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Month: May 2008
This One Goes to Eleven: Aaron Bushkowsky
If you're a young writer looking for a career high-water mark to aspire to, you don't have to look much further than Aaron Bushkowsky. A remarkably prolific poetry and prose author in addition to his non-stop playwrighting, he's already received two Jessie awards and seen his plays consistently produced across the country. He has been… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Aaron Bushkowsky
Mag North – More Than Just a Bunch of Plays
22 days and counting until the opening of Magnetic North...stoked yet? I is, and not just on the work. There's a whack of peripheral events that come bundled with the Festival, have a browse to see if anything tickles your fancy... Magnetic Encounters...these are essentially opportunities for audience members to meet with the artists outside… Continue reading Mag North – More Than Just a Bunch of Plays
Firth Things First
Stopped by Vancouver's only Entertainment Industry Exclusive bookstore Biz Books - otherwise know as Simon's Happy Place (their May Play Sale is on now, click it here for all the deets) - hoping to snag a copy of the newly released August: Osage County, Tracy Letts' new Pulitzer winning slice of awesomeness. I was in… Continue reading Firth Things First
Talking Point
The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name. Enid Bagnold - Playwright
Sighted: Another Vancouver Theatre Blog!
I'm not breaking any news here, but there is a palpable resistance in the theatre community here to standing on a soapbox in the middle of the town square and shouting: "Hey! Look at me! Check me out! I am the greatest thing you will ever see!" We simply don't brag enough, or talk about… Continue reading Sighted: Another Vancouver Theatre Blog!
Vancouver Prepares to Host Magnetic North
There is now but one short month between us and the resonating thud of the 2008 Magnetic North Theatre Festival landing in our backyard. It's time to clear the decks and start preparing, so we're going to be making a lot of fuss about it here at The Next Stage. This is such a cool… Continue reading Vancouver Prepares to Host Magnetic North
Simon Ogden 