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The Theatre Centre is proud to announce two FREE Events as part of
Free at the Free Fall Festival and the Chicago/Toronto Performance Summit
The Summit is an exchange that brings together cultural players from two cities for a sharing of ideas, trends and experiences. Because of its proximity, its vibrant independent performing arts scene and its architectural and historical connection to Toronto, Chicago is often referred to as a ‘sister city’ to Toronto.
Building on the success of the first city-to-city exchange with curators and programmers from Dublin at FreeFall ’10, The Toronto/Chicago Summit at Free Fall ‘12 will cultivate a meaningful connection between Chicago presenters and Canadian programmers and artists, and provide a platform for discussing concerns, climate, interests and curiosities that drive performance creators and presenters in both cities.
FREE Keynote Address @ The Drake Underground (1150 Queen W)
Sunday March 25th Noon
with Alanna Mitchell
Award-winning author Alanna Mitchell will talk about the findings of her latest book, Sea Sick: the global ocean in crisis. She travelled around the world over the course of two and a half years doing field research with scientists, piecing together the astonishing tale of humanity’s impact on the global ocean. Alanna’s talk will set the framework for a follow-up discussion about cultural ecosystems, as they exist now and what we imagine them to be in the future.
FREE Panel Discussion @ The Great Hall Studio 3 (1087 Queen W, 3rd Floor)
Sunday March 25th 2PM
with Chris Jones and J. Kelly Nestruck
The Chicago Tribune’s theatre critic Chris Jones and The Globe & Mail’s theatre critic J. Kelly Nestruck discuss the independent theatre/performance ecology in their respective cities. How are the performance ecologies of the two cities similar? What differentiates them? What can we learn from each other? Established critics from both cities discuss.
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2012-03-24
Toronto: Two free events at Free Fall ’12 and the Chicago/Toronto Performance Summit