Occupy Newfoundland and the Dramaturgy of Endurance

• Published in: Canadian Theatre Review
• Main Author: Shawyer, Susanne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) 2014
• Subjects: Visual Arts and Performing Arts; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/ctr.157.002; https://ctr.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/ctr.157.002

This article analyzes Occupy Newfoundland and Labrador’s protest occupation of Harbourside Park, St. John’s, as a performance of endurance. The author compares endurance protest dramaturgy to the carnivalesque dramaturgy of theatrical representation and the volcanic dramaturgy of violent disorder used in other anti-globalization demonstrations of the past decade. This article focuses on the material conditions and mundane activities of the Harbourside Park camp, and theorizes the everyday as a place of resistance in endurance performances.