In the wake of BLM, MeToo, the COVID-19 pandemic, and changing audience and creator dynamics, the Shakespeare Industry (arts organizations and academic institutions alike) has finally realized that Shakespeare wasn’t just a basic white guy; “Shakespeare” can be – indeed, *is* – Black, trans, Indigenous, gender queer, disabled. While historians like Sawyer Kemp, Andy Kesson, Ayanna Thompson, and more work to uncover the previously invisible histories of Shakespeare’s own queer and coloured worlds, artists like Emma Frankland, Dawn Jani Birley, Reneltta Arluk, Nataki Garrett, and more are devising creation room practices that not only permit, but *rely upon*, the whole selves of equity-deserving artists previously excluded from Shakespearean spaces to shape the worlds of rehearsal and the plays in performance.

For our fourth Thinking Spaces session, we are excited to welcome IMPR graduate student, Bob Wiseman. Join us on Monday 30 October 2023, 11:00AM-12:30PM to listen to this musician, author and educator discuss and share ideas from his novel in process. This talk takes place in-person in the Tranzac Club, Toronto, Ontario (292 Brunswick Avenue) and will be streamed online. Registration is required to attend. Sign up now!