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.
10 questions: Jennifer Norton
Photo by Shawn McPherson. 1) What the fuck is going on? Well, as we choke on the ubiquity of war, pollution, crumbling social structures and global malaise I am preparing a solo show. How dandy! Here is the more polite, less misanthropic answer. I am finishing a master of fine arts program at The University […]
Not just for laughs
“After a close examination of the existing literature on performance art, it is remarkable to see how much of the emphasis has been placed on the grim, the intense, and the masochistic. Indeed, performance audiences have come to expect to be shocked, to witness artists being covered with bodily fluids, pierced, hung, confined, and/or mutilated. […]
Script submission guidelines?
Here’s a quick link to an interesting post at Mr. Excitement News on script submission guidelines for smaller theatre companies. Check it out here. Further questions:Do most small theatre companies have firm script submission guidelines? What works? What doesn’t? Any tips? UPDATE:More further questions:What works for playwrights? How do you prefer to send your scripts […]