On Independence and Survival

• Published in: Canadian Theatre Review
• Main Authors: Qamaniq, David, Cowan, Cindy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) 1992
• Subjects: Visual Arts and Performing Arts; Pond Inlet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/ctr.73.006; https://ctr.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/ctr.73.006

In 1986 a group of eight people formed Tunooniq Theatre in Pond Inlet. They performed their first play, Changes to international audiences at Expo ‘86 in Vancouver. Since then they have become northern Canada’s most famous theatre company. David Qamaniq, one of those eight founding members, is currently writing a new play for Tunooniq. By phone in Pond Inlet to Cindy Cowan in Pangnirtung, he talked with CTR about his work. The interview was recorded with a microphone taped to the extension phone. Transportation and communication – the themes of Expo ‘86 where it all began for Tunooniq – take on a whole new meaning in the north!!