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UC One: Engaging Toronto

A guide to researching Toronto and urban issues.

Theatre in Toronto

Suggested searches for theatre in Toronto, from the UC Librarian:

Featured books - Theatre in Toronto

Performing the Intercultural City by Ric Knowles
City stages : theatre and urban space in a global city by Michael McKinnie
Theatre and performance in Toronto by edited by Laura Levin
Space and the geographies of theatre
THIS BOOK CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING TORONTO-RELATED CHAPTERS:
-- Knowles, Ric. "Reading Material: Transfers, Remounts, and the Production of Meaning in Contemporary Toronto Drama and Theatre." (p. 59-90)
-- Gomez, Mayte. "Healing the Border Wound: Fronteras Americanas and the Future of Canadian Multiculturalism." (p. 91-103)
-- Wallace, Robert. "Theorizing a Queer Theatre: Buddies in Bad Times." (p. 104-123)
-- McKinnie, Michael. "Urban National, Suburban Transnational: Civic Theatres and the Urban Development of Toronto's Downtowns." (p. 139-161)
-- Levin, Laura. "TO Live with Culture: Torontopia and the Urban Creativity Script." (p. 201-217)
New Canadian realisms
THIS BOOK CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING TORONTO-RELATED CHAPTERS:
-- Young, Harvey. "Plaitform Concerns: Trey Anthony's 'Da Kink in My Hair." (p. 50-67)
-- Shawyer, Susanne. "Scripting Reality in teh Subjunctive Mood: Everyday Life Performance at the 2010 Toronto G20 Protest and Police Kettle." (p. 200-217)
-- Stephenson, Jenn. "After the Apple: Post-Lapsarian Realism in Garden//Suburbia -- an Autobiographical Site-Specific Work." (p. 68-86)
-- Alvarez, Natalie. "Realisms of Redress: Alameda Theatre and the Formation of a Latina/o-Canadian Theatre and Politics." (p. 144-162)

Performance & the city

Suggested searches for performance & the city, from the UC Librarian:

Featured books - Performance & the city

Plays which take place in Toronto

Please see Plays (in the "Toronto Imagined" section of this guide).

Recommended article database & more

Searching for articles on a particular topic related to theatre and performance? Try this database:

International Index to the Performing Arts

More online library resources (databases, encyclopedias, etc.):

Performing Arts