In taking on the unenviable position of Vancouver Fringe Executive Director, David not only managed to put together an outstanding festival in the face of a venue-disrupting civic strike, but he also weathered a shit-storm of controversy about the Fringe's decision to try out a new idea to raise awareness and pay down its debt.… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: David Jordan
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This One Goes to Eleven: Raul Sanchez Inglis
Raul began his career as an actor, and now writes prolifically for stage and screen. He christened the theatre at the Beaumont Studios with his brutally thrilling play In the Eyes of God, which has been recently published by Talon Books. He has directed all of his own plays, which also include For What We… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Raul Sanchez Inglis
LSP is Open for Business (back in 8 hours.)
That's it, our little boat is officially launched. Tonight was the premier performance of our inaugural play. If the world blows up tomorrow, the Lyric Stage Project will still be a produced theatre company, and I would die a happy man. I would say that the feelings I have right now are indescribable, but that… Continue reading LSP is Open for Business (back in 8 hours.)
Curtain Up
Good grief, it's hard to keep your blog updated when you've got a play coming up. Sorry about the delay, let me try to recap the last couple of weeks. Monday was load-in, always an intense day what with renting a one-ton to pick up all the props, lights, furniture, costumes, etc, etc that have… Continue reading Curtain Up
Miss Julie and Dutchman: Coming Very Soon…
I gotta tell ya, putting a play up is an unbelievable amount of work. I'm not bitching here (really, I'm not), just making an observation, albeit a self-evident observation. This is surely one of the reasons that theatre is scarce in our west coast vibey-city, with our below-national-average amount of type-A personalities. That, and the… Continue reading Miss Julie and Dutchman: Coming Very Soon…
My Modest Proposal
First off, welcome, and thanks for stopping by. Just by visiting this site you've already expressed a little bit of support for theatre here in Vancouver, and that, gentle reader, is my mission in a nutshell. Long lost are the days in this city when taking in a new play was part of the cultural… Continue reading My Modest Proposal
Simon Ogden 