New Feature Alert!

I used to walk around saying that we have to start devoting a full 50% of our efforts into the business side of our productions if we ever hope to reach our goal of a sustainable popular theatre. I no longer believe that to be true. I now think that number is closer to 90%. [...]

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The Art of the Business – Part I

For a downloadable or streaming audio podcast of this article, click here. As actors, we spend a great deal of our time training to become masters of our art. We go to theatre school, we read all the books on acting, we train with coaches, and we apprentice. At some point a lot of us [...]

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This One Goes to Eleven: Rebecca Coleman

And of course, no one expects the Spanish Inquisition! Put her in the comfy chair! 1.) In one word, describe your present condition: Buzzing. 2.) With no restrictions, describe the present condition of the Vancouver theatre scene. It feels very hierarchical to me. There is the nobility, the upper class, if you like, I’m talking [...]

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This One Goes to Eleven: Kirsten Kilburn

I know that there are those of you out there with concerns for the future of our theatre. Rest assured, if it lies in the hands of young artists like Kirsten you have absolutely nothing to worry about. Ms. Kilburn is a Vancouver stage and screen actor. She opens Twenty-Something Theatre’s one-woman show The Fever [...]

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Mission Paradox Establishes Theatre Brain Trust

One of my greatest new discoveries out here hacking through the tangled jungle of the theatreweb is a blog by Adam Thurman called Mission Paradox, a site devoted entirely to arts marketing and publicity. It is essential reading for all of us, with a pragmatic yet completely artistic take on the business side of the [...]

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Controversy in Canadian Theatre. No, Seriously.

Near the beginning of last year a big ol’ Toronto theatre organization, The Canadian Stage Company (billed as Canada’s largest not-for-profit contemporary theatre co.) gave a “political” play called My Name is Rachel Corrie some no-such-thing-as-bad publicity by canceling its planned production in their 07/08 season. Artistic Producer Martin Bragg dropped it from the line-up [...]

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This One Goes to Eleven: Sabrina Evertt

A graduate of the theatre program at UVic, Sabrina has a solid academic footing in both directing and costume design. She is the artistic producer of Twenty-Something Theatre, a new, energetic Vancouver company that is already notable for its excellent taste in established material. Their next production is Wallace Shawn’s The Fever, opening January 29th [...]

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…and now a word from my new editor:

Toronto-based humans and theatre makers Ian Mackenzie and Simon Rice (both of Praxis Theatre) have started a new blog called The New Optimist.What’s it about? Good question. Check it out and see. The blog’s editorial department also includes Vancouver-based playwright Simon Ogden and Dubai-based photo-journalist Megan Hirons. Apparently, everyone has agreed to swear a lot [...]

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…any questions?

“The revolution in theatre needs to happen at the business end of the stick: an army of Arts Admin rebels so furious with the injustice of the current creaking theatre apparatus that they lead the march to a new model. A model that empowers artists to ask the kinds of questions we need artists to [...]

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This One Goes to Eleven: TJ Dawe

TJ is probably the hardest working man in Vancouver independent theatre, and undoubtedly one of its most talented. His one-man shows are consistently sold out at the Fringe, both here and internationally. An acclaimed performer, writer, and director (One Man Star Wars Trilogy, among others), he was given the Jessie Richardson award for Best New [...]

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This One Goes to Eleven: Galen Olstead

Welcome back gentle reader, it is my distinct pleasure to introduce you to a true Vancouver theatreist, Mr. Galen Olstead. Furthering his life-long commitment to theatre, Galen is the artist relations manager at the gorgeous Kay Meek Center in North Vancouver, a relatively new facility that boasts a 500 seat Main Stage and an intimate [...]

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Presenting Our New Feature…

The Next Stage is proud to announce the addition of a new section of the site: Vancouver theatre listings! That’s right, for the low cost of nothing at all you can advertise your upcoming production in our listings area, so long as your company is independent and Vancouver-based. To list with us just drop a [...]

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Douglas Coupland’s jPod Premiers Next Tuesday!

Oh, stoked. Stoked, stoked, stoked.

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Theatre is Process

Happy New Year, all y’all. I sincerely hope 2008 brings with it a fulfilling creative boon, and your art is seen by as many people as possible. Oh, and that you make some money at it, too. Not that that’s what it’s about, but it would be nice, wouldn’t it? Just a few more coppers [...]

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