Category: Vancouver theatre

This one goes to eleven: Paul Armstrong

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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

Loving the hate: seeing the benefit in backlash

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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

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

Female directors wanted for Women at Play(s) 4

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Previously on The Next Stage... ...we posted about the scarcity of female theatrists working in the Canadian stage industry, alongside a call for playwrights for Marianne Sawchuk's Women at Play(s) 4. That production is moving into their next stage, and Marianne has now put out a call for women directors...know any? Are one? Read on...… Continue reading Female directors wanted for Women at Play(s) 4

This One Goes to Eleven: Andrew Templeton

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Andrew is a man on a mission. A mission similar to mine, actually, he is a theatre artist who thinks that he needs to do more than just make plays to increase the visibility and popularity of our art form. A Jessie-nominated playwright (for outstanding original script for Portia, My Love), who has seen his… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Andrew Templeton

This One Goes to Eleven: Christine Willes

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Christine has been a professional actor since 1976, and now holds the positions of Department Head and Artistic Director at the William Davis Centre for Actors Study (which recently merged with Vanarts, Vancouver's institute of media arts). She has just started work on her next directorial effort: Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses, a contemporizing of several of… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Christine Willes

Facebook is my friend, except…

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A couple months ago, I wrote a column on using the social networking tool Facebook to promote your artistic practice. I myself use Facebook quite often to promote plays I am doing publicity for. One of my current clients, Metamorphoses, is no exception. They are a brand-new company, and don't yet have a website, so… Continue reading Facebook is my friend, except…

This One Goes to Eleven: Stephen Drover

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Oy. To do Stephen's intro any kind of justice could turn this into a very long heading. In the interest of getting you to the interview portion faster, I will default to the trusty bullet-pointed list: Stephen holds a BFA in acting from Memorial University's Sir Wilfred Grenfell College in Newfoundland, was an Associate Director… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Stephen Drover

This One Goes to Eleven: Peter Boychuk

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Meet Peter Boychuk: Man of Many Hats. A young published playwright with a number of regional awards under his belt already, a Studio 58-trained actor who has performed on stages across Canada, and by turns director and dramaturg of mainly new works. And for his day job: arts administrator. Peter is the Director of Communications… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Peter Boychuk

My First Impressions of Vancouver – by Guest Blogger Jessica Ruano

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In the line-up for Sandra Oh's Celebrity Speakers appearance at Magnetic North the other week, I bumped into Emma Lancaster, the Festival's wonderful and hardworking publicist. "Hey Simon", she says to me while indicating the young lady she was talking to, "you should meet Jessica, you're both theatre bloggers." As if on cue, we both… Continue reading My First Impressions of Vancouver – by Guest Blogger Jessica Ruano

This One Goes to Eleven: Laura Efron

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The key to the success of our industry, in my opinion, is dedicated and impassioned arts administrators. Laura has been a soldier in that cause for years now, and I'm thrilled to welcome her to TOGtE. She has worked with many Vancouver arts orgs, among them See Seven, the Jessie Richardson Awards Society, Pacific Theatre… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Laura Efron

This One Goes to Eleven: Britt Small

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vaudeville (n) [vawd-vil]: a theatrical piece of light or amusing character, interspersed with songs and dances. Atomic Vaudeville: Vaudeville reconceived for the present age attempting to reach out to an audience that is ready for a live, entertaining and relevant theatrical art form. (From the company web site.) In 2004 Victoria-based actor/director Britt Small, together… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Britt Small

This One Goes to Eleven: David Mackay

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Well, the tents are back up in Vanier Park, which means summer and Shakespeare are on their way. Has anyone noticed how good Bard on the Beach has gotten in the last few years? Not that it wasn't good before but seriously, they've really hit their stride. Thanks in no small part to this week's… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: David Mackay