Recharging

Dear and devoted readers, The Next Stage will be hanging a Gone Fishing sign on the door for the next 10 days. I’m taking a trip to Ontario to sit by a lake with a couple of beers and a couple of artist friends of mine, and administer a much-needed energizing to the batteries. Then [...]

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This One Goes to Eleven: Janet Munsil

One of the true forces of nature at work over on lovely Vancouver Island. In addition to being an acclaimed playwright, Janet has been the organizer of the Victoria Fringe for the past 18 years. She sits as the Fringe’s Artistic Producer, and organizes year-round theatrical events, like Uno fest and Intrepid’s Presenting Series. We’re [...]

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Tonight’s lesson from the cast and crew of The Road to Canterbury: Keep Calm and Carry On

Of all the potential pitfalls and rewards that come with the choice of staging a site-specific play – and the one that fascinates me the most – is the X-factor. The uncontrollable element. The condition of staging a controlled work in an uncontrolled environment. You have to factor in available light, unpredictable weather, hungry bugs, [...]

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Collier, Young, Conway memorial established

A few weeks ago, an unimaginable tragedy struck the family of Kim Collier and Jonathon Young, the ever-inspirational power couple at the forefront of the Vancouver Independent Stage industry. They lost their daughter Azra and her two young cousins; Phoebe and Fergus Conway, to a freakish flash cabin fire in Eagle Bay on the shores [...]

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Theatre party alert!

Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love Fundraiser A Killer of A Good Time Day: Wednesday August 19th, 2009, 7pm Location: Roxy Burger, 910 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC Tickets are $10 which includes 1 free drink (approx value of $5) plus if you hold onto the hard copy of your ticket and show [...]

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Editor’s choice for the summer’s most titillating Video Listing

As God is my witness, I have no idea if this is SFW or not… …but probably not. Click here for full details on this production

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The Road to Canterbury rocks the radio waves

This is fun, The University of British Columbia’s resident radio station produced a PSA for ITSAZOO’s The Road to Canterbury which, incidentally, opens tonight in a PWYC preview. Many thanks to CiTR 101.9 FM for the wonderful helping hand, check out their site here, from which you can stream their arts report. The ad is [...]

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This One Goes to Eleven: Darien Edgeler

Out in the wild, far reaches of Deep Cove (an epic 8 minute drive from downtown, an invisible accessibility discussed previously on TOGtE) there thrives a burgeoning theatre community grinding away tirelessly throughout the year. It was there that we first met Darien, preparing to be seen in his own work Seasons, directed by Wendy [...]

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Another one bites the dust: Buh-bye Beaumont

The recent demise of the celebrated Beaumont Theatre on West 5th Avenue has caused quite the stir in our Indie Stage community of late. Beloved for its intimacy and affordability, the little black box has been home to dozens of memorable performances over the past several years, performances both polished and decidedly in-process, as befits [...]

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How to Pitch a Play in Canada

Behold the new SummerWorks promo spot. Always provocative, always entertaining. And check out the new festival logo at the end, it’s all the downtown Toronto critters re-contextualized as beauty pageant contestants. Adorable. And click here to read Praxis Theatre’s new interview with SummerWorks AD Micheal Rubenfeld, in which he discusses said logo and the CAEA.

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Casting Call – Actress Wanted

Actor wanted for Fringe play A 45-minute drama/comedy monologue for the Vancouver Fringe Festival seeks a female actor (Age preferably over 30’s) The play: A writer’s book launch doesn’t go as planned! It seems that she is haunted by the mysterious character from her book …. The audition will consist of a brief, prepared monologue [...]

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