Human Rights Tribunal ruling this month that allows a complaint by Tenyjah Indra McKenna to proceed against the Victoria Theatre Guild and Dramatic School and its volunteer director. Treloar and the theatre declined to comment for this story and McKenna could not be reached. His company’s production of the play had a diverse cast, which liberated the play from the “handcuffs” of realism, he said. Newton, who is Black, encourages people of colour to consider telling their own stories by writing, directing and producing them. While the Canadian theatre world still has some room for improvement when it comes to diversity, Stacey said it’s already come a long way.

Source: thestar November 21, 2019 14:03 UTC