Introduction: Pushing the Limits

Whenever I review an article submission to Theatre Research in Canada/Recherches théâtrales au Canada, one of the first questions I ask is: Does this article push the limits of theatre and performance studies in an exciting, provocative, or challenging way? Does it open up a fresh approach to existing material, shed light on an overlooked subject, excavate new primary sources, employ innovative methodologies, or introduce a novel theoretical approach? In short, does the article do something different for the discipline and does this difference matter? I am pleased to say that all six of the articles gathered in this issue of TRIC/RTAC push the limits of theatre and performance studies scholarship in diverse and engaging ways. This pushing continues in the excellent Forum section edited by Adriana Disman, which explores four of the performance art pieces she curated as part of the LINK & PIN series in 2013-14.