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Department of Culture announces Senate assembly
Your Department of Culture, the Canadian National artistic activist group that "represents the support of Canadians for a broad range of national artistic programs and practices", announced the formation of a 30-seat honorary Senate today on their facebook page... The incoming appointees reflect the multifaceted and widespread opposition that exists to neo-Conservative governance in Canada,… Continue reading Department of Culture announces Senate assembly
New on the V-list: Black Holes vers.2.0
I always look foward to shooting listings for these guys. (That's me busting out laughing at the end of the clip.) They have the most wonderful studio in the heart of the DTES filled with insane props and crazy costumes, and they own their theatrical niche in this town. Truly unique. Click here for full… Continue reading New on the V-list: Black Holes vers.2.0
Talking point
If great art results from great suffering, this emerging generation of young artists is poised to reach new heights. From Artists In Real Life by Bruce Demara, Toronto Star
The 3 biggest mistakes we make in our marketing…
...according to Jim McCarthy, CEO and co-founder of the US discount ticket seller site Goldstar. This is excerpted from his interview on the excellent and wickedly titled performing arts marketing and publicity blog Life's a Pitch out of New York... In your opinion, what are the three biggest mistakes performing arts organizations make in marketing… Continue reading The 3 biggest mistakes we make in our marketing…
New on the V-list: Holy Mo
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This one goes to eleven: Ryan Mooney
Ryan is the Artistic Director of Fighting Chance Productions, a young and prolific company whose consistent body of work has already drawn a great deal of positive attention. They were all over the news in November when their mounting of The Laramie Project caused a bit of a stir. And their previous work; The Musical… Continue reading This one goes to eleven: Ryan Mooney
Tarragon Theatre unveils Under-30 Playwrighting Competition
Toronto's Tarragon Theatre has announced a new incentive to encourage new Canadian stage work with, one imagines, a more youthful perspective: the National Under-30 Playwrighting Competition. The winning playwright will recieve $3000 and a spot in Tarragon's annual Play Reading Week. To be eligible your birthday must fall after April 30, 1979, and you must… Continue reading Tarragon Theatre unveils Under-30 Playwrighting Competition
This one goes to eleven: Amiel Gladstone
Amiel Gladstone: Playwright, Director, Blogger (he has one of the best titles for a blog ever), he works all over BC from Victoria (a co-founder of Theatre SKAM) to Vancouver to the Okanagan. His numerous plays include Hippies and Bolsheviks and My Three Sisters, a Chekhov adaptation. Amiel is truly tireless in his efforts to… Continue reading This one goes to eleven: Amiel Gladstone
I love my city
From the Georgia Straight today: York Theatre safe at last - by Jessica Werb After over a year of campaigning, battles with city hall, and business negotiations, the future of the York Theatre now appears to be secure. At a news conference on Monday, February 2, the City of Vancouver, the Wall Financial Corporation, and… Continue reading I love my city
Eulogizing yourself
Canadian playwright Leanna Brodie on the question: "What would you like academics to write about your work in 50 years?" "In writing with humour and insight of a varied and distinctive panoply of characters, Brodie showed an infectious compassion for all, without pity or sentiment for any. That is why audiences still love to see… Continue reading Eulogizing yourself
At last: Craig’s List and Steve Fonyo set to music
Seriously, sometimes theatre marketing is all in the titles. Tonight's line up at Club PuSh (the temporary entertainer's lounge set up on Granville Island for the duration of the festival that I wish was a real bar in Vancouver all year round) jumps right off the page. Two Twenty-Minute Musicals begin the entertainment tonight, followed… Continue reading At last: Craig’s List and Steve Fonyo set to music
This one goes to eleven: Bob Frazer
Meet Vancouver's Bob Frazer. (There, we lay claim to him. It's official now because it's on the internet.) Born in Ontario but raised in the Okanagan, Bob has become a bit of a Golden Boy of our stages here. I love his simple bio from the program for his current production of Skydive, onstage now… Continue reading This one goes to eleven: Bob Frazer
Funky Cold Medea
Tonight I was treated to a long-overdue fix of classical stage by the theatre department at the University of British Columbia. They are ambitiously tackling the Greek tragedy Medea, and as much as I talk about the importance of staging contemporary theatre in Vancouver as a necessity towards growing a new, as yet uninitiated audience,… Continue reading Funky Cold Medea
Hamlet
Hamlet by Harry Venning - 1989, Week 39
Simon Ogden 