Canary

What do you do if you’re a university theatre professor and you find yourself working with increasingly depressed, isolated and anxious students?

What do you do if you feel like a “canary in the coal mine” of institutional learning?

Performer and Professor Kenney created Canary, a show combining the poetic and imaginative possibilities of physical theatre, object theatre, and audience participation with the “TED Talk” aesthetic. Performed with percussionist Andrew Stauffer, Canary is a celebration of the power of live performance, investigating embodiment as it relates to human evolution, to learning, to the wild, to mindfulness… and to our tribal proclivities. Canary takes the audience on a forensic romp across human history and poetic dive into the “here and now.”

This event at UBCO is free and open to all, registration is not required.

Canary will also be performed at the Living Things Festival on Jan. 28 and the Tempest Theater on Feb. 1. Click on the links for ticket information.

This event is part of the Public Theatre Project (PTP) that aims to foster cross-faculty collaboration and build a sense of community, encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration, and provide creative tools and outlets that contribute to student well-being.