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Art Therapy in the Yukon News


This is a reprint of an article published September 24, 2014 in the Yukon News. Thanks to Jaqueline Robinson for the great story.  A lot of people know Dr. Gabor Mate for his groundbreaking work with hard-core drug addicts in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, but few know him for his budding…

Rita & Ken in the News


“Creative collaboration is natural for Ken and Rita. They worked together in theatre before they dated and Rita explained that a professional work ethic is built into their relationship.She hired Ken to be the dramaturge for [her novel] Uprising before sending the draft to her mentor Dennis Bock. They decided…

CTR publishes 3 pieces on How iRan


The Canadian Theatre Review, Canada's premiere theatre periodical, has published three pieces on How iRan: Three Plays for iPod by Ken Cameron. The first is an article by Professor Patrick Finn of the University of Calgary. The second is an excerpt of a few scenes. Thirdly, the entire script is available online and…

A New Story by Rita Bozi


A Few Small Nips Rita Bozi's short story A Few Small Small Nips has been published by The New Quarterly. TNQ, based in Waterloo Ontario, has been publishing award-winning Canadian literature for more than 30 years. You can order a copy here.

One Month in Canada – an unrealized union


…based on truth and almost truth… It is 1978. Kaljo is forty-two, works on a fishing trawler and lives in Soviet Estonia. He has never travelled out of his country. Today he has been granted a visa to visit his father in Toronto, Canada whom he hasn’t seen in thirty-four…

My Fair Lady: the punk version


A Multidisciplinary Work Produced by Productive Obsession   Written, Performed and Co-Directed by Rita Bozi Co-Direction and Sound Design by Ken Cameron Production Design by Cimmeron Meyer   “On a whim I got married in San Francisco in 1987. I filled a trunk full of all my worldly possessions and…


Productive Obsession is an independent inter-arts performance company. Since our founding in 2012 our work has been presented in Vancouver, Banff, Calgary, Whitehorse, Kitchener, Ottawa, Budapest, Estonia and Iceland. We use what inspires us as source material, and create multi-disciplinary projects that challenge us, rejecting self-imposed limitations of genre and style. We aim to do…

passionate ideas incubator


Productive Obsession is an independent inter-arts performance company. Since our founding in 2012 our work has been presented in Vancouver, Banff, Calgary, Whitehorse, Kitchener, Ottawa, Budapest, Estonia and Iceland. We use what inspires us as source material, and create multi-disciplinary projects that challenge us, rejecting self-imposed limitations of genre and style. We aim to do…

February 22-25, 2018


Tickets $20 (buy here)   A Multidisciplinary Work Produced by Productive Obsession   Written, Performed and Co-Directed by Rita Bozi Co-Direction and Sound Design by Ken Cameron Production Design by Cimmeron Meyer   “On a whim I got married in San Francisco in 1987. I filled a trunk full of…

Cabaret Night @ the KUKU Club – Estonia


A Cabaret Night of Separations, Reunions, and Strange Lands Readings, Video, and Canadian Music Marko Mäetamm and Productive Obsession from Canada presents: When I Was Better by Rita Bozi – novel excerpt The Blogfather of Iran by Ken Cameron – play excerpt One Month in Canada – The Prologue Video by Rita Bozi, Ken…

When I Was Better


Rita BOZI & The Blogfather of Iran / Ken CAMERON – excerpts Readings from Canada on Canada and Hungary Past and Iran Today (as it originally appeared in FUGA) Productive ObsessionWhen I Was Better spans twenty years of the troubled love relationship between István and Etelka. The story moves between…