- About
- Centre for Communications and the Arts
- Calendars of Events & Happenings
- Event Poster Collection
- The Communications Centre: Experiment in human experience
- Jade: Flower-child happenings and conceptual art projects in 1969
- Nini Baird: A Day in the Hectic Life of the Arts Centre Director
- Sound Recordings: Faculty Lectures from 1967 Communications Course
- Dance
- Film
- Literary Arts
- Music & Sound
- Music & Sound image gallery
- My "a-ha" moment with Murray Schafer
- World Soundscape Project
- Phillip Werren's electronic music
- Radio CKSF "on the air" fall 1966
- Robert Aitken performs with the Purcell String Quartet & Soundscape on radio
- David Skulski and the early music revival at SFU
- Phyllis Mailing: SFU Singer Who Reached the Top
- Purcell String Quartet: In High Demand
- Theatre
- Theatre image gallery
- How the early days of the arts at SFU changed my parochial little life
- Norm Browning, Jackie Crossland and Cece Granbois in Beverley Simons' new 1-act play "Greenlawn Rest Home"
- The Centralia Incident: "A theatre in search of a town—A town in search of its memory."
- The only escape: The early years of the SFU theatre
- Robin Patterson and the SFU Mime Troupe
- Theatre of Total Limbo
- Visual Arts
Theatre
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Theatre image gallery
Browse a selection of archival images from the lively early theatre events at Simon Fraser University. learn more
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How the early days of the arts at SFU changed my parochial little life
It was the autumn of 1967. The ructions of the Summer of Love had passed me by as I prepared for life after high school by purchasing new clothes and wondering what was in store. Simon Fraser University was 2 years old and I was 17.... learn more
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Norm Browning, Jackie Crossland and Cece Granbois in Beverley Simons' new 1-act play "Greenlawn Rest Home"
Read reviews of "Greenlawn Rest Home," "Phases" and "The High Flying Bird" in the July 11, 1969 issue of "The Peak." learn more
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The Centralia Incident: "A theatre in search of a town—A town in search of its memory."
Read Jerry Zaslove's review of "The Centralia Incident" for "The Peak," published in 1967. learn more
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The only escape: The early years of the SFU theatre
Until 1976, SFU only offered non-credit programs in theatre, dance, film, music, and visual arts, which one might assume meant that the school cared little about the fine arts. To the contrary, unlike UBC — which took 50 years before building their own theatre — SFU got one the day it opened.... learn more
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Robin Patterson and the SFU Mime Troupe
Discover how Robin Patterson's experiences with the SFU Mime Troupe, including writing and directing "Aliice," led her to study mime under under Jacques Lecoq in Paris. learn more
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Theatre of Total Limbo
According to "The Peak," budget cuts in 1972 saw the theatre program spiral from "the nerve centre of the university" into "the first victim of this inward rot." As the drama and office politics played out, Theatre Resident Jim Garrard and Program Director Nini Baird clashed over "low energy levels" and an experimental production with "nude bodies." learn more
Explore stories, images and archival materials from SFU's past
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Browse a selection of archival images from the lively early theatre events at Simon Fraser University.
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It was the autumn of 1967. The ructions of the Summer of Love had passed me by as I prepared for life after high school by purchasing new clothes and wondering what was in store. Simon Fraser University was 2 years old and I was 17....
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Read reviews of "Greenlawn Rest Home," "Phases" and "The High Flying Bird" in the July 11, 1969 issue of "The Peak."
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Read Jerry Zaslove's review of "The Centralia Incident" for "The Peak," published in 1967.
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Discover how Robin Patterson's experiences with the SFU Mime Troupe, including writing and directing "Aliice," led her to study mime under under Jacques Lecoq in Paris.
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According to "The Peak," budget cuts in 1972 saw the theatre program spiral from "the nerve centre of the university" into "the first victim of this inward rot." As the drama and office politics played out, Theatre Resident Jim Garrard and Program Director Nini Baird clashed over "low energy levels" and an experimental production with "nude bodies."
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Until 1976, SFU only offered non-credit programs in theatre, dance, film, music, and visual arts, which one might assume meant that the school cared little about the fine arts. To the contrary, unlike UBC — which took 50 years before building their own theatre — SFU got one the day it opened....