The Videofag Book

About

JORDAN TANNAHILL is a playwright and filmmaker currently living between his hometown of Ottawa and London UK. His work has been presented in theatres and festivals across Canada and internationally. He won the 2014 Governor General's Award for Drama for his book Age of Minority: Three Solo Plays and was shortlisted for the prize again in 2016 for Concord Floral (also a recipient of the 2015 Carol Bolt Award). Tannahill's book Theatre of the Unimpressed: In Search of Vital Drama was called essential reading for anyone interested in the state of contemporary theatre and performance by The Globe and Mail and is on the curriculum of several North American universities. Tannahill has been described in the press as the future of Canadian theatre (NOW Magazine) the hottest name in Canadian theatre (Montreal Gazette) and the posterchild of a new generation for whom 'interdisciplinary' is not a buzzword but a way of life (The Globe and Mail). WILLIAM ELLIS is a performer whose work in theatre and dance includes Other Jesus by Evan Webber Even This Old Town Was a Forest by Aurora Stewart de Pena WorkingOnWorkingOnUs by Andrew Tay S h e e t s by Salvatore Antonio and Greg MacArthur's A Man Vanishes. He has performed for choreographer DA Hoskins in Machine Room The Coating Project for the Luminato Festival and This is a Costume Drama at Harborfront World Stage. Recently he received a Toronto Theatre Critics AwardSpecial Citation for Videofag which he ran with Jordan Tannahill from 200816. CHANDLER LEVACK is a filmmaker writer and journalist who lives in Toronto. A graduate of the Canadian Film Centres screenwriting program her writing has been published in SPIN the Village Voice the Globe and Mail Maisonneuve and Flare among other publications. Previously two articles published in Maisonneuve The Music We Hate and Visions of the Future were nominated for Best Art and Entertainment Writing at the Canadian National Magazine Awards. Chandler currently works at TIFF where she is the digital editor of The Review a blog featuring interviews and long-form criticism about TIFFs programming and film culture at large. GREG MACARTHUR is a playwright dramaturg and teacher. His plays have been produced extensively across Canada as well as in South Africa Germany the UK Mexico Romania Hungary and the US. They have been translated into numerous languages. His work includes: A Man Vanishes; Horror Story; Kate Bowie; A City; The Missionary Position; Tyland: The Toxic Bus Incident; Recovery; Get Away; Snowman; girls! girls! girls! He was the Lee Playwright-In-Residence at the University of Alberta and was short-listed for the 2011 Siminovitch Award for Playwriting. He holds an MFA in Theatre Studies from the University of Lethbridge where he currently teaches in the Department of Theatre Arts.