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Stephen Atkins.

[edit] About

Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Citizenships: Canada, United Kingdom, Australia (permanent resident).

Contributions: Wikipedia, Wikitravel, World66, Schmapp Travel Guides.

Life: Writer, director and theatre/media artist. I am an instructor in the Capilano University Theatre Department [1] and researching a post-grad degree in Australia.

Travel: Some people put pins on a map. I like this. Besides, I keep misplacing the map. I was a leader for tour groups to Israel and the (then) USSR in the 1980s. In the 1990s I was a touring performer and in the early 2000s, a part-time web designer for a small group of travel agencies and tour operators. I've been contributing off and on to various wiki projects with articles on theatre history, arts/culture and travel/food.

Current Current research is in the field of interdisciplinary collaboration and designing interactive multimedial fiction formats; undertaking a Doctoral degree in the Creative Industries in Brisbane, Australia.

Other: Digital phpotography/video editing, painting, guitar.

Trip Advisor page [2].

[edit] Places

[edit] Canada

[edit] Alberta

Banff, Calgary, Drumheller, Edmonton, High River, Jasper, Lake Louise, Lethbridge.

[edit] British Columbia

I was a touring actor here. We performed all over the interior and as far north as the Alaskan panhandle to some communities with no roads, you had to fly in by float plane.

100 Mile House, Bella Coola, Chilliwack, Cranbrook, Fort St. John, Gabriola Island, Grand Forks, Hope, Kamloops, Kelowna, Nanaimo, Nelson, Oliver, Osoyoos, Pemberton, Penticton, Port Edward, Prince George, Prince Rupert, Quesnel, Revelstoke, Saltspring Island, Squamish, Stewart, Tofino, Victoria, Whister, Whiterock, Williams Lake.

[edit] USA

[edit] Alaska

Juneau,Skagway.

[edit] Arizona

Grand Canyon, Mohave Canyon, Phoenix.

[edit] California

Anaheim, Bakersfield, Berkeley, Beverly Hills, Death Valley, Eureka, Fresno, Joshua Tree, Los Angeles, Mount Shasta, Napa, Oakland, Oxnard, Palm Springs, Redding, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Ana, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Saint Helena, Ventura, Yreka.

[edit] Florida

Miami.

[edit] Hawaii

Captain Cook, Hilo, Honolulu, Pearl City.

[edit] Idaho

Boise, Couer d'Alene.

[edit] Illinois

Chicago, Schaumburg.

[edit] Kentucky

Louisville (or Luh-ville as the locals call it).

[edit] Massachusetts

Stockbridge.

[edit] Michigan

Detroit.

[edit] Montana

Glacier National Park, Jackson Hole and Billings, Glacier National Park, Great Falls, Pablo.

[edit] Nevada

Henderson, Las Vegas, Reno.

[edit] New Jersey

New Jersey City.

[edit] New York

Albany, Buffalo, New York City, Niagara Falls, Saratoga Springs.

[edit] Oregon

Ashland, Eugene, Medford, Portland, Salem.

[edit] Utah

Ogden, Provo, Salt Lake City.

[edit] Washington State

Bellingham, Blaine, Olympia, Pasco, Port Townshend, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma.

[edit] Wyoming

Jackson, Yellowstone National Park.

[edit] Mexico

Acapulco, Bucerias, Chilpancingo de los Bravo, Cuernavaca, Guadalajara, Ixtapa, La Manzanillo, Manzanillo, Mexico City, Mismaloya, Oaxaca, Puebla, Puerto Vallarta, Punta de Mita, Sayulita, Taxco, Tehuantepac, Tijuana.

[edit] Europe & Great Britain

[edit] Austria

Vienna

[edit] Czech Republic

Prague, Kutna Hora

[edit] England

Alfriston, Bath, Bradford, Brighton, Burgess Hill, Derby, Dover, Hove, Leeds, Leceister, London, Luton, Nottingham, Oakham, Oxford, Oxsted, Peterborough, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Rye, Salisbury, Scunthorpe, Sheffield, Stamford, Uckfield, York.

[edit] Finland

Helsinki.

[edit] France

Aix-en-Provence, Ales, Arles, Avignon, Bagnois sur Ceze, Beaucaire, Carpentras, Cavallon, Chalon sur Soane, Champigne, Chartres, Chateau Neuf du Pape, Chateau Neuf du Rhone, Fontaine de Vaucluse, Fontainebleu, Gorges du Verdon, Istres, L'Ilses sur la Sorgue, La Coste, Les Baux de Provence, Lyon, Macon, Montpellier, Nice, Nimes, Orange, Nice, Paris, Salon de Provence, St Remy-de-Provence, Toulon, Tournon sur Rhone, Valence, Versailles.

[edit] Germany

Frankfurt.

[edit] Greece

Argos, Argostolion, Athens, Corinth, Delphi, Epidavros, Kalambaka, Kalimnos, Kos, Marathon, Meteora, Noplion, Olmpia, Patras, Rhodes, Simi, Thassaloniki.

[edit] Russia

Moscow, Saint Petersburg.

[edit] Slovenia

Bovec, Ljubljana.

[edit] Turkey

Ankara, Antalya, Bodrum, Capadoccia, Ephesus, Fethiye, Gocek, Istanbul, Izmir, Kalkan, Kas, Kusadasi, Marmaris, Pumukkale, Turquoise Coast.

[edit] Ukraine

Kiev, Lutsk, Rovno, Lviv.

[edit] Caribbean

[edit] Barbados

Bridgetown

[edit] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Kingstown, Bequia, Tobago Cays, Mustique.

[edit] Asia

[edit] China

Hong Kong

[edit] Indonesia

Denpasar, Jakarta, Kuta, Sanur, Ubud, Yogyakarta.

[edit] Japan

Narita, Tokyo

[edit] Macao

Macao

[edit] Malaysia

Batu Ferringhi, Batu Pahat, Georgetown, Ipoh, Johor Bahru, Kluang, Kuala Lumpur, Lumut, Melaka, Muar, Pangkor, Port Dickson, Ringlet.

[edit] Singapore

Singapore

[edit] Thailand

Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lampang, Lamphun, Mae Chaem, Nakhon Sawan, Sukhothai.

[edit] Oceana

[edit] Australia

Ballina, Bungalow, Beenleigh, Bondi, Brisbane, Brunswick Heads, Burliegh Heads, Byron Bay, Caloundra, Collangatta, Coolum, Currumbin, Gympie, Iluka, Kingscliff, Maleny, Manly, Maroochydore, Melbourne, Miami, Nerang, Noosa, Redcliffe, Surfers Paradise, Sydney, Toowong, Tugun, Tweed Heads, Yamba, Tumby Bay.

[edit] New Zealand

Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua, Tauranga.

[edit] Middle East

[edit] Israel and West Bank

Acre, Afula, Beersheba, Bethlehem, Eliat, Gaza, Hadera, Haifa, Hebron, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Jericho, Jordon Valley, Masada, Nazareth, Tel Aviv, Tiberias.

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 '''Stephen Atkins'''.
 ==About==
 '''Location:''' [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]] and [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]].
-'''Citizenships:''' Canadian, United Kingdom, Australia (landed immigrant).
+'''Citizenships:''' Canada, United Kingdom, Australia (permanent resident).
 '''Contributions:''' Wikipedia, Wikitravel, World66, Schmapp Travel Guides.
-'''Bio:''' Stephen Atkins is a faculty member of the Capilano University Theatre Department [http://www.capilanou.ca/programs/theatre/], Artistic Director of Human Theatre [http://www.humantheatre.ca] and an associate artist with Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre [http://www.zenzenzo.com]. Selected performance, directing and writing credits can be found on LinkedIn [http://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenatkins] or on the Capilano University Theatre Department web page [http://www.capilanou.ca/Page28511.aspx]. Selected protfolio photos can be found on Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/people/satkins/].
+'''Life:''' Writer, director and theatre/media artist. I am an instructor in the Capilano University Theatre Department [http://www.capilanou.ca/programs/theatre/] and researching a post-grad degree in Australia.
-'''Travels:''' Stephen Atkins' experience in travel started in 1985 when he co-led tour groups to Israel and the (then) USSR. Travels continued through the 1990s as a touring performer and in the early 2000s as a web-based software developer and website designer in service to clients of SoftVoyage. Stephen has been contributing off and on to various wiki projects since 2004/2005 with articles on theatre history, arts/culture and travel. Todays interests include international theatre festivals and keeping up with friends and colleagues abroad.
+'''Travel:''' Some people put pins on a map. I like this. Besides, I keep misplacing the map. I was a leader for tour groups to Israel and the (then) USSR in the 1980s. In the 1990s I was a touring performer and in the early 2000s, a part-time web designer for a small group of travel agencies and tour operators. I've been contributing off and on to various wiki projects with articles on theatre history, arts/culture and travel/food.
-'''Other:''' Learning to be a photographer and getting back into painting which he hasn't done since college.
+'''Current''' Current research is in the field of interdisciplinary collaboration and designing interactive multimedial fiction formats; undertaking a Doctoral degree in the Creative Industries in Brisbane, Australia.
-==News==
+'''Other:''' Digital phpotography/video editing, painting, guitar.
+Trip Advisor page [http://apps.facebook.com/tripadvisortravelmap/?session=true&fbsrc=prMyTeaserImgWall&id=517735696].
-Please consult the Facebook pages for Human Theatre [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vancouver-BC/Human-Theatre/10374578630] and Stephen Atkins [http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=517735696] for recent news.
-==Places I've been==
+==Places==
 ===Canada===
 ====Alberta====
-I was born in Calgary and grew up there. Many years later I taught in the University of Lethbridge theatre department for two years.
+[[Banff]], [[Calgary]], [[Drumheller]], [[Edmonton]], [[High River]], [[Jasper]], [[Lake Louise]], [[Lethbridge]].
-[[Banff]], [[Calgary]], [[Drumheller]], [[Edmonton]], [[Fort McLeaod]], [[Grande Prairie]],  [[High River]], [[Jasper]], [[Lake Louise]], [[Lethbridge]], [[Okotoks]], [[Red Deer]].
 ====British Columbia====
-I have spent more of my life there than anywhere else. I have had the pleasure of seeing quite a bit of this amazing province because I was a touring actor. We performed for schools all over the interior and as far north as the Alaskan panhandle to some communities with no roads, you had to fly in by float plane.
+I was a touring actor here. We performed all over the interior and as far north as the Alaskan panhandle to some communities with no roads, you had to fly in by float plane.
 [[100 Mile House]], [[Bella Coola]], [[Chilliwack]], [[Cranbrook]], [[Fort St. John]], [[Gabriola Island]], [[Grand Forks]], [[Hope]], [[Kamloops]], [[Kelowna]], [[Nanaimo]], [[Nelson]], [[Oliver]], [[Osoyoos]], [[Pemberton]], [[Penticton]], [[Port Edward]], [[Prince George]], [[Prince Rupert]], [[Quesnel]], [[Revelstoke]], [[Saltspring Island]], [[Squamish]], [[Stewart]], [[Tofino]], [[Victoria]], [[Whister]], [[Whiterock]], [[Williams Lake]].
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 [[Edmondston]], [[Moncton]], [[St. John]].
 ====Ontario====
-I make a trip to Ontario maybe once every two years.
+[[Guelph]], [[Kingston]], [[Niagara Falls]], [[Niagara-on-the-Lake]], [[Ottawa]], [[Sault Sainte Marie]], [[Sudbury]], [[Thunder Bay]], [[Toronto]], [[Windsor]].
-[[Guelph]], [[Kingston]], [[Niagara Falls]], [[Niagara-on-the-Lake]], [[Ottawa]], [[Sault Sainte Marie]], [[Sudbury]], [[Thunder Bay]], [[Toronto]], [[Windsor]].
 ====Quebec====
-Montreal is a great Canadian city, but I recommend also taking a road trip to the many smaller towns, especially down south, near the border to Vermont.
 [[Aylmer]], [[Hull]], [[Montreal]], [[Quebec City]], [[Sherbrooke]], [[Trois-Rivieres]].
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 ====Illinois====
 [[Chicago]], [[Schaumburg]].
+====Kentucky====
+[[Louisville]] (or Luh-ville as the locals call it).
 ====Massachusetts====
 [[Stockbridge]].
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 [[Glacier National Park]], [[Jackson Hole]] and [[Billings]], [[Glacier National Park]], [[Great Falls]], [[Pablo]].
 ====Nevada====
-Friends of mine used to live in Las Vegas, I visited a few times and had the rare experience of what it is like to actually live in a suburb of Vegas. Since then all my trips have been the normal show/casino/convention type.
 [[Henderson]], [[Las Vegas]], [[Reno]].
 ====New Jersey====
-I was there once in 1992.
 [[New Jersey City]].
 ====New York====
-I worked in Buffalo for about a month and a half in 2000. I make trips occasionally to NYC. I have also been in the SITI summer workshop in Saratoga Springs.
-[[Albany]], [[Buffalo]], [[New York City]], [[Niagara Falls]], [[Saratoga Springs]].
+[[Albany (New York)|Albany]], [[Buffalo (New York)|Buffalo]], [[New York City]], [[Niagara Falls (New York)|Niagara Falls]], [[Saratoga Springs]].
 ====Oregon====
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 ====Wyoming====
 [[Jackson]], [[Yellowstone National Park]].
 ===Mexico===
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 ====Austria====
 [[Vienna]]
+====Czech Republic====
+[[Prague]], [[Kutna Hora]]
 ====England====
-[[Bath]], [[Bradford]], [[Brighton]], [[Burgess Hill]], [[Derby]], [[Dover]], [[Hove]], [[Leeds]], [[Leceister]], [[London]], [[Luton]], [[Nottingham]], [[Oakham]], [[Oxford]], [[Peterborough]], [[Royal Tunbridge Wells]], [[Rye]], [[Salisbury]], [[Scunthorpe]], [[Sheffield]], [[Stamford]], [[Uckfield]], [[York]].
+[[Alfriston]], [[Bath]], [[Bradford]], [[Brighton]], [[Burgess Hill]], [[Derby]], [[Dover]], [[Hove]], [[Leeds]], [[Leceister]], [[London]], [[Luton]], [[Nottingham]], [[Oakham]], [[Oxford]], [[Oxsted]], [[Peterborough]], [[Royal Tunbridge Wells]], [[Rye]], [[Salisbury]], [[Scunthorpe]], [[Sheffield]], [[Stamford]], [[Uckfield]], [[York]].
 ====Finland====
 [[Helsinki]].
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 ===Oceana===
 ====Australia====
-[[Ballina]], [[Bungalow]], [[Beenleigh]], [[Bondi]], [[Brisbane]], [[Brunswick Heads]], [[Burliegh Heads]], [[Byron Bay]], [[Caloundra]], [[Collangatta]], [[Coolum]], [[Currumbin]], [[Gympie]], [[Iluka]], [[Kingscliff]], [[Maleny]], [[Manly]], [[Maroochydore]], [[Melbourne]], [[Miami]], [[Nerang]], [[Noosa]], [[Redcliffe]], [[Surfers Paradise]], [[Sydney]], [[Toowong]], [[Tugun]], [[Tweed Heads]], [[Yamba]].
+[[Ballina]], [[Bungalow]], [[Beenleigh]], [[Bondi]], [[Brisbane]], [[Brunswick Heads]], [[Burliegh Heads]], [[Byron Bay]], [[Caloundra]], [[Collangatta]], [[Coolum]], [[Currumbin]], [[Gympie]], [[Iluka]], [[Kingscliff]], [[Maleny]], [[Manly]], [[Maroochydore]], [[Melbourne]], [[Miami]], [[Nerang]], [[Noosa]], [[Redcliffe]], [[Surfers Paradise]], [[Sydney]], [[Toowong]], [[Tugun]], [[Tweed Heads]], [[Yamba]], [[Tumby Bay]].
 ====New Zealand====
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 ===Middle East===
 ====Israel and West Bank====
 [[Acre]], [[Afula]], [[Beersheba]], [[Bethlehem]], [[Eliat]], [[Gaza]], [[Hadera]], [[Haifa]], [[Hebron]], [[Jaffa]], [[Jerusalem]], [[Jericho]], [[Jordon Valley]], [[Masada]], [[Nazareth]], [[Tel Aviv]], [[Tiberias]].
-===Places I want to go.===
-Hmmm... Spain, Morocco, India and Italy. The list keeps growing.