Behold the new SummerWorks promo spot. Always provocative, always entertaining. And check out the new festival logo at the end, it's all the downtown Toronto critters re-contextualized as beauty pageant contestants. Adorable. And click here to read Praxis Theatre's new interview with SummerWorks AD Micheal Rubenfeld, in which he discusses said logo and the CAEA.
Category: Toronto theatre
A welcome to The Room
A great company web site. Somewhere on it you'll find a set of posted rules. The first rule is: In the room, things are being made. The fourth rule is: In The Room no one can say for sure what these things will be until they are done, because making things is a kind of… Continue reading A welcome to The Room
Crazy Kansas homophobe vs. Toronto theatre: and the winner is…
Photo by Roger Cullman Do we even have to say it? Despite the fact that the actual Pastor Phelps was turned back at the Canadian border, Toronto anti-protesters turned out in magnificent force to show support for The Pastor Phelps Project, a play up in the Summerworks Festival right now. Blog TO has got the… Continue reading Crazy Kansas homophobe vs. Toronto theatre: and the winner is…
Highlights from today’s Canadian theatrosphere
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
Summerworks – sexin’ up Toronto theatre
Check out this ad for Toronto's Summerworks indie theatre festival. It will make you happy. It did for me, anyway...
Independents the Future of Canadian Theatre?
"The Canadian Stage Company, which has a stated aim to create and produce the best in Canadian theatre, will not produce any Canadian work on its mainstage next season, industry sources say." - From the Toronto Star. Yet another questionable decision by "Canada's largest not-for-profit contemporary theatre company". Not only is there no indication of… Continue reading Independents the Future of Canadian Theatre?
Controversy in Canadian Theatre. No, Seriously.
Near the beginning of last year a big ol' Toronto theatre organization, The Canadian Stage Company (billed as Canada's largest not-for-profit contemporary theatre co.) gave a "political" play called My Name is Rachel Corrie some no-such-thing-as-bad publicity by canceling its planned production in their 07/08 season. Artistic Producer Martin Bragg dropped it from the line-up… Continue reading Controversy in Canadian Theatre. No, Seriously.
Hey Toronto, Need a Laugh?
See that cute couple up there? That's Justin and Kristi; dear, sweet friends of mine. Many, many moons ago they were 2/5ths of my very first theatre company, Face Full of Theatre, a sketch comedy/sketch drama troupe that was poised to take over the world (as are all first theatre companies, aren't they?). We done… Continue reading Hey Toronto, Need a Laugh?
Must-Read Theatre Blogging…
This is great, great, great...Ian at Theatre is Territory has published a simply wonderful interview with University of Minnesota theatre prof and Broadway alum Charles Nolte, who grandly holds court on the state of theatre, reminisces about the heyday of Broadway, and dishes hilariously on working with the likes of Henry Fonda, Jack Palance, and… Continue reading Must-Read Theatre Blogging…
This One Goes to Eleven: Brad Lepp
"My dear Minerva, It was not the best of times, it was not the worst of times, it was Ottawa." On June 9th of this year, at 7:45 pm, Kristian Bruun as Frank Dickens (son of Charles), launched the first of forty cross-country performances of his play Dickens of the Mounted with this line. Beginning… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Brad Lepp
This One Only Goes to Ten
If this were the Buffyverse and not the blogosphere, then the Vampire that sired my This One Goes to Eleven interview series would be Ian Mackenzie and his Ten Questions. Ian has asked me to put my money where my fangs are and submit to a little blood-letting myself. Click here to read the gory… Continue reading This One Only Goes to Ten
Honestly…
I'm linking to this interview with Dave Tompa purely out of an interest in promoting Toronto indie theatre. Really.
Proud Poppa…
dyad: (n.) [dahy-ad]: 1.) two items of the same kind. 2.) two persons involved in an ongoing relationship or interaction. 3.) the relationship or interaction itself. For the record, this is the single greatest feeling in the world for a playwright.
This One Goes to Eleven: Ian MacKenzie
Welcome to the inaugural edition of a continuing series on The Next Stage. When I started this blog back in March my intention was to offer a glimpse behind the curtain of a neophyte theatre company mounting its first production, a chronicle of our formative period to hopefully drum up some interest and inspire conversation… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Ian MacKenzie
Simon Ogden 