Zong!
A Stage Adaptation Written by M. NourbeSe Philip It is 1781. Somewhere off the coast of West Africa a fully provisioned ship, theZong, captained by one Luke Collingwood, rides at anchor in preparation for a voyage to Jamaica. As is the custom its cargo is fully insured. Instead of the customary six to nine weeks, this fateful trip will take some four months on account of navigational errors on the part of the captain, resulting in some of the Zong’s... [Read More...]
The Downtown Eastside Women’s Writing Workshop Series
Director Rose Georgeson. Tuesdays evenings 6pm at the Firehall Arts Centre In Association with DTES Women’s Centre Resumes January 19th, 2010 – call/email for details DTES WWG Past Projects: VANISHING Part II: Dreamcatcher VANISHING: Letters from the Downtown Eastside Rare Earth Arias Read More →
The Squaw Hall Project
An urban ink/Twin Fish Williams Lake Community Play Collaborating Artists: Rosemary Georgeson, Nicola Harwood, Diane Roberts, Bessie Wapp, Cease Wyss(advisor), Terry Haines, Tracey Elkins. The Squaw Hall Community Arts Project, a two-year video/performance project led by urban ink and Twin Fish (Nelson) theatre collective artists, is preparing to get underway in Williams Lake. The project begins April 11, where seven local youth will be trained as... [Read More...]
Sal Capone: The Lamentable Tragedy
Written by Omari Newton Dramaturgy by Diane Roberts Staged Reading August 28th 8:00pm O Patro Vys 327 Avenue du Mont Royal Est Montreal, QC In Association with Playwrights Workshop Montreal Featuring: Lucinda Davis, Tristan D. Lalla, Todd Fennell & Leah Doz The fatal police shooting of a talented but troubled young DJ irrevocably changes the lives of his three friends. The future of their once promising hip hop group is now in jeopardy. Can... [Read More...]
Vermillion Project
Written by Lopa Sircar Directed/Dramaturgy by Diane Roberts The Vermillion Project is a theatrical undertaking that centers on the notion of freedom in pre/post Independance Bengal. It tells the stories of my grandfather, Monhendranath Dutt, who was twice jailed for his in volvement with the Indian Freedom fighter movement and whose Saraswati Press published the majority of underground independance literature in West Bengal; my grandmother, Charabella... [Read More...]
