A HUGE up to the brains behind Left Right Minds and Upintheair Theatre for taking the mammoth by the horns and kick-starting a brand new indie theatre festival in Vancouver. Taking its cues from Toronto's Summerworks, Neanderthal is a juried fest that includes both local and national works, 6 in total. I'll admit I wasn't… Continue reading Neanderthal Arts Festival premiers next week
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This One Goes to Eleven: Ron Reed
Meet Ron Reed, the Founding Artistic Director of Pacific Theatre, the resident theatre company of the intimate theatre space in the Chalmers Heritage Building at 12th and Hemlock. Ron founded PT in 1984, and the company has resided in its current digs since '94. They have received an epic 75 Jessie nominations since then. Ron… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Ron Reed
This One Goes to Eleven: Carole Higgins
Carole is the Artistic and Managing Director for one of the city's most vital companies: Carousel Theatre for Young People, which has been turning kids onto the magic of performing arts for 35 seasons. She started her career with a BFA in acting from SFU, and performed across British Columbia before taking the Carousel reins.… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Carole Higgins
HIVE 3 and the re-branding of theatre
A crowd of the usual suspects were having a #2amt twitter round table the other day on the general topic of labels and What the Heck is 'Indie Theatre' Anyway? Questions being posed were like such: what is it exactly that 'independent' means? Independent of what? And where's the delineation between hobbyist, amateur, semi-professional, pro-am,… Continue reading HIVE 3 and the re-branding of theatre
I guess we’re going to have to deal with this filmed theatre thing
It's an inevitability, I suppose. When we're all talking about how to save theatre, how to adapt theatre to the persistent technological climate change that all the kids are gettin' down with, about how to reach new audiences and turn them on to that old thing we love...it comes up. Invariably. "We could film it… Continue reading I guess we’re going to have to deal with this filmed theatre thing
This One Goes to Eleven: Jessie van Rijn
I am convinced that to nurture a future audience for theatre - all theatre - we need to get 'em while they're young. In Vancouver, this is where Carousel Theatre comes in. General Manager Jessie came to Carousel via the Chemainus Theatre Festival on Vancouver Island with a BFA in Dramatic Arts from the U… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Jessie van Rijn
This One Goes to Eleven: Stephen Park
If you want to be a good actor you need to be continuously acting. This is the lesson I've learned over the past 4 years from watching Steve Park; as an actor in my ensemble, as a TV/film actor, and as an acting instructor at the Lyric Studios and the Vancouver Film School. Steve is… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Stephen Park
This One Goes to Eleven: Dave Deveau
It's always a pleasure to feature young and determined local playwrights on TOGtE. With a BFA from York and an MFA from UBC, Dave's not just sitting around waiting for someone to stage his work. He created Zee Zee Theatre together with partner Cameron Mackenzie, and they just finished a successful run of his new… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Dave Deveau
This One Goes to Eleven: Emma Luna Davis
Emma is the true picture of Arts Administrator as Rock Star. With a MA in Arts and Media Management in a European Context from the Utrecht School of the Arts and a Theatre BFA from UBC, together with years of Stage Management and Logistics Coordination under her belt, she exemplifies the passion required on the… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Emma Luna Davis
This One Goes to Eleven: Bill MacDonald
Meet a true vet of the Vancouver stage (and screen) scene. Bill's been wielding and teaching his craft for over two decades, and he's still going strong. His work in the recent Fringe production Matters Domestic with Nancy Sivak was universally praised. Bill can swing between gravitas and hilarious in a single beat, he's got… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Bill MacDonald
Gift of Screws cast conversations: Steve Park
Please meet one of my very favourite humans. Steve is utterly devoted to the life and craft of acting, and I cannot wait to see him in this play, in a role that I think is probably one of the most challenging characters I have ever read off the page. In addition to being his… Continue reading Gift of Screws cast conversations: Steve Park
Conversations with the cast – Part 2
Ladies and gentlemen: Blaine Nosworthy, cast member of Muzzle of Bees from the upcoming Gift of Screws... Click here for more behind-the-scenes footage from the production, and to buy tickets...
This One Goes to Eleven: Jeff Hyslop
A Vancouver native, Jeff is a Canadian gem with a packed career as a musical theatre actor, singer, dancer, choreographer, and director already behind him, and still going strong. I remember seeing Jeff years ago in the titular role in the Canadian touring production of The Phantom of the Opera, and he was most recently… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Jeff Hyslop
This One Goes to Eleven: Denis Simpson
From his Wikipedia page: Denis is a Canadian actor, singer, dancer, choreographer, songwriter, writer, director, judge and humanitarian. (He is involved in charitable work with Aids organizations, and hosting local events.) The original bass vocalist for The Nylons, he left the band to appear in the Broadway musical Indigo before they became commercially successful. He… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Denis Simpson
Fringe Bump: Biographies of the Dead and Dying – Trailer
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Simon Ogden 