Of all the theatre-going experiences I've had, few come close to the epic grandeur I was treated to at last year's PuSh festival when I finally had a chance to witness November Theatre's acclaimed version of The Black Rider. If you've seen it you know that I do not exaggerate, and if you haven't, well,… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Michael Scholar Jr.
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Secret Prop Sale This Weekend!
Okay, it's probably not actually a secret, I mean, who puts something up for sale and then doesn't advertise it? (Insert applicable first indie theatre production joke here.) But I stumbled across it completely by accident, and it's in amongst that weird alley/warehouse area at the bottom of Main St. around Terminal. I tripped over… Continue reading Secret Prop Sale This Weekend!
Talking Point
I get bored at the theatre a lot because I notice that there's not always a connection between the actors. They may be technically proficient, but they're not surprising each other. I'm thrilled by actors who make choices that are surprising. Lusia Strus
Jessie Noms Announced
You know what's cool about the Jessie Richardson Awards? They're shiny. Also, they put a bunch of Vancouver's theatre talent together on a single page so we can appreciate how damn much of it there really is in this town, lest we think otherwise. You can read all the names on that page for yourself… Continue reading Jessie Noms Announced
A Concordance of Conditions
From the twenty-five first This One Goes to Eleven interviews: In one word, describe your present condition. Anxious Buzzing Charged Conscious Driven Growing Happy & Content Hectic Hopeful Hypoglycemic Inspired Muddled Next No Comment Optimistic Organized Chaos Poised Potent Recharging Recovering Searching Seated Simmering Uninhabited Up, Down and All Around
Magnetic North Theatre Festival is looking for Drivers (and other volunteers).
From the Magnetic North Festival Office: This national cultural event needs volunteers right away, and throughout the festival’s run from June 4th to June 14th. Volunteer opportunities include: Drivers / Dispatch (Transportation) Ushers Information Kiosk Attendants Box Office Attendants Hospitality / Food Service Attendants Brochure / poster distribution Volunteer benefits include: Direct involvement in Canada’s… Continue reading Magnetic North Theatre Festival is looking for Drivers (and other volunteers).
Can you chew gum and sell it at the same time?
So, for those readers who've never used a blogging platform before, what you get amongst the site-visit statistics that these programs track for you is a transcription of the exact search engine terms that your visitors type into google or dogpile or whatever that led them to your blog. Yes, it's a little big brothery,… Continue reading Can you chew gum and sell it at the same time?
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
This One Goes to Eleven: Daniel Martin
A native Vancouverite, Daniel got himself a Masters Degree in Sociology in New Zealand before returning home to study acting. In 1999 he and friend David Mott co-founded the Upintheair Theatre Society and have been going strong ever since. They had a recent hit play with 120bpm, a site-specific work about Vancouver's underground rave scene,… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Daniel Martin
“Okay folks, speak up.”
The following is a comment Colin Thomas posted today on his own This One Goes to Eleven interview. I'm reprinting it here not because I'm pushing people to leave more comments on my site (although we do secretly crave the validation of the comments section, us bloggers), but because I believe it to be vital… Continue reading “Okay folks, speak up.”
The Support Continues: Laughing for Babz!
Never let it be said that the Vancouver arts community doesn't take care of its own. In yet another addition to the fundraising drive to facilitate Babz Chula's urgent and progressive cancer treatments, the One Night Stand comedy night at Gastown's Lyric School of Acting will be donating all the proceeds from this Saturday's show… Continue reading The Support Continues: Laughing for Babz!
The School of Hard Knocks Reunion
There's a viral meme floating around the theatrenet asking us to speak about some lessons we've been taught the hard way, and then to pass it on to three others. This is a fine and worthy exercise, as those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it, so I will proudly throw my hat… Continue reading The School of Hard Knocks Reunion
For Theatre Nerds Only
Why did no one tell me about this? Sometimes the murky depths of the internet yield up some astonishing treasures, like this internet radio station devoted to all things New York theatre. Playbill Radio features daily features like Playbill Presents: "Playbill Radio takes its microphones backstage and into the rehearsal rooms of Broadway for "Playbill… Continue reading For Theatre Nerds Only
This One Goes to Eleven: Jessica Van der Veen
Hi. My name is Simon, and I'm a playwright, actor, and working theatre artist. I can claim all of these things to be fact today because of Jess. Hers was the very first acting class I was dragged to, by a doorman at some club I was flipping bottles in at the time, 15 years… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Jessica Van der Veen
Devoted and Disgruntled: A Journey Through “Open Space”.
Ian Mackenzie over at Theatre is Territory will occasionally drop a post entitled What should we talk about now?, a call to discourse that, in my opinion at least, neatly sums up the need we all have as theatre artists to develop a common language towards breaking down the barriers between us and our dream… Continue reading Devoted and Disgruntled: A Journey Through “Open Space”.
Simon Ogden 