Celebrity fight director Joe Bostick (Dirty Dancing, A Nanking Winter) and Derrick Chua (left) co-producer of Studio 180’s Stuff Happens seen chatting it up and the opening night party of A Nanking Winter. Spotted any hot theatre talent out and aboutin your neighbourhood?Send us your starstruck theatre photos:celebrity@praxistheatre.com
Category: theatre
Surprise Performance releases video teaser for its upcoming show
Here’s the poster:And here’s the video teaser: Click here for more info about this show.
Out and about
Courtenay Stevens – who played the Architect/Sailor in CanStage’s The Overcoat – was spotted chatting on his cellphone outside Bread & Circus theatre bar in Toronto’s Kensington Market.Word on the street is that he’s remounting his production of Lawrence & Holloman at this edgy, downtown theatre in early April. Spotted any hot theatre talent out […]
January round-up
A few selections from our January posts: Can we talk about your theatre company’s website? Great women-focused theatre The importance of costume design in independent theatre Celebrity Theatre – Beatriz Yuste Support Local Artists Working (SLAW) 10 First Nations comedians 101 sentences about theatre – conclusion
The Rhubarb Festival is on
It’s Hard To Count To A MillionMarc Tellex, Megan Flynn, Frank Colc O’Connell, Evan Webber(photo by istoica) Buddies in Bad Times Theatre’s awesome Rhubard Festival kicks off this week in Toronto. Week One of the festival brings 1848 Experiment #1, It’s hard to count to a million, HOMOgeius, Where the wild things are: A manifesto, […]
Build Your Own Theatre – Part II
Next stepsby Michael Wheeler Okay, so, eight months after my original Build Your Own Theatre (BYOT) post, I’m back with a new proposition. The original proposition, which basically bartered help improving The Lower Ossington Theatre for rehearsal space, went pretty well. We got the building into much better shape over the summer and fall: The […]
How theatre failed America
New York-based monologuist Mike Daisey’s scathing indictment of the American theatre machine has been getting a lot of much-deserved attention in the theatrosphere. Read his entire editorial for Seattle’s The Stranger newspaper here. (Thanks to Scott Walters and Parabasis for the heads up.)
A new play
Pretty Toughby Brendan Gall White. A baby sings the highest and lowest audible notes simultaneously for one minute. Lights fade down. The baby hovers next to an operating Rube Goldberg machine. (in Basque) This perpetual-motion machine is calculating π. Time. The baby whistles. A wolf appears. This is my pet wolf. (petting him) I’m the […]
Tonight in Toronto . . .
Please join Praxis Theatre for the next entry in our series of original play readings. This month, we are pleased to present Taylor Sutherland’s The Sand Factory. WHAT: Reading of Taylor Sutherland’s The Sand FactoryWHEN: Monday, February 4 @ 8 pm WHERE: The Concord Café – 937 Bloor St. West(Just West of Ossington subway station […]
Play reading roundup
Two cool-sounding play readings coming up: 1) Tonight @ 8pm @ The Tarragon Theatre’s Near Studio Best/Before Theatre is reading Natalia Goodwin’s There You Go And Here You Are – directed and dramaturged by Cole J. Alvis. Cast: Carrie Hage, Brandon Thomas, Assumpta Michaels, Nadiya Chettiar, Ryan G. Hinds and William Poulin. Click here for […]
The importance of costume design in independent theatre
“Costume design is important because it immediately supports the characters in the story being told. It helps an actor find his/her character. And when it comes right down to it, if the actors are not believable as their characters then the audience won’t suspend their disbelief. No matter the production, I personally believe design, all […]
Out and about
Toronto-based actor Beatriz Yustespotted here leaving Swan Restaurant. Yuste then hailed a cab. Spotted any hot theatre talent out and aboutin your neighbourhood?Send us your starstruck theatre photos:celebrity@praxistheatre.com
A new blog
Toronto-based humans and theatre makers Ian Mackenzie and Simon Rice (both of Praxis Theatre) have started a new blog called The New Optimist. What’s it about? Good question. Check it out and see.The blog’s editorial department also includes Vancouver-based playwright Simon Ogden and Dubai-based photo-journalist Megan Hirons. Apparently, everyone has agreed to swear a lot […]
10 First Nations comedians
Here’s a quick follow-up to a discussion that’s happening in the comments section of our interview with Ryan McMahon. For your reference, a list of 10 contemporary First Nations comedians (provided by Mr. McMahon, and in no particular order): Don Kelly Don Burnstick Gerry Barrett Charlie Hill James & Ernie Jim Ruel Craig Lauzon Mark […]
The Next Stage Theatre Festival
UnSpun Theatre brings Don’t Wake Me to The Next Stage Theatre Festival. The Next Stage theatre festival (a brand new offshoot of the Toronto Fringe Festival) rolls in to the Factory Theatre starting today. Looks like you can see all eight juried selections for $88 if you buy the eight-play pass – which has to […]