Coming to The Centre Centre in Toronto on November 13, Kick Theatre presents “a radical new Canadian adaptation of August Strindberg’s play.” Miss Julie. More info here.
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Exciting new work
Digging for theatrosphere gold
In no particular order, four pieces of theatrosphere gold: The good people at Umbrella Talk interview Canadian master Daniel MacIvor. A new Toronto theatre blog: Emerging Art Productions. Vancouver’s Lyric Stage Project is marketing its upcoming production with this intriguing campaign. Chicago-based theatre advocate Don Hall continues his painfully honest series of posts on divorce. […]
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Dark days
OK. Let me get this straight: The U.S. economy is on the verge of an unprecedented meltdown. Americans are seriously considering electing John McCain and Sarah Palin. Stephen Harper is poised to win a majority government in Canada. Most scientists agree the environment is fucked. We’re due for a worldwide flu epidemic. Plastic is poison. […]
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Political theatre
Theatre is Territory podcast #2
Praxis Theatre is thrilled to present the second in a series of theatre podcasts Toronto-based arts writer Alison Broverman is putting together exclusively for this blog. This edition: 1) Rob Salerno talks about the Fringe festival tour and his show Balls. 2) Darren O’Donnell talks about the Department of Culture. This podcast is about 13 […]
A question about newsletters
Was hoping to get some feedback on theatre company e-newsletters. In no particular order, the questions are: What software do you use to build your e-newsletters? How do you manage and develop your email contact database? What makes a good e-newsletter? How do you send it out (from your own computer, or through a third […]
We seek to annihilate your policies
Here’s a link to the English translation of Wajdi Mouawad’s much discussed Open Letter to Prime Minister Harper. For more commentary on this, go here, and here.
Theatrical geographic
Here’s an easy one to get this started: What theatre district is this an image of? Bonus points if you can name the four major bounding streets. This is the first in a new photo series on theatre geography.
More town hall photos
September 3, 2008 Town Hall meeting to mobilize in the face of sweeping arts funding cuts in Canada. Much thanks to Catherine Kustanczy for passing these along.
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 […]