Pure Research with Nightswimming

My collapsible cane adorned with stern felines, basking in a sunbeam.

I’m delighted to be working with Nightswimming on Pure Research #41, Collaborating with Chronic Illness.

Research focus

How might we work with chronic illness—as subject matter, as the architecture within which performance is created, and as a collaborator in its own right? In what ways can we visibilize the invisible, externalize the internal and work in rhythm with the unpredictable to crip the process of play-making? What might sustainable collaboration look like, for ill artists?

Take the Survey

Do you identify as a theatre artist or arts administrator with chronic illness?

Help contribute to this research: Survey of Chronically Ill Theatre Artists in Canada

This survey will take 10-20 minutes to complete. Deadline for responses: August 31, 2026. 

If you prefer to answer the survey verbally, please email shesaidyestheatre@gmail.com to schedule an interview. 

This is an anonymous survey. Input is welcome from anyone who self-identifies as chronically ill, and who works in theatre in Canada (creators, performers, directors, playwrights, designers, stage managers, technicians, producers etc). The purpose of the survey is to examine specific challenges and access needs for chronically ill theatre artists.

Research Collaborators: Lois Brown, Brian Quirt, Gloria Mok.

For more information: Pure Research 41 Collaborating with Chronic Illness