Compulsive Acts - Essays, Interviews, Reflections on the Work of Sky Gilbert Volume 37

Compulsive Acts explores the films, plays, and personality of prolific playwright, novelist, film maker, and poet Sky Gilbert through the eyes of a handful of the people who have observed his work closely over the past two decades ? as audience members and arts workers. Actors, academics, performance artists, journalists, film makers, playwrights, poets and his partner of many years tackle his immense output with a queer eye for the intricacies of a unique and astute aesthetic vision ? a vision that has placed him securely within Canadian Theatre history as an iconic and consistently provocative dramatic force to be reckoned with.

About the author

David Bateman is a performance poet, literature and creative writing instructor, journalist, and visual artist living and working in Toronto. Sky Gilbert is a playwright, director, professor, and drag queen extraordinaire. He was co-founder and artistic director of Toronto's Buddies in Bad Times Theatre for 17 years.

Product details

• Authors: David Bateman, David Bateman, Sky Gilbert, Paul Haferty
• Assisted by: David Bateman (Editor), Paul Haferty (Editor)
• Publisher: Guernica Editions
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2014
• EAN: 9781550717204
• ISBN: 978-1-55071-720-4
• No. of pages: 350
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 201 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 386 g
• Series: Essential Writers; ESSENTIAL WRITERS SERIES
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies