Theatre in Music

Pure Research 6 – Nick Fraser and Justin Haynes

Research focus

Exploration of the theatrical elements of musical performance, and the effect the integration of musical and theatrical improvisation has on an audience. What is the theatre of a musical performance when one is not playing an instrument, and in what ways can this theatre be exploited by a musical group?

Collaborators and credits

Bruce Hunter, with Nightswimming’s Brian Quirt, Naomi Campbell, Megan Hamilton and dramaturgy intern Andrea Romaldi.

October 12-22, 2005 at the Glen Morris Studio, University of Toronto Centre for the Study of Drama.