I missed the premier of Skydive here in 2007 to my utter chagrin, the story of its conception sounded fantastic: two old theatre school buddies were jamming on ideas over beers one day and one of them said "hey, how cool would it be to stage a play entirely in mid-air?". And boom, Skydive was… Continue reading PuSh off to a flying start
The Next Stage: Now with UQ Events listings
Hey, Vancouver theatre companies, have you jumped on the UQ Events train yet? It's a social-network-y site that is poised to become a real influencer in Vancouver's entertainment scene, and a great fit for indie theatre promotions. It's a fantastic service, and it's free. The folks running the site are seriously cool, too. Here's how… Continue reading The Next Stage: Now with UQ Events listings
This one goes to eleven: Jay Brazeau
To open our year in theatre interviews we are very pleased to present a mainstay of the Vancouver stage industry, and a pillar of our arts community. Jay is a theatre actor/writer/director and also works steadily in the TV/film industry. He could actually be our hardest working man in show business. Jay is directing Jeffrey… Continue reading This one goes to eleven: Jay Brazeau
New on the V-List: Skydive
The PuSh Festival is featuring the triumphant return of Realwheels' Skydive, a play with a concept so cool I can't wait to see it live. Actors James Sanders and Bob Frazer perform the whole thing suspended above the stage in freefall. Here they are telling us why would should go down and see the show...… Continue reading New on the V-List: Skydive
Oh, those annoying paying guests…
How are we in the theatre going to adapt to the omnipresence of technology in the hands of our precious audience members? I for one am so bored with the pre-show "turn off your cell phones and other things that go beep" speech before every single play that I see that hearing it now makes… Continue reading Oh, those annoying paying guests…
Using Video to Promote your Show
Rebecca is a contributing columnist and founder of Rebecca Coleman Marketing and Media Relations, a Vancouver PR company. She blogs at artofthebiz.com and twitters under @rebeccacoleman. Over the last few months, I've been doing guest posts on the topic of visuals to accompany your publicity campaign. We talked about the two photo shoots you need… Continue reading Using Video to Promote your Show
Deadline approaches for Solo Collective’s emerging playwrights competition
Hey writers! Made any resolutions to get some of your work out there this year? Solo Collective and The Playhouse are now accepting submissions for the sixth annual Emerging Playwright Competition. They choose 5 winners from the submitted monologues and present their work at Solo Flights, an emerging writers showcase in April. Submission Requirements: Typed… Continue reading Deadline approaches for Solo Collective’s emerging playwrights competition
PuShing our potential
The 5th annual PuSh International Performing Arts Festival opens tomorrow. This, Vancouver, is a very big deal. It's something you should know about, certainly something you should support, but most importantly something you should talk about, to all those people in your life who may have the slightest bit of interest in seeing this city… Continue reading PuShing our potential
Exit Stage Left: New theatre web comedy debuts
This looks like fun. Exit Stage Left is a new web-only series out of San Fran about the Lowry Theater Company - a fictional Broadway crew led by director Ronny Simons- and their attempts to produce an as-yet-unfinished adaptation of A Wonderful World, a novel by choochy novelist-wanna-be-playwright Tim Haggard. The first two episodes are… Continue reading Exit Stage Left: New theatre web comedy debuts
Electric Company gets name-dropped in American Theatre Magazine
It's nice to know we're getting noticed by our industry neighbours downstairs. This month's issue of American Theatre magazine, the bi-monthly publication of the Theatre Communications Group (America's advocacy organization for the not-for-profit theatre sector) has an article discussing the potential of new-media projection theatre bringing in a fresh young audience. How are we to… Continue reading Electric Company gets name-dropped in American Theatre Magazine
The passion of the theatre blogs
A look back on a good year in the theatrosphere By Ian Mackenzie and Simon Ogden Time to put 2008 to bed? Good idea. But not before we take one last look at the year that was in theatre blogging. And what a year it was! From epic online dust-ups to Internet-wide collaborations, here's our… Continue reading The passion of the theatre blogs
A few good clicks
Some points of interest for your free web time today... First off, my delightful and unstoppable acting mentor Jessica Van der Veen (the woman responsible for the theatre obsessive in me) has leaped from the classroom to the political arena and is seeking provincial candidacy for the Oak Bay/Gordon Head area of Vancouver Island. This… Continue reading A few good clicks
2008: A tough act to follow
Well, that was a hell of a year. I spent more time over the last twelve months submerged in independent theatre than in all of my previous years combined. Through this blog, and through explorations with my own company, I've been diving straight towards the heart of this form in an effort to come to… Continue reading 2008: A tough act to follow
End of the year guest post: The return of Ian Mackenzie
Ian Mackenzie is the marketing director of Toronto's Praxis Theatre, and has been a trailblazer in the theatre corner of the blogoshpere for over 2 years at the Praxis blog Theatre is Territory.
The passing of a wordsmith: RIP Harold Pinter 10/10/1930-12/24/2008
Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter passed away yesterday from cancer. He was 78. Some words from a legend: Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living. Apart from the known and the unknown, what else is there? Occasionally it does hit me, the words on a page. And I still love doing that, as I… Continue reading The passing of a wordsmith: RIP Harold Pinter 10/10/1930-12/24/2008
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