The artistic director of Vancouver's Headlines Theatre Company discusses their groundbreaking new community theatre project.
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Theatre for Living: Us and Them -- The Inquiry
![David Diamon of Headlines Theatre with a Vancouver audience devising Us and Them [The Inquiry]. Photo Tim Matheson.](http://rabble.ca/sites/rabble/files/node-images/Nov 26 US and THEM 1 huge audience photo credit Tim Matheson.JPG)
Headlines Theatre Company was founded in Vancouver in 1981 by a group of writers, actors and theatre directors who were "disgruntled by the kind of theatre work we were asked to do," according to its artistic director David Diamond. The Jessie award-winning company is about to enter its 30th year with its most ambitious project yet. Us and Them [The Inquiry] brings ordinary people to the stage to tell stories of conflict and explores reasons and resolutions. Diamond explains the company and the process involved in devising theatre this way.
Vagina Monologues
Vagina Monologues is a series of feminist monologues written by feminist playwright Eve Ensler to raise awareness about and fight against gender violence around the world. The play has become an international movement known as V-day which is often celebrated on Valentine's Day and International Women's Day.
History
Ensler originally got the idea for the play after chatting with one of her friends about menopause. What started as casual conversations about vaginas soon evolved into structured interviews. Ensler wrote the monologues in 1994 after conducting more than 200 interviews with different women about their experiences with sex, violence and their bodies.
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| September 29, 2011Trans Film Night: 'La Dany'
Oct 25 2010 - 6:00pm
Oct 25 2010 - 8:00pm
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The Centre for Women and Trans People UT
563 Spadina Ave.
Toronto, ON M5S 2J7Canada
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43° 39' 35.8488" N, 79° 24' 1.0368" W
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