Toronto theater blogger Chris Dupuis weighs in on the role of the critic, here.
Month: June 2008
10 questions: Nina Lee Aquino
1) What the fuck is going on?It’s the 5th annual Potluck Festival. The only festival in Canada that’s dedicated to developing works by Asian-Canadian playwrights. 2) How have you developed as an Artistic Director during your time with fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre?I became bossier. 3) Are there any themes that are common to the work […]
Careerism versus artistic integrity
Is it okay for a theatre artist to be more interested in building their career than making good art?
The definitive list of Canadian theatre blogs
The project: assemble a definitive list of Canadian theatre blogs.Our criteria: to be included on this list, the blog must have posted at least once within the past 30 days; the blog must identify as Canadian; and it must be primarily focused on theatre. And in the interest of keeping things independent, blogs that are […]
We advertise your Fringe show – free!
Sounds impossible – and slightly suspect – we know. But here’s what we’re thinking: Send us a digital version of your 2008 Toronto Fringe Festival postcard or poster, and we’ll post it here on our blog, sometime between now and the end of the festival. Simple. We get to learn more about your show, look […]
Crybabyism
cry.ba.by.ism – noun 1. the belief that these are “tough times” and that the solution is smaller, blander shows. 2. Artistic Direction in accordance with this belief. Source: Anonymous – 2008.
Critical lockout
Over at his Superfluities Redux theatre blog, New York writer George Hunka has penned a damning assessment of contemporary Western theatre criticism – and a call for an end to the critical apparatus as we know it: “Given the place of the reviewing and critical community in the post-capitalist ideology that maintains journalists, the business […]
May round-up
A few selections from our May posts: Mackintosh, MacIvor, Murphy . . . Modern Western theatre is dominated by realism Don Hall on theatrical discourse Theatre history Theatre communion or revolt? Praxis Theatre special edition desktop wallpaper Theatre of joy 10 questions: Greatest hits – Volume VI New theatre blog friends Toronto theatre blogs
The future of the Canadian Stage
Now that Martin Bragg has announced he will be stepping down, who do you think should replace him as Artistic Producer of The Canadian Stage Company?
Blogging about theatre blogging
As part of their series on blogging and the arts, the good people at the Magnetic North Theatre Festival have interviewed Praxis Theatre’s Director of Marketing and resident blogger, Ian Mackenzie. Questions involve the origins of the Theatre is territory blog, Celebrity Theatre, and the role of the Internet in bridging Canada’s cultural landmass gap: […]
Walters is back with more Theatre Ideas
After a 40-day hiatus, University of North Carolina theatre professor Scott Walters has revived his popular and controversial Theatre Ideas blog. Back in early May, Walters closed the doors on his blog and expressed disappointment with the regional bickering that had begun to dominate the debate: “I have used this blog, especially during the past […]
We advertise your Fringe show – free!
Sounds impossible – and slightly suspect – we know. But here’s what we’re thinking: Send us a digital version of your 2008 Toronto Fringe Festival postcard or poster, and we’ll post it here on our blog, sometime between now and the end of the festival. Simple. We get to learn more about your show, look […]
Theatre cat is back!
Dora Award nominees – independent theatre
We’re a couple of days behind on posting this, but the 2008 Dora Award nominations for Independent Theatre are in. Here’s the full list of nominees in the independent theatre category: Outstanding new playAnusree Roy – PyaasaMichael Rubenfeld – My Fellow Creatures Beatriz Pizano – MadreMichael Hollingsworth – LaurierBrendan Gall – A Quiet PlaceOutstanding production […]
Tonight! New work by Catherine Hernandez
Please join Praxis Theatre tonight for the season finale in our series of original play readings. This month, we are pleased to present Catherine Hernandez’s Kilt Pins. WHAT: Reading of Catherine Hernandez’s Kilt PinsWHEN: Tuesday, June 10 @ 8 pm WHERE: The Lower Ossington Theatre100A Ossington Avenue (one block north of Queen St.)CAST: Pip Dwyer, […]