A special joint venture between Stage Left Productions (Canada) and the Mandala Center (U.S.)…

The Art of the Joker
Theatre of the Oppressed Training for experienced practitioners

(Co-facilitated by Michele Decottignies & Marc Weinblatt)

This is a 5-day advanced training in the art of facilitating Boal-based theatre work. Much of the time in this workshop will be for participants to practice leading each other under the guidance of 2 highly experienced “Jokers”.

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GESTURE4 "Georgia Straight Winner “TOP 12 SHOWS OF THE YEAR - raised the bar in 2007”
An improvised, interactive interdisciplinary performance by Noam Gagnon (dance, The Holy Body Tattoo), jamie griffiths (new media/visuals), Viviane Houle (voice) and Stefan Smulovitz (laptop/viola).
www.holybodytattoo.org
www.jamiegriffiths.com

with Susanna Hood (Toronto)
March 17 – 20 (4 days) • Mon-Thu 9:30am to 12:30pm
$60 (Emploi-Quebec, please verify your elligibility)

with Jennifer Miller (USA)
March 8th & 9th • Saturday from 10am to 1pm and Sunday from 1pm to 4pm
$30 (Emploi-Quebec, please verify your elligibility)

with Ivan Coyote (Yukon)
March 15th & 16th • Sat/Sun, 2pm to 5pm
$30 (Emploi-Quebec, please verify your elligibility)

with Lazlo Pearlman (UK) & Nathalie Claude
March 10 - 14 • Mon-Fri, 10am to 1pm
$80 (Emploi-Quebec, please verify your elligibility)

Monday March 3rd to Friday March 7th, 10 am to 1pm - Set up as a pseudo-scientific laboratory, participants must propose an idea for a solo performance that will then be subjected to various constructive and deconstructive experiments, emphasizing risk and play, in an open and dynamic atmosphere. The idea can be drawn from the discipline of one's choosing (dance, theatre, poetry, video, music, installation, etc.). A public performance will be presented at the end of the workshop.

Saturday, March 8th from 2pm to 5pm at Studio 303
Admission: FREE, no registration is required

As part of it's International Women's day celebrations, the EDGY WOMEN festival presents EDGY CAREERS, an intimate interactive forum to discover fascinating women's careers.

Aspiring cultural workers and curious folk are invited to meet inspiring women who work in arts & culture in unusual fields or have had unpredictable career paths.