I have been waiting very patiently for this announcement…

The Arts Club just announced the inclusion of the Western Canadian Regional Premier of  August: Osage County to next year’s season. It opens January 27. No word yet on cast or crew, I’ll be keeping an eye peeled. Tracy Letts junkies unite! In honour of this auspicious occasion, let’s return once more to the ultimate [...]

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The question of how to get the next generation interested in theatre answered

…and…discuss!

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Casting Call: actor needed for male role in Prodigals

Actor needed for male role for Prodigals: a new play by Sean Minogue Presented by Twenty-Something Theatre Directed by Peter Boychuk Run: April 27 – May 2, 2010, Havana Theatre Audition Day: Friday, April 2, 2010 Rehearsals: Tues/Thurs evening and Sat/Sun daytime for the month of April (approx 50 hours). ***If you are not available [...]

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Footloose and Fancy Free: flashmob marketing hits Waterfront Station

The cast of Cap U’s Footloose: The Musical hit the Skytrain terminus station to celebrate World Theatre Day on Saturday…

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But Lynn Nottage says it better…

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Happy World Theatre Day, World

Join the global celebrations here. Or here. Or at a theatre near you.

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Four more nights of HIVE3 left!

Almost every time I gurgle about past HIVEs to people who missed it the disappointment in their reactions is palpable and profound. So… Four More Nights of HIVE3 Left! Details and ticketing links here. James Foy and Michael Scholar Jr. talking about it here:

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Streaming discussion and talkback of Outrageous Fortune tomorrow at #newplay

About 80 theatre folk in DC are getting together to discuss the TDF’s much-discussed study Outrageous Fortune, the Like and Times of the New American Play (that thing that everyone’s been talking about) with the project’s leads; Todd London and Victoria Bailey. This presentation will be followed by a Q & A, which will be [...]

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HIVE 3 and the re-branding of theatre

A crowd of the usual suspects were having a #2amt twitter round table the other day on the general topic of labels and What the Heck is ‘Indie Theatre’ Anyway? Questions being posed were like such: what is it exactly that ‘independent’ means? Independent of what? And where’s the delineation between hobbyist, amateur, semi-professional, pro-am, [...]

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Breaking up is hard to do

Local Director/Playwright/Performer Amiel Gladstone (check out his TNS interview here) has made the tough decision to start moving on with his life, and split up with an old benefactor. He would like to share the painful decision with us here. It’s being posted across the country, on the blogs of Toronto’s Crow Theatre, and Calgary’s [...]

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It’s all happening

Boy, do we have a lot to talk about. Or rather, a there’s a lot of talk going on to jump in the middle of. While the Olympic maelstrom has been monopolizing the hearts and minds and commute times of the city for the past few weeks, some of the best discourse on indie theatre [...]

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