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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Variation #61: Stewart Legere by Praxis

Text: Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson went camping. They pitched their tent under the stars and went to sleep. Sometime in the middle of the night Holmes woke Watson up and said: “Watson…

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

2 Minutes with Greta: Amy Lee Lavoie by Praxis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYMwayjiAJ0 Greta gets under a Classic Ontarian Loon Blanket with Amy Lee Lavoie to discuss Stopheart’s journey to the Factory Stage. Stopheart runs until Ma…

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Monday, May 20, 2013

Context matters by Praxis

by Jacob Zimmer Context matters. A gesture means one thing here and now and another thing entirely there and then.[1] My choices happen in a context – a relationship to history and influen…

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Monday, May 13, 2013

Performance ethnography – seeking the invisible by Praxis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2_VQ_RoyzI by Kallee Lins Dr. Andrew Irving looks at stories differently than most people.  Whereas many would think of their life story as a series of event…

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Variation #60: Chad Dembski by Praxis

Text: But I can tell you the truth now Because this space is a space where we pretend we are pretending But really we are telling the truth Our subjective truths Image: Sound: http://www.you…

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

“Live” performance: the search for imperfection by Praxis

by Jacob Wren Authenticity is a feeling. There is no such thing as ‘real’ authenticity. Something is authentic when we feel it to be so. I have been making performances for almost twenty…

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Friday, April 26, 2013

#CivilDebates 3 Postponed by Praxis

So, this makes it 3/3 – with the date of each of our first three debates being rescheduled due to issues with participants and availability. Sorry. Thanks for playing along with us whi…

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Monday, April 22, 2013

Variation #59: Owais Lightwala by Praxis

Text: “What you seek is seeking you.” ― Rumi Image: Sound http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2jLMWGw_C4 Suburban Beast cordially invites you to rihannaboi95  A viral performance by Jorda…

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Civil Debates: Who’s In Charge of the Theatre? by Praxis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO0-4yeprwo Civil Debates 2: Arts Boards was co-produced and created by The Theatre Centre and Praxis Theatre on April 1, 2013. More information on the debater…

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Friday, April 5, 2013

Zombie performance resistance by Praxis

Photo: David Shankbone (Own work) [CC-BY-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons By Kallee Lins What do Ingrid Bergman, Italian statues and Occupy Wall Street zombie walks have in common? They all probl…

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

#CivilDebates 2 Arts Boards: Results by Praxis

Last night The Theatre Centre and Praxis Theatre held #CivilDebates 2: Arts Boards, examining the relationship between Arts Boards and Artistic Directors through debate of the resolution: Be…

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Monday, April 1, 2013

#CivilDebates Arts Boards by Praxis

Welcome to Debate Day #2 – Arts Boards WHEN: Tonight: Doors @ 7pm, debate @ 7.30pm WHERE: Right next to the The Theatre Centre Pop-Up, 1093 Queen St. West, at Dovercourt in the Thrush Holm…

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Crossing the line by Praxis

by Ruth Madoc-Jones It’s Sunday afternoon, March 24th, and I’m sitting in the lounge at Billy Bishop Airport about to catch a flight to Montreal on Porter. I’m going to direct somethin…

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Monday, March 25, 2013

Variation #58: Carly Chamberlain by Praxis

Text: “But if we want to make it possible for more people to stay together forever—and I’m a fan of long-term relationships, and toughing out the rough patches, etc.—we need …

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

#CivilDebates 2: Arts Boards by Praxis

After a successful #CivilDebate 1 on the Creative Cities theories of Richard Florida, we’re excited to announce the debaters for the second resolution in our Civil Debates series: Be…

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

2 Minutes with Greta by Praxis

Omar Hady and Jiv Parasaram http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThRy5nks7H8 Greta chats with the team behind To the Last Cry and The Lost Sagas of Tjorvi the Flaccid.  Pandemic Theatre and…

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Saturday, March 16, 2013

#CivilDebates Results by Praxis

Last night we held our inaugural Civil Debate with The Theatre Centre, examining the Creative Cities theories of Richard Florida: Be it resolved that the Creative Cities theories serve t…

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Friday, March 15, 2013

#CivilDebates Creative Cities by Praxis

Welcome to Debate Day #1 – Creative Cities WHEN: Doors @ 7pm, debate @ 7.30pm WHERE: The Theatre Centre Pop-Up, 1095 Queen St. West, at Dovercourt PWYC at the door. No RSVP required. …

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Thursday, March 14, 2013

Variation #57: Meg Moran by Praxis

Text: “The fact that something is difficult must be further reason for us to do it.  It is also good to love; for love is difficult.” ~ Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet Image: Sou…

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Civil Debates #1: Creative Cities – Friday March 15 by Praxis

The Resolution: Be it resolved that the Creative Cities theories serve to reinforce dominant class structures. The Context: The emergence of the Creative Economy and Creative Class  (vi…

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Friday, March 8, 2013

2 Minutes with Greta by Praxis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E1kuonAwLE Greta chats with Laws of Motion actor David Tompa about working under the Artists Collective Policy. 3 Tips from David Tompa for Actors Working Und…

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Thursday, March 7, 2013

Join us to kick off Civil Debates on March 15 (New Date) by Praxis

So Mea Culpa: Some of you may understandably have tonight as the kickoff date to the Civil Debates series. This was the case in the original announcement. As we began talking  to the array …

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

ENGAGED: a Theatre Hetaerae adaptation by Praxis

Guest post by Leora Morris The first time I read Gilbert’s Engaged (a wordy Victorian farce that inspired other wordy playwrights like George Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde), it seemed like …

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Friday, February 8, 2013

Variation #56: Guy Doucette by Praxis

TEXT:   “They are lonely. I’m not talking about lonely for a lover or a friend. I mean lonely in the universal sense, lonely inside the understanding that we are tiny people on a t…

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Civil Debates: Resolutions Selected by Praxis

After receiving over 100 suggestions for debate topics as well as a slew of suggestions for debaters through our interactive installation at The Next Stage Festival, Praxis Theatre and The T…

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

2 Minutes with Greta: Nigel Shawn Williams by Praxis

Greta chats with Nigel Shawn Williams, half of the Interim Artistic Team (IAT) of Factory Theatre about what he would like to accomplish during his…

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Wrecking Ball T.O. 14: Idle No More – Photo Gallery by Praxis

Click the image to see the full gallery on the new National Wrecking Ball Website with information on Wrecking Ball Events across Canada. Do you have it bookmarked yet?

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Variation #55: Andrew Musselman by Praxis

Text: “Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the loveliest tints of azureR…

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Monday, January 21, 2013

Wrecking Ball T.O. 14: Idle No More by Praxis

Click the image to find out playwrights involved in Wrecking Ball 14: Idle No More. Also check it out: The Wrecking Ball has a new National Website!  

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Friday, January 11, 2013

Civil Debates: Suggest Your Topics by Praxis

In December last year we announced a new joint initiative with The Theatre Centre called Civil Debates: an opportunity for two speakers from opposite sides of an argument to debate their per…

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Some new things in the new year by Praxis

A new year has brought some new developments to Toronto theatre: The Wrecking Ball has a new Facebook page. Outside The March has a new website. Hannah Moscovitch has a new mini-festival of …

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