Volume 3.4 (March 2005)
Cover Photo: Courtney Thomas

3 - Art and Social Action
Editorial by Edward Little

4 - Gupreet Kaur Bhatti’s statement, originally published in The Guardian on January 13, 2005, following the controversial closure of her play Behzti, is reprinted here by permission.

5 - Helen Freshwater looks at the public debate about censorship and free speech in the wake of the Behzti controversy.

7 - Jay Whitehead writes about unexpected insights and new understandings generated by his production of Sky Gilbert’s Drag Queens on Trial in Southern Alberta’s “Bible Belt.”

10 - Ehab Lotayef calls for a deeper examination of the nature of tensions between art and religion within Montreal’s artistic community.

12 - Savannah Walling details both the overwhelming responsibilities and the benefits of producing community-engaged theatre within the social and cultural diversity of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside neighbourhood.

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