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Thursday, July 26, 2018

Controversial Robert LePage show ‘Kanata’ cancelled after co-producers withdraw financial support by Graeme Hamilton

Lepage's Kanata is a play examining relations between whites and Indigenous people but was criticized because no Indigenous cast members were cast in it

SOURCE: nationalpost.com at 11:18PM
Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Indigenous consultants distance themselves from Robert Lepage play ‘Kanata’ over lack of native actors by Graeme Hamilton

'How is it that a troupe of French actors are going to portray Indigenous Americans? We’re not in the age of blackface,' said sociologist Guy Sioui Durand

SOURCE: nationalpost.com at 01:42AM
Monday, February 6, 2017

‘They felt like they had been swindled’: Stunned Montrealers walk out during premier of dance show by Graeme Hamilton

In retrospect, the earplugs handed out to audience members should have been a sign. Not to mention the choreographer's message, ‘You have to vomit art’

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 11:12PM
Friday, November 4, 2016

Queen’s University stage production scrapped over ‘oppressive’ choice of white woman to play Othello by Graeme Hamilton

Queen’s students began taking to social media to denounce the Othello casting, and director Maggie Purdon said the criticism ‘started to blow up’ this week

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 10:42PM

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