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Category: theatre
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.
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 […]
Caution – Gypsy Roaring!
Some vigorous writing going on over at the Hamilton, Ontario-based Gypsy Roar theatre blog. Especially in a recent post called What makes a good theatre piece? A sample: “I like watching shows that mean something. I like a message. I like a moral. I like a political view point. I want a reflection of the […]
George Bernard Shaw is always an extremely busy man
George Bernard Shaw on the movie tome
10 questions: Andrew Larimer
1) What the fuck is going on?We closed a show last night, and I’ve just finished an amazing week at the Network of Ensemble Theatre’s (NET) national gathering here in New Orleans. I’m still processing great workshops from groups like the Irondale Ensemble and the N.Y. Neo-Futurists, great performances from olive Dance Theatre and Jeff […]
Why is theatre imporant – survey results
“We need it to see ourselves.” That’s the most popular answer among the 25 respondents to our Why is theatre important survey. The rest of the votes were split between “It’s a shared experience” and “None of the above.” Given the small sample group, this is hardly conclusive polling. Still, it’s heartening to see a […]
Useless theatre fact of the day
Using google’s image search functionality, you get approximately 44,700,000 image results for “theatre”. This is the first one:And this is the last one:Try it yourself. Click here (with “Moderate SafeSearch” enabled). Results may vary by geographic location. Do you agree with google? Are the drama masks really theatre’s most significant image? If not, then what […]
What the hell does Michael Rubenfeld think he’s doing with SummerWorks?
If you’re in theatre in Toronto, you’ve probably seen the SummerWorks Theatre Festival promo video, and are following the heated comments thread that’s followed. So what do you think? Harmless irony or dangerous distraction?
What theatre can learn from spaghetti sauce
“Theatre does not exist on a hierarchy. Theatre exists, just like tomato sauce, on a horizontal plane. There is no good theatre, or bad theatre. There is no perfect theatre, or imperfect theatre. There are only different kinds of theatre that suit different kinds of people.” This is 18 minutes of your day you’ll be […]
Factory girls
Dancers Amy Hampton and Keiko Ninomiya go palms up outside Toronto’s Factory Theatre after their show Love, So Says . . . Love is slated to go to Japan in January. Spotted any hot theatre talent out and aboutin your neighbourhood?Send us your starstruck theatre photos:celebrity@praxistheatre.com
The shame of the arts administrator
Adam Thurman on artists versus administrators: “It seems like the current trend in the theatre world is to make that term ‘arts administrator’ a dirty phrase. To some artists we are the keepers of the wealth, gaining salaries and health benefits at their expense. We are the people that build the bloated institutions that produce […]
Fringe show recommendations?
Just four more days to go at this year’s Toronto Fringe Festival. Any last-minute recommendations?