Theatre at UBC: Canada and the Theatres of War
A Symposium
November 18-19, 2008
The UBC Department of Theatre and Film presents:
Canada and the
Theatres
of War
A Symposium
November 18-19, 2008
Frederic Wood Theatre
FREE ADMISSION
EVERYONE WELCOME!
History and theatre come together in Canadian plays and films about the Great War and other conflicts. This symposium gathers major Canadian theatre artists and award-winning scholars around the UBC productions of Billy Bishop Goes to War and Unity (1918) to examine the dramas of Canada at war in lectures, panels, films and theatrical presentations.
- Ryan Beil
- Damon Calderwood
- Stephen Drover
- Katrina Dunn
- Alan Filewod
- Robert Gardiner
- Dennis Garnhum
- Sherrill Grace
- J.L. Granatstein
- John Gray
- Zachary Gray
- Kevin Kerr
- Kevin McAllister
- Sarah Rodgers
- Anne Wheeler
Canada and the Theatres of War Symposium Program:
To view a pdf copy of the Symposium program, please click here.
In conjunction with Theatre at UBC’s productions of Billy Bishop Goes to War (Oct. 29-Nov. 11) and Unity (1918) (Nov. 13-22) and UBC’s 2008 Centenary, the Department of Theatre and Film presents a symposium bringing major Canadian theatre and film artists, together with award-winning scholars and historians to examine the dramas of Canada at War in lectures, panels, films and theatrical presentations.
Distinguished participants include Canadian war historian and York University Emeritus Professor J.L. (Jack) Granatstein, Governor-General’s Award winning playwrights John Gray and Kevin Kerr, Theatre Calgary artistic director Dennis Garnhum, UBC English Professor Sherrill Grace, University of Guelph theatre historian Alan Filewod, theatre directors Sarah Rodgers, Stephen Drover and Katrina Dunn, UBC Theatre professors and designers Alison Green and Robert Gardiner, designer Kevin McAllister, performers Ryan Beil, Zachary Gray, Damon Calderwood, and BFA acting students from the UBC Theatre program.
All talks take place in the Frederic Wood Theatre on the UBC campus and are free and open to the public.
All events take place in the Frederic Wood Theatre on the UBC campus and are open to the public. All events except the production of Unity (1918) are free.
PROGRAM
All events take place in the Frederic Wood Theatre on the UBC campus and are open to the public. All events except the production of Unity (1918) are free.
Tuesday, November 18
3:00 – 4:00
JACK GRANATSTEIN -- Canada and the Great War:
A Tragedy in Three Acts
4:00 – 5:00
DENNIS GARNHUM -- Staging Timothy Findley’s The Wars
7:30 – 10:00
Unity (1918)
Wednesday, November 19
9:00 – 10:00
SHERRILL GRACE -- We Stand on Guard: War, the Canadian
North, and the Lessons of Marie Clements’ Burning Vision
10:00 – 11:00
JOHN GRAY, RYAN BEIL, ZACHARY GRAY, SARAH RODGERS,
DAMON CALDERWOOD, KEVIN McALLISTER –
Billy Bishop Goes to War Now and Now and Then
11:00 – 1:00
Lunch
1:00 – 2:00
ALAN FILEWOD – “The Richest Patriotic Color”:
Playing the Great War
2:00 – 3:00
KEVIN KERR, STEPHEN DROVER, ROBERT GARDINER,
ALISON GREEN, KATRINA DUNN –
The War, the Flu and the Home Front: Staging Unity (1918)
3:00 – 4:00
JACK GRANATSTEIN, SHERRILL GRACE, JOHN GRAY,
KEVIN KERR, ALAN FILEWOD –
Canada and the Theatres of War: Capstone Panel
7:30 – 10:00
Unity (1918)
For more information email UBC.theatresofwar@gmail.com
