Kelly Thornton
iPhoto caption: Illustration by Charlotte Smith.
Painting A Picture About Feminist Theatre
What is feminist theatre? Who is it for? Is it for everybody? And what does feminist theatre look like today, in Canada? I needed to wrap my head around all of these questions. To do so, I decided to go straight to the source and sit down with some female theatre artists.
iPhoto caption: Photo by John Lauener
Season Announcement: Nightwood Theatre
“Our 40th season is an array of work that grapples with our collective history, cautions us on the precarity of our present, and calls us to action for our future,” says Artistic Director Kelly Thornton.
iPhoto caption: Mary Francis Moore and Raïs Muoi in Refuge. Photo by John Lauener.
I feel the need to respond to the urgency of humanitarian issues. But a friend recently cut ties with me after I expressed what I call "front-line activist fatigue."