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 […]
10 questions remixed: Unifying theories – Part II
Dylan Studebaker 1) Do you have any unifying theories when it comes to performing magic? Only the three rules: to dare, to know, and to will – and (I guess it’s four rules) to keep silent. Bluemouth Inc. L-R Stephen O’Connell, Richard Windeyer, Lucy Simic, Sabrina Reeves. 2) Do you have any unifying theories about […]
Theatre school in the age of compliance
If it’s broke – fix itBy Scott Walters Hello, Fellow North Americans! Ian Mackenzie has asked me to write a guest post for Theatre is Territory, which I am happy to do. Ian inflated my ego far beyond manageable bounds last spring when he interviewed me here, and I am pleased to have the opportunity […]
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.)
10 questions: Erika Batdorf
Photos by David Leyes. 1) What the fuck is going on?Not enough really long games of Monopoly and too much caffeine to make it through the grant applications. Not enough skating and too much driving. BUT some kind of internal explosion of creativity and freeing up of some very old internal ice . . . […]
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 […]
Watch this space for new work by playwright Brendan Gall
Coming this Thursday, February 7, Praxis Theatre is thrilled to present a world wide web exclusive: a brand new short dramatic work by Canadian playwright Brendan Gall. The piece is called Pretty Tough. And we’ll be posting the entire text right here on this blog on Thursday morning. If you are familiar with Gall’s work, […]
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 […]
10 questions: Alison Broverman
1) What the fuck is going on? I’ve been laying pretty low for the past few months, actually, recovering from an intensely exhilarating summer (my first Fringe show! Yikes!). Writing about this and that, seeing as much theatre as I can, very quietly working on my second play. Oh, and a friend of mine and […]
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 Montreal Interviews: Eric Amber
The final entry in our Montreal-focused interview series by Praxis Theatre Associate Artist Greta Papageorgiu. 1) What does Montreal mean to you?Montreal is a living city. An old piece of the new world. I love its history and share a bit of its heartbreak. Its multicultural diversity, European flavour and Canadian lifestyle makes Montreal one […]
Can we talk about your theatre company’s website?
We’re currently working on a redesign of our website, and we were wondering if we could ask you a few questions about your own company’s website. Any feedback would be most appreciated. Here are our questions: Of all the features on your company’s website, which is the most useful to you and why? What features […]
10 questions: Mallory Gilbert
1) What the fuck is going on? Change is happening – as usual. We’re getting caught up in religious wars. Desperation has made huge numbers of people turn away from reason toward blind faith. Because they can’t solve the problems that face them in the present, they’re turning back the clock. Pretty soon, we’ll have […]
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