TJDawe + BrendanMcLeod (JoannaMarattaAward/CaraYeates) = a brand new theatre blog

Waddya get when you throw a Fringe star, a spoken word rock star and an award-winning theatre actor into a bag and shake? I have no idea, but this here new blog of theirs might provide a few answers. Cara won the '09 Joanna Maratta Fringe Award for the artist who "best exhibits the original… Continue reading TJDawe + BrendanMcLeod (JoannaMarattaAward/CaraYeates) = a brand new theatre blog

Loving the hate: seeing the benefit in backlash

While we're on the topic of backlash, there's a play that has made the 'best of fest' at the just-wrapped Winnipeg Fringe (click here for reviews) that's got people talking about how we as artists handle negative response to our work. Keir Cutler is a seasoned Fringe writer and performer, whose last work Teaching As… Continue reading Loving the hate: seeing the benefit in backlash

This One Goes to Eleven: TJ Dawe

TJ is probably the hardest working man in Vancouver independent theatre, and undoubtedly one of its most talented. His one-man shows are consistently sold out at the Fringe, both here and internationally. An acclaimed performer, writer, and director (One Man Star Wars Trilogy, among others), he was given the Jessie Richardson award for Best New… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: TJ Dawe