The WTD11 Meme

Tomorrow is March! And that means World Theatre Day is just around the corner! For those of you who are new, World Theatre Day is celebrated every year on March 27. It is the international day for those of us […]

A Eulogy for Augusto Boal

As I posted on Sunday, Augusto Boal, founder of The Theatre of the Oppressed, and writer of this year’s World Theatre Day International Address, has died. Here in Vancouver, the man closest to Boal is certainly David Diamond, Artistic Director […]

Augusto Boal Dies

I was stunned to receive this email today from Carla Estefan, with whom we had quite a lot of contact during our World Theatre Day celebrations. Augusto Boal was the given the honour of writing this year’s World Theatre Day […]

Happy World Theatre Day!

I feel like it’s Christmas–the last few weeks of preparation have finally come to this: March 27–World Theatre Day! Help us celebrate by going to the theatre, participating in a reading, aor  backstage tour. Introduce a friend to the theatre. […]