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Category: Toronto theatre

How to Pitch a Play in Canada

Behold the new SummerWorks promo spot. Always provocative, always entertaining. And check out the new festival logo at the end, … More

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 … More

Ian MacKenzie, the room, Theatre is Territory

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 … More

summerworks

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 … More

malcolm gladwell, summerworks, time and space, toronto fringe

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…

summerworks

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 … More

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 … More

my name is rachel corrie, stage

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 … More

sketch comedy, stage

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 … More

interview, review, stage

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.” … More

interview, stage, toronto fringe

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 … More

interview, stage

Honestly…

I’m linking to this interview with Dave Tompa purely out of an interest in promoting Toronto indie theatre. Really.

interview, stage, toronto fringe

Proud Poppa…

dyad: (n.) [dahy-ad]: 1.) two items of the same kind. 2.) two persons involved in an ongoing relationship or interaction. … More

stage, toronto fringe

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 … More

Ian MacKenzie, interview, praxis theatre, stage

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