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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
Past Obsessions

Be a Man (archive)

Be A Man – A Performance Adventure ...is an intersection of many media.  Meet Tommy, a hitchhiking itinerant musician who arrives in Calgary at the height of the Calgary Stampede. A supercharged drug dealer and a young female Stampede performer lead Tommy to assert his masculinity. It is only in…
Past Obsessions

My Fair Lady – the punk version

In My Fair Lady - The Punk Version we meet a young dancer named Jody and her mentor Adam. But Adam is not just any mentor: he is the anarchistic new wave/punk proprietor of an alternative art club and the unofficial kingpin of Winnipeg’s underground scene.  In My Fair Lady we see how innocence…
Events

World Premiere!

The Damage is Done September 12 & 13, 2015 8:00 pm - Yukon Arts Centre   The Yukon Arts Centre is the territory's premier venue for performing and visual arts and is increasingly a major presenter in Canada. The 428 seat proscenium theatre boasts outstanding acoustics and top-of-the line technical…
Past Obsessions

How iRan: Three Plays for iPod (archive)

How iRan: Three Plays for iPod was presented at the Ottawa Public Library in September 2016 as a special off-festival event presented by the Ottawa Fringe Festival. How iRan: Three Plays for iPod uses one of the most ubiquitous pieces of technology available today to tell the story of three different…
Past Obsessions

The Tenors of the South (archive)

February 2016 saw us back in residence at The Banff Centre working on The Tenor(s) of the South. Ken and Rita were collaborating with Sam Baker (Austin TX), Minton Sparks (Nashville TN) and  Jim White (Athens GA) along with Calgary's Lon Parker. A multimedia exploration of our neighboring country through the eyes of three celebrated American…