In April 2019, NAC English Theatre, in partnership with the Banff Centre and several key organizations, gathers together nine Inspirers from Canada, USA, Australia and the UK for a three-day conversation about the costs of Climate Change and how we might reimagine the footprint of Canadian theatre. This final Cycle is co-curated by Associate Artistic Director of English Theatre Sarah Garton Stanley and playwright, translator and Artistic Director of The Arctic Cycle, Chantal Bilodeau. Cultural leaders from across Canada join the conversation. The NAC gratefully acknowledges the partnership of the Banff Centre and the collaborating support of the Stratford Festival, as well as the Canada Council for the Arts, the British Council and the Australia Council for the Arts.
The NAC’s goal with the Cycle is to broadly impact the creative choices being made by theatres across Canada and to impact in broad ways how we make, consume and understand our theatre practice.
Participants
Reneltta Arluk
Norman Armour
Keith Barker
Franco Boni
Naomi Campbell
Ashlie Corcoran
Ravi Jain
Jillian Keiley
Kevin Loring
Simon Marsden
Nathan Medd
Evalyn Parry
Brian Quirt
Heather Redfern
Jenna Rodgers
Claude Schryer
Anthony Simpson-Pike
Ben Stone
Inspirers
Kendra Fanconi
Ian Garrett
Renee Lertzman
Sonali McDermid
Vicki Stroich
Latai Taumoepeau
Clayton Thomas-Müller
Alison Tickell
Curatorial Team
Chantal Bilodeau
Sarah Garton Stanley
Sophie Traub
Canada’s National Arts Centre English Theatre is embarking on the third and final cycle with a wish to participate in changing the shape of Canadian theatre and the processes by which it is made. Jillian Keiley, Artistic Director of English Theatre, tasked Sarah Garton Stanley, Associate Artistic Director, with constructing an engaged and investigative space for questions of contemporary concern to Canadians. All avenues of participation, from production to performance to patronage, are impacted by Climate Change. A conscious and engaged theatre practice is centrally important to our goals in English Theatre.
