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Canadian Theatre Review focuses on 'Theatre in an Age of Eco-Crisis'

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The Fall 2010 issue of the Canadian Theatre Review takes a look at the role of theatre in engaging with ecological issues.

Edited by Sheila Rabillard and Nelson Gray, the edition, 'Theatre in an Age of Eco-Crisis', brings together artists, directors and scholars in a series of articles, artistic accounts, interviews and reviews, along with a newly published script, The Eco Show, by Daniel Brooks, a Canadian theatre artist.

This issue contains:

    Theatre in an Age of Eco-crisis
    Nelson Gray, Sheila Rabillard

    Kneading Marie Clements' Burning Vision
    Theresa J. May

    Becoming Eco-sexual
    Elizabeth Stephens

    “Yes to Everything”- a Conversation about Theatre and Ecology with Daniel Brooks, Marie Clements, Kendra Fanconi, and Karen Hines
    Nelson Gray

    The Burton Auditorium: A Sustainable Theatre at York University
    James B. McKernan, Marlis Schweitzer

    Complexion as Metaphor: Eco-Satire in The Pochsy Plays
    Celeste Derksen

    Xstine Cook and Spirit of White Buffalo
    Allan Boss

    Ground Rules: Live Performance and Eco-art
    Denise Kenney

    Atomies of Desire: Directing Burning Vision in Northern Alberta
    Annie Smith

    playscript of The Eco Show
    Daniel Brooks

The journal is published by the University of Toronto Press, and is available online for $15.

CTR 144, Fall 2010
www.utpjournals.com/ctr

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