Artist Talk with Playwright Yvette Nolan
Aboriginal Gathering Place, Emily Carr University
October 15, 2012
5:30pm to 7:00pm

A prominent figure in Canadian Aboriginal theatre, Yvette Nolan is a prolific playwright whose oeuvre encompasses more than a dozen works, most dealing with female or Aboriginal subjects, and the thorny, complex issues surrounding them. Her best-known and most-produced play is Annie Mae’s Movement (1999). Nolan has worked in various capacities across the country. From 2003 to 2011, she was the Artistic Director of Toronto’s Native Earth Performing Arts, Canada’s oldest professional Aboriginal theatre company, and from 1998 to 2001 she served as the President of Playwrights Guild of Canada.

Nolan’s newest work, The Unplugging, premieres at the Arts Club Theatre Company’s Revue Stage from October 11 to November 3.

Two women (Jenn Griffin and Margo Kane) seek shelter in a freezing, desolate landscape of post-apocalyptic Canada. They must rely solely on each other for survival. To their surprise, they begin to thrive. But their hard-won peace is interrupted by the sudden arrival of a charismatic young man (Anton Lipovetsky), whose very presence threatens their existence.

15 tickets offered to ECUAD students to see The Unplugging after Yvette’s talk. First come, first served.