Is it wrong for theatre artists to love the Harvard Business blogs? You decide. Check out a few recent posts: The art of the self-imposed deadline How to write an elevator pitch Seven communication mistakes managers make From that last post: “A start-up company’s controller watched the CFO lie to members of other departments and […]
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Twitter theatre?
Three questions for any theatre people out there who are using the social networking tool Twitter: 1) How does Twitter help you be a better theatre professional?2) How do you find other theatre people on Twitter?3) Who would you recommend Twitter to? Come to think of it, any thoughts on Twitter and its relationship to […]
Political theatre
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 […]
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 […]
Nestruck on Theatre
In case you missed it, The Globe and Mail’s national theatre critic, J. Kelly Nestruck, has started a Globe theatre blog called Nestruck on Theatre: “This is where critic J. Kelly Nestruck posts his review after-thoughts and keeps an eye on what’s going on in theatre across Canada and around the world.” This is a new […]
Crybabyism
cry.ba.by.ism – noun 1. the belief that these are “tough times” and that the solution is smaller, blander shows. 2. Artistic Direction in accordance with this belief. Source: Anonymous – 2008.
10 questions remixed: Anger
Ryan McMahon 1) How much of your work is informed by a sense of anger?All of it. Every last consonant and mother-fucking vowel bleeds anger. Every shitty fucking sound cue and half-assed piece of shit lighting change in my shows are chosen while very angry. All the fucking posters and handbills and shitty little websites […]
Out and about
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
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 […]
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
iPhone targets theatre artists
Apple’s new iPhone is going to make you a better theatre artist. No kidding. Check out the new iPod TV commercial featuring Off-Off Broadway director Ken Davenport. (Thanks to Slay at Theatreforté for the heads up.)
Out and about
Donna-Michelle St. Bernard and Catherine Hernandez(both of Native Earth Performing Arts)seen here leaving their offices in Toronto’s Distillery District. The pair were seen later in the day shopping atToronto’s upscale MarieJosette wearable art boutique. Spotted any hot theatre talent out and aboutin your neighbourhood?Send us your starstruck theatre photos:celebrity@praxistheatre.com
Out and about
Actor Cole J. Alvis seen here leaving Equity Showcase Theatre.(Toronto, Canada) Spotted any hot theatre talent out and aboutin your neighbourhood?Send us your starstruck theatre photos:celebrity@praxistheatre.com