Signy Lynch

Signy Lynch is a theatre scholar, critical dramaturg, educator, and Governor General’s Gold Medal winner (2022). Her research interests include: contemporary intercultural, intermedial, participatory, and Black theatre in Canada; audience research; and theatre criticism. She is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Toronto Mississauga, co-director of the Centre for Spectatorship and Audience Research (centreforspectatorship.com).

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Features March 9, 2023

“There’s Joy and There’s Pain at the Same Time”: In Conversation with Fairview’s Tawiah M’Carthy and Pulga Muchochoma

By Signy Lynch

“The joy for me is…being with the performers in the room, because they support each other a lot. And they dance together. They make jokes. There’s joy and there’s pain at the same time.”

Features November 25, 2020

Zoom lags, Cyborgs, and Brain-devouring Caterpillars

By Signy Lynch

Despite myriad concerns about Zoom, the fusing of the performer’s body with the infrastructure of technology has allowed artists to create work even when performance venues are closed and physical gatherings impossible.

Signy Lynch

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