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Meet two artists involved with the Gathering portion of the Regional Gathering & Cabaret!
Meet Lisa Poushinsky & Susanne Larner!
More news on the Regional Gathering & Cabaret!
Connect with fellow Rural & Remote artists, creators, presenters, producers and community animators at the first SPARC Regional Gathering & Cabaret!
The Case for Theatre Amongst Youth
“…my first time on stage was in fact with my starring role as the titular nutcracker in the play of the same name in junior kindergarten, a role which I secured through being the first five year old to volunteer. “
Symposium Workshop Presenter Bios & Workshop Descriptions
We know you’re getting ready to choose your Symposium schedule and thought we’d help. You’ve got the schedule, now get to know your Symposium workshop facilitators and a little more about each workshop.
Something from Absolutely Nothing: Making Theatre Against the Odds
“Despite this proud rural lineage, I (like so many others) believed a career in the performing arts necessitated a move to a large urban centre, as if the mark of “true” theatre was its ability to find box office success under the city lights.”
Rural Arts in Peru: The Colours of History
Rural Art celebrates Peruvian culture, and represents the shock of a people with a memory of colors, and a testimony of hopes.
A blog by Youth Blogger Jimena Yengle
A virtual theatre festival brings theatre to life during a pandemic
The first of three blogs by Guest Blogger Vanessa Ominika, this one focused on Project Nishin.
Dance Workshop with Arwyn Carpenter
The SPARC Youth Council is pleased to announce the first part of our FREE four part youth workshop series!
Call for Proposals: Symposium 2022 Workshops
Call for Proposals for Symposium 2022 Workshops. Proposals are due by March 31st, 2022.
Songs of Comfort and Joy
SPARC Youth Blogger Dallis Campbell writes about coming up with an idea for a Christmas concert done virtually.
Supporting diversity within the rural theatre community
The final blog in a series of three from Guest Blogger Rebecca Anne Bloom.
Hippo Puppets & Joy! / Marionnettes Hippopotames
The final blog in a series of three from Samantha Marchionda writing on behalf of Carousel Players.
From Typical Country Hockey Kid to Emerging Artist
By SPARC Youth Blogger Darian Willis-Maddock
A Creek, A Lake, and Multicoloured Pom Poms / Un Ruisseau, Un Lac et des Pompons Multicolores
A new blog by Guest Blogger Samantha Marchionda for Carousel Players.
