Abstract
Only recently has the phrase “popular theatre” won acceptance in Canada to describe theatre for social action and community development. Ever since Kam Theatre’s Bread & Circuses Festival in Thunder Bay in 1981, where representatives of a dozen companies founded the Canadian Popular Theatre Alliance, the idea of theatre as a tool of development has made increasing inroads among educators, development agencies, and of course, in the theatre profession itself. Three successive CPTA festivals (Bread & Roses, Edmonton 1983, Bread & Dreams, Winnipeg 1985, and Standin’ the Gaff, Sydney 1987) have done much to legitimize the work of Canadian popular theatres.
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