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Opening today: Two Lies and a Switchblade
10 questions: Terrance Odette
1) What the fuck is going on?Several years ago Variety mistakenly called me a “legit Director.” I thought that that meant I was legitimate. Now that I know what that means, I want to make honest reporters out of them. 2) How have you found the transition from directing films to directing theatre?Well, so far […]
Contest: FREE Steel tickets!
Working definitions: skeptic
skeptic – a person who doubts the validity of accepted beliefs in a particular subject.
Tonight and for one night only!
Small Wooden Shoe tries to beReasonable People,Reasonably Disagreeing The informationOne Night Only!(It’s a debate and we hope to have it settled by the end of the night)Sunday March 11, 2007 at 8pmHarbourfront Centre – Studio Theatre235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, CanadaTickets $15 BOX OFFICE: 416.973.4000TICKETS ON SALE NOW! The creative teamProduced in association with Harbourfront […]
10 questions: Michael Wheeler
1) What the fuck is going on? Ommm. I’m directing two shows at the same time, which is a little silly, but also a good idea seeing as how I’m trying to kick-start a career and all. The first one is Steel by Andrew Zadel, which we’re remounting at The Queen West Arts Centre. The […]
Seen any good theatre lately?
We put the question to the streets, so to speak, for this: a random sampling of shows people have seen and liked. Tara Beagan – Associate Artist at UnSpun Theatre. “VideoCabaret’s The Saskatchewan Rebellion will change what you know is possible in theatre. Particularly if you’ve not seen any in the series of The History […]
Seen any good theatre lately?
We put the question to the streets, so to speak, for this: a random sampling of shows people have seen and liked. Jessica Greenberg – actor and Director of Education and Outreach for Studio 180 Theatre. “What a refreshing treat to attend an evening at the theatre featuring some spectacular chiquitas. Hannah Moscovitch’s The Russian […]
10 questions: Chris Reynolds
1) What the fuck is going on? Nobody knows what’s really going on, and those who claim to know aren’t fooling me. 2) What makes site-specific theatre distinct from other kinds of theatre? It’s like that warm day in May when your high school teacher brought the whole class outside and you spent the hour […]
A cheap trick of unhappy people
“If you decide to be an actor, stick to your decision. The folks you meet in supposed positions of authority – critics, teachers, casting directors – will, in the main, be your intellectual and moral inferiors. They will lack your imagination, which is why they became bureaucrats rather than artists; and they lack your fortitude, […]
Now playing: The Seagull
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10 questions: The Wrecking Ball
L to R: Ross Manson, Andrew Soren, Lara Azzopardi, David Jansen. 1) What the fuck is going on? That’s the crucial question – the question that as artists we have to ask ourselves every day. Marvin Gaye taught us to ask that question. So in short: the glaciers are melting, the water is rising. The […]
Introducing: theatre cat
10 questions: Greatest hits – Volume I
Tania McCartney 1) What the fuck is going on?Most frequent line used in bad movies about the end of the world. James Murray 2) Do you have any unifying theories when it comes to acting?I don’t mind talking about or trying to theoretically analyze acting on my own time, but it’s way more efficient when […]