Image courtesty of Nick Keenan Artketing Inc. When it comes to getting the brand and the message out to the people, there is no industry that has such a perfect inversely proportional equation of cash<creativity as the Independent Stage. How can we plug this equation into our marketing operations to tip this see-saw back the… Continue reading Creative marketing watch – web edition
New on the V-list: The Zoo Story
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The best comment threads, Isaac always has
Theatrosphere Yoda Isaac Butler published his first post on Parabasis* on June 18, 2004, and he still remains required reading for working theatre artists. There's a busy comment thread going on this post (which was, in turn, inspired by this post by the Phantom of the Blogosphere, 99 Seats), in which the community gets busy… Continue reading The best comment threads, Isaac always has
Writing vs. Acting
This is a guest post by Raphael Kepinski, a winner of last year's Solo Flights Emerging Playwrights Competition presented by the Solo Collective and The Playhouse Theatre Company. Raphael returns this year to perform one of the '09 winning pieces on April 13. Details at bottom of page. Solo Flights, The Emerging Writers Competition: Writing… Continue reading Writing vs. Acting
New on the V-list: Spectral Theatre’s Late-Night Double Feature Returns
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Ok sure, he’s a dick, but from a certain point of view…
...is there any bigger compliment to a piece of theatre? Especially a piece of LaBute... As reported by Daniel Lehman in Blogstage: In the middle of a performance of Neil LaBute's reasons to be pretty this weekend, actress Marin Ireland ([below] right) was reportedly the target of one male audience member's anger when she delivered… Continue reading Ok sure, he’s a dick, but from a certain point of view…
This one goes to Eleven: Cameron Mackenzie
Cameron's Stage resume runs the gamut from set and props design to director to clown to actor to drag queen...and back to director. He is the Artistic Director of the newly inaugurated Zee Zee Theatre which just launched with Cameron's passion project Whale Riding Weather at the PAL. After having seen the production myself all… Continue reading This one goes to Eleven: Cameron Mackenzie
Ashes: two-minute load in
I'm a sucker for behind-the-scenes extras. Bill Marchant's Ashes, the play that I took in on World Theatre Day at the Firehall, was the kind of work that ensures I will always want to make Independent Stage. Astonishing work at all levels. Greg Bishop, the director of the play and proprietor of Eye Heart Productions,… Continue reading Ashes: two-minute load in
Talking point
Offending the audience is part of the function of theatre... Charles Spencer in The Telegraph
New Van theatre blog alert…and an invitation to kick off one of your own
When Vancouver is recognized as one of the top theatre cities in the world, Sabrina Evertt is going to have to accept her fair share of responsibility. After shooting out the other end of the theatre program of UVic she immediately rolled up her sleeves and went to work, producing and directing the kind of… Continue reading New Van theatre blog alert…and an invitation to kick off one of your own
Charting Benny’s course
From Stage to Screen...local theatre/film/TV actor (and close personal friend) Ben Ayres is starring in a new CBC miniseries called Diamonds, which airs this Sunday, April 5 and next Sunday April 12 at 9:00 pm. A description of the show and an interview with Ben can be found at the Georgia Straight by clicking here.… Continue reading Charting Benny’s course
Interview with the blogtender…
My thanks to Toronto's One Big Umbrella Artistic Director and resident blogmaster MK Piatkowski for including me in her burgeoning series of interviews with Canadian Playwrights. I'm humbled to be included amongst such a luminous company of theatre scribes. Click here to read my very own Umbrella Talk, and to browse the rest of the… Continue reading Interview with the blogtender…
This one goes to eleven: Bill Marchant
Actor, Educator, Playwright, Poet, Songwriter...components of the sum of the Artist. Bill is the head of the acting department of the Vancouver Film School, and the premiere run of his new play Ashes just ended at the Firehall. It received the first honest standing ovation I have given a play in a long time. His… Continue reading This one goes to eleven: Bill Marchant
New on the V-list: Seasons
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New on the V-list: tick…tick…BOOM!
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