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

On the “Fascism” of Stage Directions

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Fist-shaking dictator or helpful tour guide? The meaty bone of contention that is the mighty stage direction is surely one of the most-debated elements of our work. Actors loathe them, playwrights adore them, directors sorta kinda appreciate them. How do you feel about direction from the page? In a typically erudite essay, the UK Guardian's… Continue reading On the “Fascism” of Stage Directions

Facebook is my friend, except…

Rebecca Coleman8 Comments

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

On the Difference Between a Critic and a Reviewer

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Terrific article by Chris Dupuis over at his newly re-christened site Time and Space, in which he offers a modest proposal for a new model of responsibility for our critics. It's a great contexualization of the actual job, and the post itself follows the very guidelines that he propounds within it. Chris puts some responsibility… Continue reading On the Difference Between a Critic and a Reviewer

The Art of the Business Part 6: Managing your Flow…

Rebecca Coleman2 Comments

For a downloadable or streaming audio podcast of this article, click here. A bunch of years ago, when Julia Cameron first published her book The Artist’s Way, I, like most other artists I knew, went out and bought a copy, and started working my way through it. I loved it; I was doing my exercises,… Continue reading The Art of the Business Part 6: Managing your Flow…

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

Canadian Critical Culture Called into Question

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Now first off, I know a lot of you are thinking: "we have a culture of criticism?". Well, apparently we in fact do, and the UK Guardian's Andrew Haydon offers as proof the web site of the Canadian Theatre Critics Association. Now I know a lot of you are thinking: "we have a Canadian Theatre… Continue reading Canadian Critical Culture Called into Question