A great company web site. Somewhere on it you'll find a set of posted rules. The first rule is: In the room, things are being made. The fourth rule is: In The Room no one can say for sure what these things will be until they are done, because making things is a kind of… Continue reading A welcome to The Room
Tag: Ian MacKenzie
The Return of the Blogfather
Good news, everyone. Canada's primogenial theatre blogger Ian Mackenzie has migrated his ground-breaking blog Theatre is Territory to a new corner of the internets, and re-launched with typically discussion-provoking content. Click here to absorb and subscribe to Theatre is Territory 3.0 Good news Part II: The old URL has not been forsaken, Praxis Theatre co-ADs… Continue reading The Return of the Blogfather
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
Selling at the fringes
A new approach to theatre marketing from a Canadian sellout By guest blogger Ian Mackenzie I cringe when I hear theatre people say the word “marketing.” It’s like when you hear your grandma say “Facebook” – you know she’s heard of it, but you can be damn sure she’s got no idea how to use it. I… Continue reading Selling at the fringes
Praxis Service Announcement
Dear Gentle Reader: We'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for taking the time to stop by and visit the site. Readership has been steadily increasing for the last little while, and the number of you that are checking us out regularly is both humbling and exciting. We are most appreciative and would… Continue reading Praxis Service Announcement
Devoted and Disgruntled: A Journey Through “Open Space”.
Ian Mackenzie over at Theatre is Territory will occasionally drop a post entitled What should we talk about now?, a call to discourse that, in my opinion at least, neatly sums up the need we all have as theatre artists to develop a common language towards breaking down the barriers between us and our dream… Continue reading Devoted and Disgruntled: A Journey Through “Open Space”.
…any questions?
"The revolution in theatre needs to happen at the business end of the stick: an army of Arts Admin rebels so furious with the injustice of the current creaking theatre apparatus that they lead the march to a new model. A model that empowers artists to ask the kinds of questions we need artists to… Continue reading …any questions?
This One Goes to Eleven: Ian MacKenzie
Welcome to the inaugural edition of a continuing series on The Next Stage. When I started this blog back in March my intention was to offer a glimpse behind the curtain of a neophyte theatre company mounting its first production, a chronicle of our formative period to hopefully drum up some interest and inspire conversation… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Ian MacKenzie