Nudity on stage – but how about off?

A 'clothing-optional' performance in Toronto suggests theatres should reach out to non-traditional audiences – naturists included

You've probably heard this piece of advice dished out to a nervous performer before: to relax, picture the audience naked. Last week, however, actors Maev Beaty and Erin Shields went one step further – and actually performed in front of a naked audience. In what may be a theatrical first, they held a special clothing-optional performance of their play Montparnasse at Toronto's Theatre Passe Muraille... Read More.

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