistication; this text will foreground these other texts’ particular approaches and pay less attention to their artistic strengths or shortcomings.
Never Swim Alone & This is a Play; The Ends of the Earth; Come Good Rain
Authors: Maclvor Daniel , Panych Morris , Seremba George , Hall Lynda
Published: June 2023

Two themes link these plays: alienation, and each individual’s struggle to survive in a world where communication and compassion are lacking.

Daniel Maclvor, an actor, director, producer, writer and the artistic director of Da Da Kamera, has won seven Dora Mavor Moore Awards. He has been nominated five times for the Chalmers Canadian Play Award, including a nomination in 1991 for Never Swim Alone, the same year that he won for his play House Humans. In her introduction to Never Swim Alone & This isa Play, Carol Bolt identifies one of the major qualities which make Maclvor’s work so well-received: through direct address, his characters welcome the audience to the theatre, and make each spectator feel that they make a difference.
The Spectre of Communi
Authors: Filewod Alan
Published: June 2023

Rarely has a word been so overused and devalued in defence of ideological programs as community is today. Regardless of where one stands in the various debates that engage the arts as a site of contention, community is proposed as a rhetorical principle to define and validate boundaries. In the arts, community is invoked with the monotonous regularity of a mantra: the “theatre community” is the self-defined web of professional interest that in some way establishes standards, ordains reputations and confers distinction.
Canadian Theatre, Come Good Rain and Me
Authors: Seremba George B.
Published: June 2023

Some time this spring, with a little bit of luck, the curtain will once again go up on my play, Come Good Rain. It will be the third time I cross the Atlantic in a span of ten months. It will also be the fourth time it is performed in a venue many miles away from this country. The only other place it’s ever been, outside of Ontario, is Montreal at the prestigious Centaur Theatre. The first night’s performance this spring will also mark the 127th time that I will have performed the show. As this will be the first time I’ve been able to put a total together, there will be even more reason for my solitary celebration in Jerusalem.
Opting In: Theory, Practice and the Workshop as Alternative “Process”
Authors: Herst Beth
Published: June 2023

The space between two stools is, proverbially, an undesirable location, the place you fall to, if you’re not careful, through lack of commitment, or agility, or both. It can, however, also be a rather interesting vantage point from which to consider the implications of bridges. As a practising playwright who teaches what could loosely be called feminist theory, I have become increasingly aware of a tension between the two activities, a widening gap between these particular stools that threatens to turn into a chasm. As a result, I’ve found myself thinking about bridges a great deal, and still more about the spaces they traverse.
Creating a Theatre in Your Classroom
Authors: Warren Bemie , Senyk Valerie
Published: June 2023

A good book gets marked up fast, with underlining, starred paragraphs and notes scribbled in the margins. A good book delivers ideas that are important and useful to the reader, and answers questions or generates new ones.

Creating a Theatre in Your Classroom, edited by Bernie Warren, is just such a book, although its pink jacket and unprepossessing title might put you off. But in this case, the shallowness is only skin-deep.
Montreal / Toronto …but our own?
Authors: Greenberg Joel
Published: June 2023

For more than ten years the mega-musical has been a constant resident in Canada, particularly in Toronto. What began with Cats, now and forever, has led to Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Aspects of Love, Tommy, Beauty and the Beast and Sunset Boulevard. All of these productions, with the lone exception of Beauty and the Beast, have been “made in Britain” and have come to Canada with the tell-tale signs of the franchised product: the audition process that has been a national sweep of our singer-dancer-actor triple threats; the newspaper coverage of these same auditions that have whipped up enthusiasm as much as a year in advance of the first rehearsal; and the original Broadway television commercials that have flooded prime-time hours – the shows that cast Canadians in principal roles and then advertise the shows by broadcasting the New York actors are especially troubling.
Performance Tirades
Authors: Householder Johanna
Published: June 2023

I had planned to give this issue a sub-title like “Hidden Histories”, a vaguely mysterious coverall I thought might be broad enough to elicit some interesting articles, yet still allow things to hang together. After all, everything about performance could be said to be hidden in some sense, in various margins – art, theatre, gender, taste, venue – it seemed safe. Of course safety is not what Performance is about, as I was abruptly reminded once the writing was in. Choices like “Performance Foams at the Mouth”, “Rants and Raves”, “Cavils”, or “Tirades” were more apt. It seems there are some very testy performance artists out there these days. As Tanya Mars reminds us, it’s infuriating to have to explain again and again and after 20 years of work, what it is that you’re doing. Or perhaps the touchiness comes from being “the advance nervous system for society” (McLuhan’s description of the artist’s role). It makes us feel pretty raw to be the advance nervous system of a society that has rolled up its centre into a tight little ball of banks and banquettes. Don’t forget that Andy Paterson’s “Performance: A Performance” was cited at Metro Toronto City Council as an example of wasteful spending on the arts. As Paterson puts it, ‘“Performance: A Performance’ marks a personal return to a live presentation format after years of absence or denial.” Perhaps one begins to sense that time is running out and that any pussyfooting is over. The great digital revolution is underway – but before we get turned into “sentient images” our bodies will have their say. Louise Liliefeldt unequivocally puts hers on the line, The Drag Kings, two or more. The Right have (been) elected to drag us into the 21st century kicking and screaming. So be it. We won’t go gently. We’re “Out for Blood”, back in five minutes. Or as Stelarc says: “Memory results in mimicry, reflection will not suffice. THE BODY MUST BURST FROM ITS BIOLOGICAL, CULTURAL AND PLANETARY CONTAINMENT.”
Defining Collaboration: On Attention and Collaboration
Authors: Bobgan Raymond
Published: June 2023

Today, I have been asked to speak of collaboration, but I don’t think I can cover this huge topic. I will try to address it in some way, but mainly I just want to speak about some of the discoveries we (the actors and myself) have made through our work together as Theatre Labyrinth. These discoveries are in relation to our own work, and I am not making any recommendations to others. Of course these discoveries have many sources, but they are simple things we have found work for us right now. As children say, “Maybe I’m not the first to discover it, but I’m the first to discover it for me.”
Why Did We Do It?
Authors: Fowler Richard
Published: June 2023

Why did we do it? At the end of an intensely busy year which involved not only the creation and premiere of a new production but also a gruelling five-month road tour, in Canada’s winter, which took the company from the further reaches of coastal Labrador to Victoria and back to Quebec, why did primus Theatre subject itself to the exhausting task of organizing a festival/symposium with little means beyond energy and the belief that it could be done, that it could, not only work, but be a success?
Transformations of Lucius: A Work in Progress
Authors: Wolford Lisa
Published: June 2023

Theatre Labyrinth is a small, experimental performance ensemble based in Cleveland, Ohio . The group, founded by director Raymond Bobgan with actors Holly Holsinger and Brad Krumholz, opened its first production in October 1994 under the auspices of Cleveland Public Theatre. Jaime Bouvier, the third performer in the group’s current production, began working as an actor with the company in January 1995 after having served as stage manager for the company’s earlier performances.
Core (Hearl): A Journey in Search of the South
Authors: Beauchamp Hélène
Published: June 2023

Koreja is a centre for theatre research and production located in Aradeo, Province of Salento, a village of 10,000inhabitants in the heel of Italy. In the South. Their production of Core–could it be cuore?-is meant as a "journey of discovery of the South”. To me, it was a performance as statement.
Redefining the Comfort Zone
Authors: Lane Harry
Published: June 2023

One of Canada’s most remarkable actresses, Nancy Palk has performed in a wide repertoire, from Sophocles and Shakespeare to Joan MacLeod and Ann-Marie MacDonald, at theatres across the country, including the Citadel, the Stratford Festival, Canadian Stage, Tarragon, and the National Arts Centre. She has worked in two of Judith Thompson’s plays, as Dee in the première of I Am Yours at Tarragon in 1987 and, again at Tarragon in January 1996, as Annie Delaney in the public workshop of Sled, a role she is recreating a year later in the Tarragon première in January 1997. The following conversation with Harry Lane was recorded on 8 October 1996 at Canadian Stage, Toronto, where Nancy Palk was appearing in Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia. It was transcribed by Ahnes Hong.
Sled: A Workshop Diary
Authors: Duchesne Scott , Fletcher Jennifer
Published: June 2023

In October of 1995, the Department of Drama at the University of Guelph offered an assistant position to a graduate student interested in participating in the Tarragon Theatre’s Public Workshop of Judith Thompson’s new play, then titled Last Things, during the first two weeks of December and January 1996. This four-week process was scheduled to conclude with six pay-what-you-can performances held in the Maggie Bassett studio. When we soon discovered that the two of us were equally determined to take part, we decided to work collaboratively on the project, and quickly drew up a proposal to that end. Judith and the Tarragon agreed to allow two students into the workshop, and the department approved the conditions of our proposal for a special studies course. What follows is a creative reconstruction of our experiences, written in the general format of a journal.
Products of the Canadian Imagination
Authors: Shantz Valerie
Published: June 2023

In November of 1995 Catalyst Theatre, the fourth oldest professional theatre company in Edmonton, initiated some of the most significant changes since its founding in 1979. To that point, the company - under two artistic directors (Jan Selman and most recently Ruth Smillie) - had filled a consistent role as a home for new work rooted in a process of examining the world around it through popular theatre techniques. While Selman led the company through its period of a more traditional popular theatre mandate, Smillie’s tenure moved the company into a second phase, a process of evolution for the company which redefined how the theatre related to its community. This was accomplished, in part, through a greater involvement by the local artistic community in the work of the company.
Essays on Kushner’s Angels
Authors: Brask Per , Bennett Susan
Published: June 2023

There are no play s of the recent past more deserving of a collection (or two) of essays than Tony Kushner’s Angels in America. His two plays comprising Angels, Millennium Approaches, and Perestroika, have enjoyed international success and their intervention in the cultural representation of HIV/AIDS has been important and far reaching. The volume on Angels edited by Per Brask certainly reflects the deserved attention paid across the world to Kushner’s work and aims to give readers a sense of how specificities of a producing culture inflect the “gay fantasia” that is Angels.
Of Mothers and Dragonflies: Two Montreal Solo Performances
Authors: Whiteley David
Published: June 2023

As an anglophone experiencing francophone theatre in Montreal, it is easy to believe in the old cliché of “two solitudes.” The two theatre cultures are separated not only by language but by unions, performance spaces, cultural references, political priorities, and aesthetic values. Nevertheless, solo performance is as rife in Québécois theatre as it is elsewhere in Canada. This repertoire includes works as diverse as Pol Pelletier’s autobiographical Joie, René-Daniel Dubois’s Ne blâmez jamais les Bédouins, Larry Tremblay’s Le Déclic du destin and Leçon d’anatomie, and Robert Lepage’s one-man Hamlet, Elseneur.
big face
Authors: Vries Marion de
Published: June 2023

Copyright Marion de Vries. This play is fully protected under the copyright laws of Canada and all other countries of the Copyright Union. Changes to the script are expressly forbidden without the written conset of the author. Rights to produce, film, or record in any medium , in any language, by any group, are retained by the author.
Ideals and Risks: An Interview with Steven Schipper
Authors: Fortier Mark
Published: June 2023

Steven Schipper is the artistic director of the Manitoba Theatre Centre. This interview took place in the MTC offices in Winnipeg in the Spring of 1996.
Theatre (in) New Brunswick
Authors: Defraeye Piet
Published: June 2023

Theatre in New Brunswick is a complex phenomenon, as it is everywhere in Canada. There is a distinct richness in texture, not only because of the bilingual nature of the province, but also because of its narrowly circumscribed urban culture. The character of New Brunswick seems to be small-town and rural Canada. As is the case everywhere else, this rural cultural text is thoroughly infused - or colonized - by whatever is beamed through by television. This takes its toll on the theatrical horizon which is rich in texture but not in numbers. A quick overview of theatre in New Brunswick is a sinecure, since there is not an awful lot to survey.
Wabana. A Native Word Meaning “Place of First Light”
Authors: Lynde Denyse
Published: June 2023

Some thirty-one years after the closure of the Wabana Mines of Bell Island, Newfoundland, “Place of First Light,” “a living interpretation of the island’s rich history, packaged in the form of a three hour theatrical tour,” opened on June 30, 1997. From the initial research, scripting, physical site preparation and casting to production, “Place of First Light” is an extraordinary success due to its initial conception, large production team, successful blend of tourism, heritage conservation and artistry, and finally, perhaps most importantly, to the seemingly boundless energies of the youthful artistic team.
Suddenly this summer...: A Review of Theatre in Ottawa, Summer 1997
Authors: Ruprecht Alvina
Published: June 2023

We have just seen the renaissance of a summer theatre culture in Ottawa, with performances emerging in the most unexpected places. The Rideau Chapel installation at the National Gallery became the site of an excellent staged reading of La Cigale (The Cricket), the parody of Impressionist painters by Halévy and Meilhac, known for their libretti of Offenbach operas. The text, rediscovered by the curator of the Renoir exhibition, Colin Baily, was conceived as part of the total Renoir event by Les Histrions, a local group of young professionals directed by Tibor Egervari from the Theatre Department of the University of Ottawa.
Excerpt from Job Stealer
Authors: Varma Rahul , Vlachos Helen , George Ian Lloyd
Published: June 2023

Martha slowly walks over to the boat and becomes part of the formation. They act of sea-sickness and fatigue and then drop their heads on each other’s shoulders with eyes closed. They remain in this position.
A Fine Balance between Authenticity and Experimentation
Authors: Parameswaran UMA
Published: June 2023

Rina Singha is a Kathak dancer and choreographer who lives in Toronto. Her major contribution to Canadian culture is her reinscription of Hindu and Muslim aspects of Kathak to retell Bible stories, and the reinscription of Bible stories with Kathak’s dramatic techniques.
South Asian Women: Creating Theatre of Resilience and Resistance
Authors: James Sheila
Published: June 2023

I became passionately involved in theatre, in 1990, when the Company of Sirens hired me to perform music in one of their touring productions. I had worked with the company several years before, but it was not until the particular tour of Shelter From Assault (Diana Braithwaite, Catherine Glen, Susan Seagrove) that I realized my relationship to theatre would reach beyond a means of enjoyable, occasional employment and grow to become a full-time commitment. It was the theme (violence), the characters (women), the stage (shelters), the plot (our lives), which moved me and demanded that I be involved not only with theatre, but with the world of feminism from which I had previously kept at a respectful distance. In this play I saw what was seldom portrayed on mainstream stages: women breaking taboos about violence, creating tableaus, reciting monologues, engaging with audiences about what was real in their lives. The theme “violence against women” which I knew but never spoke of, even with my best friends, unravelled unashamedly in full view. I began to examine the direct and indirect effect of violence against women, and like dominoes the answers to questions I dared not ask started falling into place. I found a space where more than just my technique as a musician could come into play. It was a space where women writers, directors, actors and stage managers could contribute to various political and artistic discussions. It was a place where our experiences as women, including violence, work, history and community, were not ignored but incorporated into the creation of theatre. It was a company whose vision sought a feminist process and an inclusive, community-connected base.
In Review
Authors: Cenzo Maria Di
Published: June 2023

The reviews included in this issue develop and extend the concerns raised in the context of South Asian Canadian Theatre by examining plays and critical works dealing with, among other things, the politics of race/culture/nationality. Honor Ford-Smith offers a detailed account of an important collection of plays by women of colour in the U.S. Gary Boire examines the contribution of Helen Gilbert and Joanne Tompkins to the study of postcolonial drama. Celeste Derksen reviews three recent Canadian plays, which, as she notes, share an interest in “characters struggling with language and shifting cultural definitions.” While the plays and practices discussed vary in terms of being rooted in different cultural communities and a range of geographical locations, a provocative dialogue emerges from CTR 94 as a whole as contributors and reviewers explore the goals and achievements of theatres of engagement.
Post-colonial Drama:Theory, Practice, Politics
Authors: Gilbert Helen , Tompkins Joanne , Boire Gary
Published: June 2023

In Post-colonial Drama: Theory, Practice, Politics Helen Gilbert and Joanne Tompkins embark on an ambitious, if not impossibly contingent, project. It is ambitious in that the authors’ field of exploration includes most of the postcolonial drama written and performed in “english” throughout the world. Taking as their focus, dramatic language (both vocal and visual), the arrangement of theatrical space and time, and the manipulation of narrative and performative conventions of drama, they aim “to isolate possible ways to read and view theatre texts ... as well as ways to interpret the strategies by which playwrights, actors, directors, musicians and designers rework a historical moment or a character or an imperial text or even a theatre building” (1).
My Story
Authors: Mirbt Felix
Published: June 2023

This is about questioning my own work, which is theatre and masks, puppets and objects and music.
Puppetry in Education
Authors: McKay Ken
Published: June 2023

Educators have long appreciated the potential of puppetry as an effective teaching vehicle and as an enhancement to the curriculum. Puppets have been used to teach at all levels, and although in North America we think of them as being primarily suited for entertainment for young children, for years they have been used in teaching religious concepts and traditions, in preparing patients for hospital experiences and surgical procedures and in subtle forms of indoctrination and propaganda.
Marketing and Meaning at the COC
Authors: Knowles Ric
Published: June 2023

The idea for an article on marketing the Canadian Opera Company1 emerged at the time in the 1996-97 season when the company was taking out irreverent and provocative full-page ads in the Toronto papers for productions of Salome, directed by Atom Egoyan; Elektra, directed by James Robinson; Béatrice et Benedict, directed by Robin Phillips; and two Italian operas, Manon Lescaut and Luisa Miller. The Salome ad, featuring a severed head on a serving dish, was entitled “HEY! THIS ISN’T WHAT I ORDERED!” and featured such subtitles as “When Atom Egoyan Yells ‘Cut’ at the Opera, People Lose Their Heads. But at Least There are no Castrati.” The ad was a combination of sensationalism (“opera disturbs, shocks, and excites”), sex appeal (“Table dancing, Circa 30 A.D.”), star appeal (“Egoyan takes his first Oscar [i.e. Wilde]”), and condescension (“Taking in your first opera? Here are some hints”). And the media picked up on it, with The Globe and Mail featuring a photo of Egoyan’s own head on a platter and a suggestive photo of a “spa scene” in rehearsal in an article entitled “Egoyan Serves up Salome” (Everett-Green). Reviewers also picked up on the marketing, focusing on Egoyan’s direction rather than the Strauss score, Richard Bradshaw’s conducting or the performers and highlighting the filmic dance of the seven veils, which culminated in a brutal, shadowy gang-rape. The reviews also tended to accept the preview press and marketing suggestions that the opera was “about” such things as voyeurism, sexual abuse, “a dysfunctional family,” and “the dark side of the human psyche” (Everett-Green), set in “a suburban rec-room gone astray” (Dault 148). All of this suggests that marketing decisions shape not only programming but audience horizons of expectation, the constitution (or at least the discursive construction) of the audience and, at least to some extent, the ways in which they interpret the productions themselves.
Some thoughts on the opera Beatrice Chancy (with excerpts from the score)
Authors: Rolfe James
Published: June 2023

In this opera, I am constantly trying to use the simplest possible means of expression, to let the characters tell their own stories and to let George’s wonderful words speak for themselves. Simple, direct vocal lines also keep the singers in touch with the viscerality of their art, whereas overly complex, cerebral writing brings the voice up into the head, and out of the body. Opera to me is an intimate physical experience – the singers should bathe the audience with their sweat and blood. I think that’s why some people are uncomfortable with it, and also why others love it.
The Canadian Mime Theatre: A Thirty-Year Retrospective
Authors: Bannerman Eugen , Pecknold Adrian
Published: June 2023

The Canadian Mime Theatre opened in April 1969, and for eight years Adrian Pecknold served as its artistic director, writer and lead mime. He took the company to the International Festival in Sophia, Bulgaria, and its tremendous success there resulted in invitations to appear nationally and internationally. He toured with his company across Canada and the United States and, three times, to Europe, culminating in a prestigious world tour and international acclaim. In recognition of his contribution to theatre and theatre education in Canada, he was awarded the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977.
Process, or How to Spend the Grant Money
Authors: Healey Michael
Published: June 2023

Let me start by telling you some things you already know.1 Theatre is about the least efficient story delivery system available. There are so many other ways of doing it, most of which involve creating the story once, and then recording it (in print, on film, on videotape), and then getting that recording into the hands of individual members of the public. So the fact that the theatre persists, in a time when these other systems are flourishing and proliferating, means that there must be something useful in the system itself. It has to do with the fact that two groups of people show up somewhere at an appointed hour, and one group more or less knows what will go on and the other group more or less doesn’t. And together they manage something useful between them.
Thinking Process
Authors: Fortier Mark
Published: June 2023

In this short discussion I will map a few basic implications for understanding the idea of process that arise from a handful of important thinkers and texts in cultural theory. In general these implications have to do with two large and interrelated concerns: the political effect of specific arrangements of process and the relations between process and finished work, or product. Although this discussion will remain largely abstract, it will touch upon or point towards actualities of process, especially of theatrical process.
Seeing Double: The Map-Making Process of Robert Lepage
Authors: Gibson K. Jane
Published: June 2023

In defining theatre, Robert Lepage returns to its mythic origins. To him theatre is “man in contact with gods and devils.” He wants actors to “transfigure” themselves in performance, and he wants the audience to come out of the theatre “cleansed and empowered” from experiencing that transformation. Lepage’s work is mythic. Poetic. Healing. And he has a process to make it so.
The Nike Method
Authors: Sears Djanet , Smith Alison Sealy
Published: June 2023

Djanet Sears and Alison Sealy Smith talked with Ric Knowles about process for two and a half hours in a wide-ranging conversation at the Tequila Bookworm on Queen Street West, Toronto, on 20 May 1998. The following is a severely edited version of that conversation, as transcribed by Christopher Tracy.
Process?
Authors: Griffiths Linda
Published: June 2023

In writing this article, I came up against the difficulty of defining process. I know process has always been central to my work, but what that means exactly is hard to explain. Moreover, process takes different forms. Am I talking about the process of improvising a play, the process of writing, of collaborating with directors, other writers, audiences? Am I talking about what happens behind closed doors in the rehearsal room or about what the audience sees? I realized that I’m actually talking about all of these things and more. Process and product are evident in all theatrical productions. The question is where the emphasis is placed. It’s a negotiation between writer, actor, director and audience. It’s a give and take, a sliding scale that changes as the piece dictates. What I’ve finally decided to do is to relate some of my experiences with different types of process. I believe each example shows a different process, a different negotiation and ultimately, some wildly different products.
The influence of physical training on indicators of the functional state of the cardiovascular system of young boxers during the stage of initial training
Authors: Afanasyev S. , Mykytchyk O. , Solodka O. , Voronyi V. , Kusovska O.
Published: June 2023

The article is devoted to the problem of assessing indicators of the functional state of young martial artists (on the example of boxing). The goal is to investigate the dynamics of changes in the functional state of the cardiovascular system of young boxers during the stage of initial training. The research was conducted on the basis of "Complex Children's and Youth Sports School for Boxing and Martial Arts" of the DMR during 2021-2022. 35 young athletes participated in the research. It was established that in September 2021, the average group indicators of heart rate and average blood pressure corresponded to age norms; systolic and diastolic blood pressure indicators were higher than the age norm, pulse pressure indicators were lower. The assessment of the Robinson index indicated the predominance of a low level, which indicated the presence of signs of dysregulation in the activity of the CVS; in 80.0% of athletes, the state of adaptation was defined as "satisfactory adaptation". During almost a year of boxing classes (in December 2022), a repeated study confirmed the positive dynamics of the functional state of the CVS: the percentage of athletes who had an average level of the CVS condition increased statistically significantly to 83%, in 97.14% the state of adaptation was defined as "satisfactory adaptation".
Features of the application of impacts in competitive activities in khorting
Authors: Ashanin V. S. , Lytvynenko A. M.
Published: June 2023

The article the question of efficiency of application of single and serial shots is considered in the Ukrainian national type of sporting single combats - horting. Shortly presented history of creation of horting and connection of horting is shown with glorious battle traditions of the Zaporizhzhya cossacks. Comparison of methodologies of military preparation of the Zaporizhzhya сossacks and modern methodical developments is made out of organization and maintenance of training process of wrestlers. The evaluation of shock actions was investigated by judge brigades and correlation of the charged extra points in a duel for effective application by the sportsmen of shots and fighter actions in a bar and orchestra. The exposed perspective directions of increase of efficiency of technical and tactical preparation of sportsmen are in horting. The analysis of application of shock actions is done in a contention division "duel" in different periods of duel. Presented perspective directions of development of the Ukrainian national type of sporting single combats – horting.

Styles of conduct of sporting duel are distinguished depending on the anthropometric and psychological features of wrestlers.

The methodological and methodical going is analysed near research of contention activity in sporting single combats. Educed dominant progress of battle and sporting single combats trends in the world.

The outlined prospects of confession of different national types of sport and including of them the Olympic committee are to the program of the Olympic games. A media constituent is also analysed in the increase of popularity of sporting single combats of the mixed type. The plan of application of the Ukrainian national type of sport is done – horting in all links of the system of formation of Ukraine. In the article attention is accented on the value of the – Ukrainian battle culture in patriotic education of young people. The special attention is spared to the military-applied aspects of horting and him to speed-up development in the armed forces of Ukraine and organs.
Problems and ways of increasing the effectiveness of training physical education teachers in higher educational institutions in the conditions of remote training
Authors: Kotendzhy L. V. , Malona S. B. , Chepeliuk A. V.
Published: June 2023

The article is devoted to the training of physical education teachers in higher educational institutions of Ukraine in the conditions of remote education. The topicality of the topic is due to external factors of the development of society, which dictate the most viable and effective format for obtaining an education. The purpose of the article is to determine the problems that arise due to the need to implement the remote format, to identify the features of its application in this area, and to search for ways to increase the effectiveness of the educational process.

Necessary conditions for the introduction of training by means of open distance technologies were defined. Among them, the most significant: the possibility of using software that is adaptable to all existing operating systems, including those based on cloud technologies; ensuring the high speed of updating educational content through the creation of small modules; responsible use of educational content development tools that allow creating objects in device formats used in an integrated intellectual environment; development of diagnostic and testing methods to determine the competence of applicants before and after training; updating the content of educational programs for the formation of necessary competencies in response to the requests of employers and other interested parties; introduction of tools for self-diagnosis of the environment to ensure the stable functioning of all its elements.

The authors see prospects for further research in the development of methods for adapting educational components to the distance learning format, monitoring the results of innovation implementation, determining regional needs, and creating joint educational programs with leading professional institutions of higher education in Europe and the United States.
The general characteristics and historical aspect of the formation of the game of basketball in Ukraine
Authors: Riadova Liliana , Rozhkov Vladyslav , Shutieiev Viacheslav , Tykhonova Asia , Yevarnytskyi Ihor , Kramarenko Valentyna
Published: June 2023

The purpose of the study: to provide a general description and consider the historical aspect of the emergence and development of basketball in Ukraine.

Results of the study. The general characteristics of the game of basketball are given. The historical aspect of the formation of this type of motor activity in Ukraine is considered.

Conclusions. Basketball is a team sports game whose goal is to shoot more balls into the opponent's basket and at the same time prevent the other team from shooting into your basket. It is conventionally divided into 2 types: mass basketball and basketball of higher achievements. The goal of grassroots basketball is to identify talented young people who have the ability to quickly learn the game and, under the influence of systematic training, can reach the level of high sports achievements in basketball.

Basketball in Ukraine is an important component of the national system of physical culture and sports. It plays an important role in the sports life of Ukrainians. The game of basketball is so popular that all segments of the population play it today.

Systematic basketball training is an effective means of physical education; it has a positive effect on the physical and mental state, the functions of sensory systems and analyzers; it helps to develop perseverance, courage, determination, self-control, initiative, creativity of thinking, and collective action in children, youth, middle-aged and older people.

For many years, Ukrainian basketball players have played a significant role in the development of world basketball.

Ukraine's men's national basketball team is ranked 12th in the world and 7th in Europe; the women's team is ranked 8th in the world and 5th in Europe.
Morphology and Wetting Behavior of Atmospheric Plasma Sprayed Titanium Dioxide
Authors: Sharifi N. , Pugh M. , Moreau C. , Dolatabadi A.
Published: June 2023

This study investigates the effect of surface morphology on the wetting behavior of atmospheric plasma sprayed (APS) titanium dioxide. It is shown that with appropriate control of particle temperature and velocity and the use of stearic acid treatments, it is possible to achieve TiO2 surfaces with water contact angles as high as 144°, which is close to a superhydrophobic state. Such coatings were found to exhibit a rough and irregular surface morphology and were obtained by increasing particle velocity while reducing particle temperature.
Integration of Electrical Functionality by Transplantation of Cold Sprayed Electrically Conductive Cu Tracks via Injection Molding
Authors: Bobzin K. , Öte M. , Linke T. F. , Schulz C. , Hopmann C. , Wunderle J.
Published: June 2023

This work evaluates an in-mold spraying process for the production of injection molded plastic parts with integrated Cu pathways. Prior to injection, Cu is cold sprayed on mold insert surfaces, forming a metal layer that is subsequently transferred to the plastic part. The success of the process hinges on the bond strength of the Cu to the mold, which depends on surface conditions, mold material, and spray parameters. In this study, Cu powder is cold sprayed on carbon tool steel coupons prepared by grit blasting using different grit sizes. The coupons were sprayed at longer stand-off distances using lower gas flow rates than usual to reduce particle impact velocity and thus bonding strength. Coating cross-sections were examined and surface roughness, bond strength, and residual stress were measured. The results show that bond strength varies almost linearly with root-mean-square surface roughness, R∆q, and that reducing line distance or scanning step size can improve the transferability of the Cu layer.
A Morphological Approach to the Modeling of the Cold Spray Process
Authors: Delloro F. , Faessel M. , Proudhon H. , Jeulin D. , Jeandin M. , Meillot E. , Bianchi L.
Published: June 2023

In this work, a numerical model of the cold spray process was developed to reproduce microstructures obtained in coatings by simulating the deformation of impinging particles and resulting coating build-up. The model employs a library of particle images generated by x-ray microtomography. To each image, a velocity is assigned and the deformation that would be produced by particle impact is estimated by means of finite element analysis and stored for later use. Based on the results, the ing approach has good potential for simulating coating microstructures that can be achieved through cold spraying.
Influence of the Handling Parameters on the Characteristics of HVOF Sprayed Coatings Processed by Means of Fine WC-12Co (2-10 µm) Powders
Authors: Tillmann W. , Baumann I. , Hollingsworth P. , Dildrop M. , Eilers A. , Müller H. , Wiederkehr T.
Published: June 2023

With appropriate process control, near-net-shape coatings can be successfully applied to parts with complex geometries using HVOF spraying and fine cermet powders. This study assesses the influence of critical process parameters on the deposition rate and properties of HVOF coatings produced using fine agglomerated WC-12Co powder (2-10 µm) with nanosized WC particles. Spray angle, standoff distance, gun velocity, track pitch, and backside air cooling pressure were varied during the experiments in order to determine their effect on coating hardness, roughness, and porosity as well as deposition efficiency. Variations in spray parameters were found to have a significant effect on deposition rate and coating properties.
Effect of Al Enrichment by Pack Cementation of FeCr Coatings Deposited by HVOF
Authors: Bellucci A. , Bellini S. , Pileggi R. , Stocchi D. , Satu T.
Published: June 2023

In this study, FeCr coatings with different percentages of chromium were deposited on Grade 91 steel substrates by HVOF spraying, followed by aluminum enrichment via pack cementation. Overaluminizing parameters were optimized to prevent changes in the substrate microstructure, making it possible to determine the role of Cr and the effect of Al enrichment on anticorrosion behavior. The combination of HVOF spraying and pack cementation are shown to be adequate techniques for depositing intermediate and top layers in protective coating systems.