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SLAV show returns to stage as Quebecers grapple with race and representationThe new production includes three women of colour out of a total cast of seven women.EntertainmentJan 23, 2019
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Quebec playwright Robert Lepage promises ‘to do better’ after SLAV controversyRenowned Quebec director Robert Lepage says his previously cancelled play about black slavery has been rewritten and reworked before it is presented once again on stage next month.CanadaDec 28, 2018
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PQ Leader Jean-François Lisée claims cancelling controversial plays ‘Kanata’ and ‘SLAV’ was wrongThe Parti Québécois leader said he would have allowed the productions 'Kanata' and 'SLAV' to go on but Indigenous rights activists don't believe him.PoliticsAug 28, 2018
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Quebec director Robert Lepage cancels yet another play after SLĀV controversyKanata, a stage show than has been criticized for lack of representation, has been cancelled.EntertainmentJul 26, 2018
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No promises to change Kanata after Robert Lepage meets with show’s opponentsQuebec director Robert Lepage hasn't committed to including Indigenous performers in his upcoming show, according to the executive director of the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal.CanadaJul 20, 2018
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Quebec director Robert Lepage willing to sit down with opponents of upcoming showQuebec director Robert Lepage says he is willing to meet with people who are opposed to one of his his upcoming shows because it does not include Indigenous performers.CanadaJul 16, 2018
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Indigenous artists criticize SLAV director Lepage for new show ‘Kanata’Shortly after a run of his play SLAV was cancelled amid accusations of racial insensitivity, Quebec director Robert Lepage is once again being criticized for a lack of representation in one of his stage shows.CanadaJul 14, 2018
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‘Our work is not over’: Montreal group opposing controversial slave show calls for discussion, diversityVarious black actors and artists who spoke out about a Quebec-produced show featuring a largely white cast singing songs composed by black slaves say they want the conversation surrounding the controversy to continue.CanadaJul 11, 2018
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Controversial slave play to continue run across Quebec in 2019The artistic director of a theatre in Saint-Jerome, Que., says he doesn't want to cancel a play that sparked protests and accusations of racial insensitivity, and helped lead the Montreal jazz festival to cancel the show's multi-night run in early July.CanadaJul 10, 2018
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‘SLĀV wasn’t cancelled from censorship,’ states Montreal jazz festThe show was pulled from the festival's bill from both security concerns and after one of the actresses was injured.EntertainmentJul 7, 2018
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