It’s an inevitability, I suppose. When we’re all talking about how to save theatre, how to adapt theatre to the persistent technological climate change that all the kids are gettin’ down with, about how to reach new audiences and turn them on to that old thing we love…it comes up. Invariably. “We could film it [...]
Archive for January, 2010
I guess we’re going to have to deal with this filmed theatre thing
Posted in future of theatre, tagged digital theatre, electric company, Vancouver theatre, verb theatre on January 22, 2010 | 15 Comments »
Electric Company needs hundreds of extras for Tear the Curtain
Posted in Vancouver theatre, tagged electric company, kim collier, tear the curtain on January 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Hey Vancouver! Want to be featured in an Electric Company project? Always wanted to work with Kim Collier? Check out this call from the company for a shoot on February 15: HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEER EXTRAS WANTED On Saturday February 13, Electric Company is shooting background/extras scenes at the Stanley Theatre for our new project, a [...]
Babz Chula Lifeline for Artists site gets a makeover
Posted in Babz Chula, tagged art of the business, babz chula lifeline for artists, rebecca coleman on January 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Rebecca’s got a post up today about the brand new web site launch for Babz Chula’s Artist support site. Bex and some friends gave it a complete overhaul and it looks great, as does Babz, as you can see in her new intro video on the home page. The divine Ms. Babz is in recovery [...]
That was fast…2 Gentlemen of Lebowski gets a premiere
Posted in theatre marketing, tagged adam bertocci, big lebowski, DMTheatrics, the coen brothers, two gentlemen of lebowski on January 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As previously noted here, Adam Bertocci re-wrote the script of The Big Lebowski in capable Shakespearean text. It didn’t take long to get a production in the works, the first one is by DMTheatrics in NYC. And the poster is killer… Want to get a play produced? Maybe there’s something to this cult-favourite mash-up thing…
Pi Theatre is hiring an interim office manager
Posted in Local Companies, tagged after the quake, i can has nausea?, job listing, pi theatre, rumble theatre on January 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Pi’s GM Emma Luna Davis is taking some time off to create a life (our most heartfelt congratulations, by the way!), so the company has an administrative position up for grabs while she’s off doing that… Reporting directly to the Artistic Director, the Interim Office Manager will work in cooperation with the Artistic Director, Board, [...]
TJDawe + BrendanMcLeod (JoannaMarattaAward/CaraYeates) = a brand new theatre blog
Posted in Theatre blogs, Vancouver theatre, tagged brendan McLeod, cara yeates, joanna maratta, the fugitives, TJ Dawe, vancouver fringe festival on January 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Waddya get when you throw a Fringe star, a spoken word rock star and an award-winning theatre actor into a bag and shake? I have no idea, but this here new blog of theirs might provide a few answers. Cara won the ’09 Joanna Maratta Fringe Award for the artist who “best exhibits the original [...]
This one’s for the ladies
Posted in Theatre blogs, tagged bloggers, canadian, drama daily on January 12, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Over at the great Floridian theatre blog Drama, Daily, Nicole Stodard has a post up aggregating theatre blogs by the fairer sex, with a call out for additions. So of course I took the liberty of listing the Canadian Gals With Blogs in the comments, please stop by and see if I missed any to [...]
Name Vancouver’s new independent theatre festival
Posted in Vancouver theatre, tagged left right minds, machine fair, summerworks, theatre festival on January 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A brand spankin’ new indie theatre festival is in the works here in Vancouver – it’s the new project of the boys at Upintheairtheatre (the Walking Fish Festival) and the heads of Left Right Minds and Machine Fair (Plank Magazine). The inaugural fest is scheduled for this July, with no venues or specific performance dates [...]
The Big Lebowski as written by W. Shakespeare
Posted in playwrighting, tagged Shakespeare, the big lebowski on January 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »
You have to appreciate this for the effort, if nothing else. Adam Bertocci has re-written the entire script of The Funniest Movie Ever (as awarded by me) in the hand of the Bard. Behold: WALTER Be I wrong? THE KNAVE Yea, but verily— WALTER That rug, in faith, tied the room together, did it not? [...]
The Southern Mothers make me happy
Posted in theatre, tagged southern mothers, superior doughnuts, tracy letts, youtube on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
New York’s (by way of Chicago) Southern Mothers (the cats that brought us the Steppenwolf love poem Tracy Letts a few years ago) drop Round 2 on their favourite actor, pimp and playwright… H/T Monica at Fragments
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