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This one goes to eleven: Peter Birnie
I'm fascinated by our relationship with the critics. When I hear members of the theatre community talk about them, it's always with an amazing degree of passion, one way or the other. Nobody, it seems, is ever indifferent to them. I think it's great, and a good indication that they hold some position of importance… Continue reading This one goes to eleven: Peter Birnie
Great production pics: Billy Bishop in Deep Cove
Further to Rebecca's post on production pics, I love these ones sent to me by actor Damon Calderwood promoting his company's 30th anniversary production of the musical Billy Bishop Goes to War at the Deep Cove Shaw Theatre. I'm a sucker for anything WWII related, especially the RAF (I wanted desperately to be a Spitfire… Continue reading Great production pics: Billy Bishop in Deep Cove
Remember that thing I said about inviting bloggers to your show?
If you're very lucky, you get something like this... Theatre review - "The 21st Floor" at PAL theatre - by Hummingbird 604
Talking Point
...if a play were to run forever, could it properly be called theater anymore? Instead it would be an ossified strange thing, dangling half-way between live theater, a parade, and an amusement park ride. Think of the longest running plays…what happens to them…what do they become…restaurants and plays should not be open for longer than… Continue reading Talking Point
Theatre publicity tip of the day
When inviting bloggers to your shows, don't just invite the theatre-only kind. Miss 604 on The 21st Floor.
A thorn between two roses
See what happens when you start a blog? I'm sitting a panel at the 2008 Making a Scene Conference today with two delightful Rebeccas; Bollwitt and Coleman, alphabetically. We'll be discussing The New Face of Marketing: Facebook, text and the bloggers' world. apparently. MaS, for anyone who might not know, is our professional theatre community's… Continue reading A thorn between two roses
Impromtu seat sale for The 21st Floor! Get ’em while they’re hot!
One night only seat sale for readers of The Next Stage! For all my gentle readers: head down to the PAL Theatre (581 Cardero) tonight befor 8:00, say that you saw this post on The Next Stage, and get as many people into the play as you like for 1/2 Price! $9! We at TNS… Continue reading Impromtu seat sale for The 21st Floor! Get ’em while they’re hot!
Show time
I should be sleeping right now. I have to get up soon and put together some cocktails and canapes for the grand opening of our very first original full-length work of theatrical experience tomorrow. That, and about 300 other tasks before we welcome the city into our microcosm of itself. We've written a play about… Continue reading Show time
Oh great. The Westboro Douche is at it again
From publicist Christine Quintana's Facebook announcement: VANCOUVER, BC: The show will go on, vows Fighting Chance Productions Artistic Director Ryan Mooney in the wake of threats by American anti-gay hatemonger Fred Phelps that his Kansas-based group will protest the company's production of The Laramie Project, running November 26 to December 6 at East Vancouver's Havana… Continue reading Oh great. The Westboro Douche is at it again
Theatre is not for the sissy
From Halley Bondy's interview with Director Sue Lawless: I take my beloved profession very seriously. Theatre is not for the sissy. This isn't something you do on weekends. Anyone who calls themselves a professional actor can't think of it as an entertainment, something they do that their friends will admire or perhaps even dismiss, or… Continue reading Theatre is not for the sissy
A check in the ‘pro’ column for the effectiveness of web marketing…
Got this in the inbox today. Go ahead, click it, it's real.
Muck raking – by guest blogger Jacob Zimmer
Continuing the conversation started by Adam Thurman on artists getting deep into the "muck of marketing, networking, etc.", Toronto director/dramaturge/writer/blogger Jacob Zimmer sounds off from the comments on his take on our responsibilities... For me the “muck” is the struggle to articulate and make clear what we do and why we do it - how… Continue reading Muck raking – by guest blogger Jacob Zimmer
New on the V-list: Stuff Happens
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Something I don’t do often enough…
...quoting Adam Thurman. Here's some now, in what seems to me to be a direct address to my train of thought lately. Let's say that you decide right now that you want to make a living wage for your art. Please understand that when you make that decision you have crossed a line . .… Continue reading Something I don’t do often enough…
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