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Steven Bush, former Artistic Director of Great Canadian Theatre Company, will launch his new book “Conversation with George Luscombe” at Octopus Books centretown location (2nd Floor, 251 Banks St.)
Monday March 24 2014, 7 pm
@Octopus Books (2nd Floor, 251 Banks St.)
THEATRE, POLITICS & EDUCATION!:
LEARNING FROM THE LEGACY OF GEORGE LUSCOMBE
& TORONTO WORKSHOP PRODUCTIONS (TWP)
“I don’t train actors. I train citizens.” - George Luscombe
In “Conversations with George Luscombe” Bush Senior has captured the voice of the late political theatre visionary, the Artistic Director of Toronto Workshop Productions from 1959-1988 who hugely influenced Canadian theatre. The book includes a Forward by R.H. Thompson and a CD of conversations that bring Luscombe back to life.
Bush has previously published six plays, including “Beating the Bushes”, about his unfortunate family connection to the former US Presidents. He retired in 2013 after 20 years of teaching at University of Toronto and almost five decades making theatre professionally. Joining him in discussion on March 24th are veteran members of the Ottawa theatre/education/activist communities: Lib Spry, J.Douglas Campbell, Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, and Nick Aplin.
George Luscombe was committed to rigorous performer training and the creation of original Canadian plays long before it became popular. From 1959 to 1988 he directed Toronto Workshop Productions where his ground-breaking collaboratively physical style heralded a profound change in English Canadian theatre. He held strong Left political views and believed that “a theatre without opinion is not a theatre”.
Steven Bush is a writer and actor with over 50 years of deep engagement in theatre. He recently retired from teaching Performance at the University of Toronto. He was artistic director of Ottawa’s GCTC from 1988 to 1992.
This event is supported by the Acting Company, the Third Wall Theatre Company and Carleton University Department of English and Literature.
For further information please contact events@octopusbooks.ca // octopusbooks.ca // 613 688-0752 // Facebook.com/octopusbookstore.
Photo: George Luscombe.
2014-03-17
Ottawa: Steven Bush launches his new book on George Luscombe March 24 at Octopus Books