Comments on: 10 questions: David Oiye http://theatreisterritory.com/2007/11/10-questions-david-oiye/ Performance. Production. Theory. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:26:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Simon Rice http://theatreisterritory.com/2007/11/10-questions-david-oiye/comment-page-1/#comment-364 Simon Rice Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:00:00 +0000 http://theatreisterritory.com/?p=209#comment-364 To Ian's point,<br/><br/>This is the great challenge to the Theatre Artist: To be able to articulate the urgency and passions of one's artistic vision, while having the humilty to take the critcism of your peers constructively. To realize that your ideas are bigger than you! To Ian’s point,

This is the great challenge to the Theatre Artist: To be able to articulate the urgency and passions of one’s artistic vision, while having the humilty to take the critcism of your peers constructively. To realize that your ideas are bigger than you!

]]> By: Simon http://theatreisterritory.com/2007/11/10-questions-david-oiye/comment-page-1/#comment-363 Simon Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:40:00 +0000 http://theatreisterritory.com/?p=209#comment-363 Buddies continues to walk the cutting edge and ask the questions of both audience and artists that are vital to the health of this community. It is definetly a model and a source of inspiration for indie theatre artists trying to create new and challenging theatre and having an audience who wants to see it.<br/><br/>Hats off to David Oiye! Buddies continues to walk the cutting edge and ask the questions of both audience and artists that are vital to the health of this community. It is definetly a model and a source of inspiration for indie theatre artists trying to create new and challenging theatre and having an audience who wants to see it.

Hats off to David Oiye!

]]> By: Anonymous http://theatreisterritory.com/2007/11/10-questions-david-oiye/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Anonymous Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:39:00 +0000 http://theatreisterritory.com/?p=209#comment-362 Congratulations to Buddies!<br/><br/>It's great when something that is called all-inclusive is really all-inclusive. No matter age, gender or artform. It's wonderful<br/><br/>Meredith Congratulations to Buddies!

It’s great when something that is called all-inclusive is really all-inclusive. No matter age, gender or artform. It’s wonderful

Meredith

]]> By: Ian http://theatreisterritory.com/2007/11/10-questions-david-oiye/comment-page-1/#comment-361 Ian Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:37:00 +0000 http://theatreisterritory.com/?p=209#comment-361 ". . . I look for someone who has something different to say and can articulate what it is they are striving towards. I look for someone who is at a point where interactions with other artists or with dramaturgy or direction are welcome and not struggled with. And finally I look for originality in ideas, in voice, and in presentation."<br/><br/>I wish I had read this 10 years ago – and listened.<br/><br/>Back then, I fancied myself a bit of a painter and brought some work in to Buddies to see if they'd be interested in showing it. This was a few years before Oiye joined the company as AD. Anyway – and my memory for names is failing me now – the woman I showed them to said the work was "not cohesive." Which was true. The work was not cohesive. It stung at the time, but it was actually pretty good feedback.<br/><br/>I think David articulates a similar sentiment here: aside from the passion and the technique and the whathaveyou, an emerging artist needs to have a sense of what it is they are trying to say, and be able to articulate that to their peers, and in collaboration with their peers – particularly when it comes to theatre.<br/><br/>Anyway – David's awesome response to that question about emerging artists reminded me of that story. “. . . I look for someone who has something different to say and can articulate what it is they are striving towards. I look for someone who is at a point where interactions with other artists or with dramaturgy or direction are welcome and not struggled with. And finally I look for originality in ideas, in voice, and in presentation.”

I wish I had read this 10 years ago – and listened.

Back then, I fancied myself a bit of a painter and brought some work in to Buddies to see if they’d be interested in showing it. This was a few years before Oiye joined the company as AD. Anyway – and my memory for names is failing me now – the woman I showed them to said the work was “not cohesive.” Which was true. The work was not cohesive. It stung at the time, but it was actually pretty good feedback.

I think David articulates a similar sentiment here: aside from the passion and the technique and the whathaveyou, an emerging artist needs to have a sense of what it is they are trying to say, and be able to articulate that to their peers, and in collaboration with their peers – particularly when it comes to theatre.

Anyway – David’s awesome response to that question about emerging artists reminded me of that story.

]]> By: mike http://theatreisterritory.com/2007/11/10-questions-david-oiye/comment-page-1/#comment-360 mike Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:17:00 +0000 http://theatreisterritory.com/?p=209#comment-360 The most amazing thing to me about Buddies is the demographic of its audience. When I go see a show there, i am surrounded by people who are on average 20 years younger than any other theatre in Toronto that produces a regular season. I can think of other indie companies hat pull this off for their indiividual shows, but nowhere else that accomplishes it with a subscription season. It lends hope.... The most amazing thing to me about Buddies is the demographic of its audience. When I go see a show there, i am surrounded by people who are on average 20 years younger than any other theatre in Toronto that produces a regular season. I can think of other indie companies hat pull this off for their indiividual shows, but nowhere else that accomplishes it with a subscription season. It lends hope….

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