As an addendum to this week's interview with Greg Bishop, here's the B-roll for his upcoming play, directed by Jeff Hysop... Click here for full details on this production
Tag: Vancouver theatre
This One Goes to Eleven: Greg Bishop
Greg Bishop is a hustler, in the best sense of the word. His company, Eye Heart Productions continues to roll with new and provocative work, and through it he is bound and determined to establish a new model for independent theatre funding, one that relies on business stratagems over the time-honoured grant-driven engine. And in… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Greg Bishop
This One Goes to Eleven: Darien Edgeler
Out in the wild, far reaches of Deep Cove (an epic 8 minute drive from downtown, an invisible accessibility discussed previously on TOGtE) there thrives a burgeoning theatre community grinding away tirelessly throughout the year. It was there that we first met Darien, preparing to be seen in his own work Seasons, directed by Wendy… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Darien Edgeler
This One Goes to Eleven: Max Reimer
A native Vancouverite, Max returns to the West Coast from a 12-year stint as the Artistic Director of Hamilton's Theatre Aquarius to take on the newly created role of the Playhouse's Artistic Managing Director, a hybrid of two previous administrative tent poles. He will rely on his varied history as a theatre artist - as… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Max Reimer
Determining the industry’s blood type
I'm a total Robert Lepage fanboy. Case in point; last year while the rest of the 17-men stag party I was with in Vegas started the night with a UFC fight, I suffered their slings and arrows and tucked myself into a middle seat at Lepage's Cirque installation Ka, alone with a box of popcorn… Continue reading Determining the industry’s blood type
Family bonding at the Jessies
I know there's an argument that some make about awards shows like the Jessies. They hold that it's wrong to pit artists against one another, that saying this actor 'beat' that actor, and that this company is 'better' than that company etc, etc diminishes us all. They say that competition has no place in the… Continue reading Family bonding at the Jessies
This One Goes to Eleven: Jennifer Copping
Jennifer has been gracing stages and screens all over North America for years, and has recently found a passion for the director's seat. Most recently she has crafted performances for Paige 18 and HeadKase Production's In the Boom Boom Room, and before that she co-directed the Canadian premiere of Stiff Cuffs at the Beaumont and… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Jennifer Copping
Everybody writes
Click Play then HQ to watch in High Def. Write Club began as a cheeky little challenge to my company to get in touch with their inner playwright over one summer break. Write a short play, bring it in on the night we reasemble, I buy the beer and pizza, we all cast our scripts… Continue reading Everybody writes
This one goes to eleven: Bill Marchant
Actor, Educator, Playwright, Poet, Songwriter...components of the sum of the Artist. Bill is the head of the acting department of the Vancouver Film School, and the premiere run of his new play Ashes just ended at the Firehall. It received the first honest standing ovation I have given a play in a long time. His… Continue reading This one goes to eleven: Bill Marchant
Celebrating World Theatre Day in my little corner of the planet
This coming Friday, March 27, theatre artists the world over will spend part of their day acknowledging and honouring the larger community of the art form they share in. Designated "World Theatre Day" by the International Theatre Institute, this a marvelous opportunity for us to celebrate together an art form and a way of life… Continue reading Celebrating World Theatre Day in my little corner of the planet
This one goes to eleven: Richard Wolfe
Richard Wolfe is an architect of the Canadian theatre scene in the truest sense, much of the work we are doing now is being built on a foundation of effort that he has been putting in for quite some time. He recently assumed the role of Artistic Director of Pi Theatre after 12 years as… Continue reading This one goes to eleven: Richard Wolfe
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