The Cycle
Co-curated by Syrus Marcus Ware & Sarah Garton Stanley through the National Arts Centre.
In April 2016, NAC English Theatre gathered together 13 Deaf, disabled and Mad Artists/Leaders from across the country for Summit 2016, held at the Stratford Festival. This was a three-day conversation about the breadth and scope of Deaf, disability, Mad art and inclusion being created across this vast land. It was co-curated by Associate Artistic Director of English Theatre Sarah Garton Stanley and academic, activist and artist Syrus Marcus Ware, with nine cultural institutions participating as “Respondents”.
In June 2017, theatre creators, students and scholars gathered in Ottawa to immerse themselves in The Study. Together participants explored the compendium of Deaf, disability and Mad art from across the country, and explored modes of inclusive performance creation practice. The Study culminated with The Republic of Inclusion, a multi-day presentation and conversation event which aimed to participate in changing the shape of Canadian theatre and the processes by which it is made.
View Session 1 & 2 of the Republic of Inclusion livestream held at Shenkman Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada on June 28, 2017.
For more in depth information about Summit 2016, download the report
“Summit 2016: Changing the Shape of Canadian Theatre” from the NAC-CNA website.
Screen grab from livestream of the Republic of Inclusion Session, including sign language interpretation, Syrus Marcus Ware delivers the opening statement, courtesy of Disability Arts International. June 2017.
The event was made possible through the National Arts Centre and acknowledges the partnership of:
the Stratford Festival, and the collaborating support of the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of British Columbia, the University of Waterloo Stratford Campus, Playwrights Workshop Montreal, the British Council Canada and the R. Howard Webster Foundation. We would also like to acknowledge the institutional involvement of Arts Council England, the Canada Council for the Arts, Vancouver’s Playwrights Theatre Centre, and Toronto’s Luminato Festival.