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Buy, Buy, Vancouver (1981)
Headlines was founded by a group of artists in 1981 out of their concern about the housing crisis. There was nothing overly different about the work at this time. BUY, BUY VANCOUVER was straight agit-prop about social issues but the material was re-written every day to reflect changes in the news. BUY, BUY VANCOUVER, however, played to a community audience -- reaching people who do not normally go to the theatre and was supported extensively by local community organizations with a direct interest in the subject matter. Vancouver's (then) Mayor Harcourt took the play to Ottawa with him to the National All-Sector Conference on Housing, as he felt it articulated the voice of the homeless in the City. We ended up performing the play to a room-full of politicians, activists and developers in the Ballroom of the Chateau Laurier.
Nettie Wild, Susie Payne (laying down), David Diamond |
The "Rentals-man Wrestling" scene |
