OTTAWA - After a successful launch in January featuring the play bug by Yolanda Bonnell, Our Stories Indigenous Book Club returns with Performing Turtle Island: Indigenous Theatre on the World Stage edited by Jesse Rae Archibald-Barber, Kathleen Irwin, and Moira J. Day.
Each essay in Performing Turtle Island addresses issues that remind us that the way to reconciliation between Canadians and Indigenous peoples is neither straightforward nor easily achieved. With authors of multidisciplinary and diverse perspectives, Performing Turtle Island considers performance as both a means to self-empowerment and self-determination, and a way of placing Indigenous performance in dialogue with other nations, both on the lands of Turtle Island and on the world stage.
Editor Jesse Rae Archibald-Barber (Metis, Cree, Scottish, and German) will sit down virtually with playwright, director and dramaturg Yvette Nolan (Algonquin) on February 24 at 7 pm to discuss Performing Turtle Island and how theatre can be a tool for community engagement, education, and resistance.
Our Stories: Indigenous Book Club series is a partnership between the National Arts Centre’s Indigenous Theatre and Ottawa Public Library. Reflection questions will be shared on NAC's Facebook Event page. You can borrow the book from the library and then join the discussion and share your thoughts about the book throughout the month!
With thanks to sponsors:
Indigenous Programming (NAC): The Slaight Family Foundation, TD Ready Commitment