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Having a gay dude in your cast of characters does NOT constitute “Queer Theatre”. As the term “Queer” gains momentum in communities formerly known as LGBT, and as Queer politics become more firmly rooted in public discourse, a new category of performance art is beginning to take shape. Read the full description.
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- Breaking That Box: Queer Theatre
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- Kaitlin Prest
What IS Queer theatre? And more importantly, what is queer? These are the questions I answer here, looking at the work of performance artists Jess Dobkin and Karen Sherman at the Edgy Women Festival in Montreal.
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What IS Queer theatre? And more importantly, what is queer? These are the questions I answer here, looking at the work of performance artists Jess Dobkin and Karen Sherman at the Edgy Women Festival in Montreal.
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