Archive for October, 2012

Sinking Neptune Press

Sunday, October 28th, 2012

Native Solidarity News, Irkar Beljaars talks with Donovan King, Jason C. McLean and Jay Lemieux about Sinking Neptune II (34:00), CKUT 90.3 FM Montreal, Tuesday, November 27, 2007 “Spectacle of Empire: Marc Lescarbot’s Theatre of Neptune in New France” Reviewed by Alan Filewod, Canadian Literature, Summer 2007 Native Solidarity News, Irkar Beljaars interviews Donovan King […]

Sinking Neptune Resource Material

Sunday, October 28th, 2012

Dramaturgical Analysis of Theatre of Neptune in New France Original Play in French Original Play in English Press Release about Cancellation of the official re-enactment in 2006 Deconstructed Sinking Neptune Play (PDF) (contact optatif@gmail.com to request a copy) ABOUT SINKING NEPTUNE * BOOK THE SHOW * RESOURCES * PRESS

Booking Sinking Neptune in your classroom or community

Sunday, October 28th, 2012

The Sinking Neptune Project is currently available for bookings. Please note that while the team is based in Montréal, Québec, it is available to travel… OVERVIEW: Bring the theatre into your classroom or community! The Sinking Neptune Project is a performance and workshop that usually takes approximately two hours. The Project examines Canada’s “first piece […]

About Sinking Neptune

Sunday, October 28th, 2012

Sinking Neptune is a radical deconstruction of the “first play” ever written in the so-called “New World”, Marc Lescarbot’s ultra-racist Theatre of Neptune in New France.  It is also a verbatim theatre exposé of people in the arts community,  journalists, politicians, bloggers and others in the public eye that, sometimes unknowingly, promote a colonialist agenda. […]