Month: July 2008

This one goes to eleven: Paul Armstrong

Simon Ogden1 Comment

Ladies and gentlemen, a man who needs no introduction to a very large hunk of Vancouver: Mr. Paul Armstrong, Producer-at-large. An omnipresent entity throughout our independent arts scene, Paul glides between the worlds of film, music and theatre with seemingly no friction. His indie-film showcase The Celluloid Social Club has been running monthly since 1997,… Continue reading This one goes to eleven: Paul Armstrong

The Art of the Business Part 7: Welcome to the Blogosphere

Rebecca Coleman9 Comments

To listen to the interview in its entirety, click here. (27 minutes) If you are reading this, you already have at least a handshake acquaintance with blogging (given that it’s published on a blog and all). This month, I delve into the basics of blogging, with the help of the authors of Blogging for Dummies,… Continue reading The Art of the Business Part 7: Welcome to the Blogosphere

Loving the hate: seeing the benefit in backlash

Simon Ogden6 Comments

While we're on the topic of backlash, there's a play that has made the 'best of fest' at the just-wrapped Winnipeg Fringe (click here for reviews) that's got people talking about how we as artists handle negative response to our work. Keir Cutler is a seasoned Fringe writer and performer, whose last work Teaching As… Continue reading Loving the hate: seeing the benefit in backlash

Highlights from today’s Canadian theatrosphere

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Hot day on the Great White North theatre blog tundra today (it's...alive!), a day worthy of a round-up. Check out these great posts: Pitch-hitting blogger Evan Webber over at Chris Dupuis' Time and Space sums up his TO Fringe experience. Heading into the festival with a mission to determine the answer to the question "what… Continue reading Highlights from today’s Canadian theatrosphere

Looking to the next generation for the survival of theatre

Simon Ogden5 Comments

Further to the post the other day on his question "what have you done to save theatre today", Travis from Midnight Honesty at Noon dropped this link in the comments, please give it a read. (Great man, that Travis Bedard, and if you're not reading MH@N you should be.) It's a letter sent to Mike… Continue reading Looking to the next generation for the survival of theatre

This One Goes to Eleven: Sebastien Archibald

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Sebastien is a playwright/actor/director straight outta the theatre program at UVic, and is spinning his BA in theatre into his own company; ITSAZOO, where he resides as one of their four artistic directors. His well-received play Grimm Tales, a site-specific contemporizing of the works of the Brothers Grimm, is running in Victoria now and hits… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Sebastien Archibald

“What have you done to save theatre today?”

Simon Ogden17 Comments

Responding to a recent Theatre is Territory question about asking questions, Austin theatre artist and blogger Travis Bedard poses an essential one of his own, and states: We want to do Our Thing and be done. We want to be specialists in a shrinking anachronistic craft. We don't get the choice to not be evangelists.… Continue reading “What have you done to save theatre today?”