1) What the fuck is going on?We’re witnessing the Schiavo-ization of theatre as an art form – it’s dead, but we keep pretending it isn’t. People keep pointing at record ticket sales on Broadway and at regional theatres as proof that there’s life in the old girl yet, but Terry Schiavo probably had more visits […]
Category: 10 questions
10 questions: Martin Julien
L-R: Dusan Dukic, Martin Julien and Dragana Varagic. Photo by Cylla Tiedemann. 1) What the fuck is going on?I’m acting in a recent play by iconoclastic British theatre god and establishment refusenik Edward Bond. It’s called Have I None, and is a dystopia set in the near future. Needless to say, it doesn’t paint a […]
10 questions: Melissa-Jane Shaw
L-R: Melissa-Jane Shaw, Rosa Laborde, Mika Collins in Whale Music. 1) What the fuck is going on?Gawd knows! But if someone figures it out, please fill me in. 2) Do you think our culture perpetuates a false dichotomy between art and entertainment?First, yes it is a false dichotomy. And secondly, I think every kind of […]
10 questions: Simon Michellepis
1) What the fuck is going on?Self-knowledge is elusive. 2) How do you feel about your time at the University of Toronto’s Drama Program?I came to theatre late at age 26. Having gone through U of T for pure math it was fairly easy for me to return and get a spot in the UC […]
10 questions: Claire Hopkinson
1) What the fuck is going on? A tremendous amount, that’s for sure. There is a mind boggling amount of wonderful work happening in Toronto – all the time. The biggest change for me personally – since leaving my theatre/opera producing career a year and a half ago – is to make sense of the […]
10 questions: Greatest hits – Volume II
The Wrecking Ball 1) What the fuck is going on?That’s the crucial question – the question that as artists we have to ask ourselves every day. Marvin Gaye taught us to ask that question. So in short: the glaciers are melting, the water is rising. The world is changing and staying the same all in […]
10 questions: Geoff Kolomayz
1) What the fuck is going on?I have no idea. Actors are on strike, but anyone who was working is now under a continuance letter. There are no picket lines, and anyone who wasn’t working can’t get a gig. So. Are we on strike or not? 2) Why are puppets an important part of theatre?Now […]
10 questions: Jacob Zimmer
1) What the fuck is going on?That’s what we trying to figure out in rehearsal. 2) You’ve written a lot about theatre, do you have any unifying theories that have risen to the top?Right now, “curiosity” is a key word. As long as curiosity is there I think we have a chance. Also curiously doesn’t […]
10 questions: David Cote
1) What the fuck is going on? Workwise, constant theatergoing and writing – that’s my job. I edit the theater section of Time Out New York (TONY), assigning reviewers and reporters and trying to review two or three shows a week myself. What I can’t fit into the Lilliputian space our magazine allots for reviews […]
10 questions: Megan Flynn
1) What the fuck is going on?Generally, many things are much worse than we imagined, and some things are far better than we can hope, but in the end, it’s all about the same as we think it is. For example, the federal budget just came out and suddenly the whole country has become conservative, […]
10 questions: Terrance Odette
1) What the fuck is going on?Several years ago Variety mistakenly called me a “legit Director.” I thought that that meant I was legitimate. Now that I know what that means, I want to make honest reporters out of them. 2) How have you found the transition from directing films to directing theatre?Well, so far […]
10 questions: Michael Wheeler
1) What the fuck is going on? Ommm. I’m directing two shows at the same time, which is a little silly, but also a good idea seeing as how I’m trying to kick-start a career and all. The first one is Steel by Andrew Zadel, which we’re remounting at The Queen West Arts Centre. The […]
10 questions: Chris Reynolds
1) What the fuck is going on? Nobody knows what’s really going on, and those who claim to know aren’t fooling me. 2) What makes site-specific theatre distinct from other kinds of theatre? It’s like that warm day in May when your high school teacher brought the whole class outside and you spent the hour […]
10 questions: The Wrecking Ball
L to R: Ross Manson, Andrew Soren, Lara Azzopardi, David Jansen. 1) What the fuck is going on? That’s the crucial question – the question that as artists we have to ask ourselves every day. Marvin Gaye taught us to ask that question. So in short: the glaciers are melting, the water is rising. The […]
10 questions: Greatest hits – Volume I
Tania McCartney 1) What the fuck is going on?Most frequent line used in bad movies about the end of the world. James Murray 2) Do you have any unifying theories when it comes to acting?I don’t mind talking about or trying to theoretically analyze acting on my own time, but it’s way more efficient when […]