The Theatre’s Department production of “As You Like It” frames the symposium which is structured around three provocations; plenary talks, a roundtable (or two) and includes lots of time for discussion and conversations.
Day 1 – Wednesday, October 30th
Registration process and meet and-greet
7:30 – Registration to the symposium includes a ticket to the opening night of “As You Like It.”
9:15 – Crush Space (outside the theatre) Riddell Centre
Join the cast, crew and creatives for a reception that marks the opening night as well as the launch of the conference.
Day 2 – Thursday, October 31st
08:15 – 08:55am – Morning Coffee – Crush Space
09:00 – 09:15am – Welcome – Dr Christ Yost, (Associate President, Research)
Dr. David Dick (Dean of Media, Art and Performance) Wes Pearce (Conference Chair). – Shu Box
09:15 – 10:15am – Roundtable with AYLI, Kathryn Bracht, Lucas Babcock, Emily Sorenson, Sophia Williams (Daniel Macdonald moderator)
10:15-10:30am – Break
10:30 – 11:30am – Keynote – Dr. Peter Kuling (University of Guelph) 10 Things I Hated I Learned About Adapting Hamlet and Macbeth for Virtual Reality.
11:30 – 12:30pm – Lunch
12:30pm – 1:30pm – “Shakespeare Adjacent Plays: The mutant offspring of the Bard.” A conversation featuring Daniel Macdonald and Paige Francoeur (Kathryn Bracht Chair)
1:30-1:45pm – Break
1:45 – 3:15pm – Provocation #1: Cultural Capital; Y Nolan, (Dr Taiwo Afolabi Chair).
3:15-3:30pm – Break
3:30 – 5:00pm – Provocation #2: Shakespeare and Literature.
Responding panelists include: Dr. Troni Grande (U of Regina), Dr. Garry Sherbert (U of Regina), and Dr. David Gay (U of Alberta)
A conversation with Daniel Macdonald on Shakespeare as springboard for new play development.
5:00 pm – End of Day.
7:30 pm – University Theatre (Ridell Centre)
If you missed it last night, catch the Theatre Department’s production of “As You Like It.”
Day 3- Friday, November 1st
8:30 – 9:10 – Morning coffee – Crush Space
9:15 – 10:15 – Reading visual Shakespeare (a partial provocation) Curated/created: Leanne Groeneveld, Slayte Prefontaine, Wes Pearce
10:30 – 12:00 Provocation #3 – Shakespeare and Performance. Responding Panelists: Christopher Bauer (U of Winnipeg), Jennifer Brewin (Globe Theatre), Anita Smith (Twenty-Fifth Street Theatre)
12:00 – 1:45 – Brown bag lunch with Plenary Speaker Dr. Martine Kei Green-Rogers. Brown bag lunch is included with registration Dr. Green-Rogers talk begins at 12:30.
2:00 – 3:00 – “Staging this very question”
Playwright Kate Besworth (Done/Undone) and director Anita Smith talk about the premiere production of Done/Undone at Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan
3:00 – 3:15 – Exit, pursued by a bear
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