As part of the Gatherings response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Matt Jones sat down to talk virtually with Alex McLean of Kjupuktuk/Halifax-based Zuppa Theatre to discuss their pandemic projects, most notably their recent performance-based app VISTA20 (https://zuppatheatre.com/show/vista20/). The app guides audiences on walk and introduces them to first responders in Nova Scotia.
Alex McLean is a theatre artist based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is a co-artistic director of Halifax’s Zuppa Theatre Co. and has co-written and directed the majority of that company’s shows. With his ad hoc group Surplus Production Unit, he recently directed and wrote (from verbatim sources) A Timed Speed-Read of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Trial Transcript with Additional Notes, slated for touring in 2021. With Ker Wells he was a founding member of Number Eleven Theatre (1998 -2006), and he holds an M.A. from the University of Toronto’s Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies.A specialist in devising, Alex has taught extensively, published scholarly articles, and collaborated with practitioners across multiple disciplines. His work explores the past, the present, and things that are too big or small to contain.
WEBSITE: https://zuppatheatre.com/
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