Yukon PIPE Takes Theatre Outside the Box
In a territory of 30,000 people, differences are easy to spot, and Whitehorse’s speak a tale of two cities. It has a thriving art and music scene, funded by government dollars and fuelled by well-paid workers who live mostly in the city’s subdivisions. In some parts of the downtown core and in some...
| Published in: | Canadian Theatre Review |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
2006
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/ctr.126.025 https://ctr.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/ctr.126.025 |
| Summary: | In a territory of 30,000 people, differences are easy to spot, and Whitehorse’s speak a tale of two cities. It has a thriving art and music scene, funded by government dollars and fuelled by well-paid workers who live mostly in the city’s subdivisions. In some parts of the downtown core and in some communities, there is a culture of substance abuse, born from First Nations groups having their culture ripped away. Although the streets are safe, it is not uncommon to see used syringes scattered in downtown parks or a brawl erupt outside a local bar late at night. Yukon PIPE (Performance in Peculiar Environments) has bridged the gap between those two cities by bringing performance from the theatres to the downtown streets. |
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