Live and Learn
Connect and learn from theatre artists across Canada who self-identify as living with a disability,
Each month Power Productions will host an online, one-hour presentation from one of Canada’s leading artists. Presentations will explore such things as the artist’s creation process, bringing voices and stories from the disability perspective to audiences, accessibility for artists and audiences as well as highlighting the presenter’s work.
Live and Learn is designed to strengthen the understanding of what it’s like to be an active member of our arts community while also living with a seen or unseen disability.
Live and Learn is a great opportunity for artists, directors, producers and funders to learn from those with lived experience working in the disability, Deaf and MAD arts sector.
Live and Learn sessions will take place over Zoom – for an hour per session and happen monthly beginning in late August. Admission is free but attendees should register for each event.
Upcoming Workshops
Feb. 12, 2024 @ 7pm NST
Ophira Calof is a Disabled writer and performer who works to “crip the script,” centring disability knowledge and experience. Their recent credits include One More Time (CBC), Rubble and Crew (Treehouse TV), Dino Dex (Amazon Prime), and their solo show Literally Titanium, which has been featured in both academic and performance spaces as a case study in accessible production. Additionally, Ophira worked as the inaugural Creative Director of the Accessible Writers’ Lab, co-created the Disabled Producers Lab, and has led workshops internationally on storytelling, accessibility and disability narratives.
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Past Workshops
Chris Dodd is a Treaty 6 based (Edmonton) award-winning Deaf actor, playwright, accessibility advocate and Governor General Innovation Award finalist. He is the founder and artistic director of SOUND OFF, Canada’s national festival devoted to Deaf performance. Chris holds a degree from the University of Alberta’s Drama program and has been working within Edmonton’s theatre community, and across Canada, for over 25 years. His play, Deafy, has been touring across Canada since 2021 and will have its first international performance in the Netherlands this October. The play has been published by Playwrights Canada Press as part of the anthology, “Interdependent Magic: Disability Performance in Canada”. Notable performances include the role of Alphonse in Ultrasound at Theatre Passe Muraille.
Recent film credits include the role of Odin in the feature film, Finality of Dusk. In 2019 he was the recipient of the Guy Laliberté Prize for innovation and creative leadership by the Canada Council for the Arts.
Named one of the most influential disabled artists by UK’s Power Magazine, Alex Bulmer has over thirty professional years’ experience across theatre, film, television, radio and education. She is fuelled by a curiosity of the improbable, dedicated to collaborative art practice, and deeply informed by her experience of becoming blind. Alex is the co-founder and Artistic Director of Fire and Rescue Team, a blind-led, interabled collective that prioritizes de-centring visuality from imagination to creation.
Sept. 15, 2024
Adam Grant Warren
Originally from Newfoundland and now based in Vancouver, Adam is a theatre-maker, movement artist, writer, arts educator, and wheelchair-user. His career in performance and creation spans more than 20 years.
In the theatre, Adam is a Jessie Award-winning actor whose west coast performance highlights include productions of his own shows, Last Train In and Lights, as well as Touchstone Theatre’s Kill Me Now, and Realwheels Theatre’s CREEPS. Looking ahead, his latest play, Saturday Nights at Axles, is in development with (the company currently known as) Realwheels, where he is now Co-Artistic Director.
As an associate artist with All Bodies Dance Project, Adam’s collaborations have featured at festivals including Vancouver’s 12 Minutes Max, Victoria’s SKAMpede, and Calgary’s Fluid Festival. He’s currently in residence at the Scotiabank Dance Centre, where he’s working on a new piece of movement theatre: Good Bully. Beyond Vancouver, Adam is also a member of New Works’ CanDance Exchange and Propeller’s Digital Disability and Dance initiative in Ottawa.
Visit him at adamgrantwarren.com