Photo by Cameron Falkenhagen. 1) What the fuck is going on?Oh, it’s just that sometimes we fail to see our interconnectedness and that causes us to treat one another badly. Don’t worry – we’ll get better at it. 2) Does Crate Productions’ new site-specific play, The Fort at York, arrive at any conclusions about the […]
Author: Ian Mackenzie
The Fort at York
Opens in Toronto this Thursday, September 20.Click here for more info and here to buy tickets.
A chainsaw killer’s message of compassion
OK. This is not strictly theatre-related, but NYC-based playwright James Comtois is doing a wonderful series of short essays on seminal horror films at his Jamespeak blog. So far, he’s covered John Carpenter’s 1979 slasher classic Halloween, George Romero’s 1978 zombie touchstone Dawn of the Dead, and Tobe Hooper’s 1974 buzz-kill The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. […]
10 questions: Joshua James
1) What the fuck is going on?I’ve been busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest. It’s been a good summer. On the theatre front: I had a couple plays produced, Ambivalent n Miami and A Gay Thing in Indiana that got some nice reviews. Right now I’m co-creating a show with Bad Girl […]
What’s the difference between marketing and PR?
For a great take on the answer from someone who definitely knows her theatre stuff, check out Simon Ogden’s interview with Vancouver-based Public Relations specialist Ellie O’day.
Political theatre
1. 2. 3. 4. . . . because bananas ain’t got no bones.
10 questions: Laura Nordin
1) What the fuck is going on?Risk. At least that’s what I hope is going on right now. It’s exciting. 2) How do you feel about your time at the Institute for Advanced Theatre Training in Boston?Awesome. I wouldn’t change a thing. I am different because of my training there. My body, voice, confidence, knowledge […]
Re-membering the whole
“At its origin, theatre was an act of healing, of healing in the city. According to the action of fundamental, entropic forces, no city can avoid a fundamental process of fragmentation. But when the population assembles together, and a momentary healing reunites the larger body, in which each member, re-membered finds its place . . […]
Holy TAPA!
Back in early August (is the summer really over?) the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) launched a new blog. Here’s the blurb from its About page: “Welcome to the TAPA Blog, your online source of industry information . . . The TAPA Blog has been created as the next generation of the TAPA […]
10 questions: Simon Ogden
1) What the fuck is going on?Oh, left work early to ride my bike to the farmers’ market to buy organic heirloom tomatoes and an amusing pinot on the way to the beach to smoke some hydro and debate olympic spending vs. the homeless “problem”. You know, Vancouvery shit. 2) What’s the current state of […]
The liberty of ignorance – Part Two
L-R: James Spears, Greg Kirk, Simon Rice and Sara Wood in Waiting for Godot. The second in a series of short, photo-inspired essays on what it means – and how it feels – to be young, inexperienced and in love with the theatre.Waiting – and waiting – for GodotBy Greg Kirk The early stages of […]
So funny I forgot to laugh
Question: Anybody know of any good comedy writing resources? Comedy theory texts? Or any other resources that may provide some concrete ideas for dialing up the hilarity in a piece of writing?
10 questions: Daniel MacIvor
1) What the fuck is going on? I’m floating in that odd place in finishing a draft of a new play where one is at once giddily joyous and bone-crunchingly despondent. In other words, same old same old. 2) How has your creative process changed since you graduated from theatre school in 1986? It’s easier […]
What + Why = Who
New York-based playwright Joshua James is continuing his great Rapping on writing series at his Daily Dojo blog. Two great and recent posts cover The Dialogue Mix (in which he uses passages from The Departed as talking points) and Character Issues, in which he introduces – and riffs on – this killer equation: what + […]
GoLiveToronto
A cool TAPA initiative. Check it out here.