Ranji David and Nandini Rao. 1) What the fuck is going on?Interactive Theatre by Yours Truly Theatre. Tired after a series of shows in a month. 2) What’s the best thing about the theatre scene in Bangalore, India?Formation of newer groups, newer formats, newer performance spaces, and newer audiences. 3) What kind of work does […]
Month: September 2008
Town Hall photos . . .
September 3, 2008 Town Hall meeting to mobilize in the face of sweeping arts funding cuts in Canada. Above, Toronto Arts Council Executive Director Claire Hopkinson. And here, author/activist Naomi Klein rallies the troops. Thanks to Naomi Campbell for passing these shots along. We’d love to post more. Send your Town Hall photos here. Thank […]
Town Hall photos . . .
Anyone got any good photos from last night’s Town Hall meeting at the Theatre Centre in Toronto? If you do and are are wondering what to do with them, please pass them along so we can post them here, with full credit, of course. Please email photos here. Thanks!
Why the arts deserve public funding
Today, Globe and Mail writer and novelist Russell Smith offers a rock-solid and highly depressing assessment of the recent sweeping arts funding cuts in Canada: “It’s exhausting to have to have this argument year after year, from its very bottom up, the argument about why extremely wealthy nations should pay for the development and promotion […]
Theatre jobs in Ontario
The Work in Culture website is a great resource for finding arts-related jobs in Ontario – and the balance of job posts often leans heavily toward theatre jobs. Check out the job board here: Work in Culture.
Arts funding cuts
Arts advocates across Canada are continuing to mobilize in the face of the federal government’s recent arts funding cuts. Here are the most recent numbers (data from The Theatre Centre website): • The Prom Art Program – $7,000,000• Trade Routes – $9,000,000• Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund – $1,500,000• National Training Program in the […]
The business of show
Have you been following Rebecca Coleman’s amazing The Art of Business series over at The Next Stage theatre blog? Amazing. Here’s a marketing and business professional who’s actively reaching out to the independent theatre world to share her knowledge and tools. The series so far: Part 1 – IntroductionPart 2 – Putting a Value on […]
A decadent lack of realism
From the Wikipedia entry on Samuel Beckett: “Beckett is one of the most widely discussed and highly prized of twentieth century authors, inspiring a critical industry to rival that which has sprung up around James Joyce. He has divided critical opinion. Some early philosophical critics, such as Sartre and Theodor Adorno, praised him, one for […]