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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

#CivilDebates 3: Idle No More by Praxis

After rigorous debate on Creative Cities theories and the Role of Arts Boards, we’re excited to announce the speakers for #CivilDebates 3: Idle No More.  Resolution to be addresse…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 11:33AM
Monday, June 10, 2013

What is passion? by Praxis

The Canadian premiere of Sarah Ruhl’s Passion Play begins tonight!  Produced by a tryptic of indie theatre companies Outside the March, Convergence Theatre and Sheep No Wool, Passion …

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 11:48AM
Monday, June 3, 2013

Indie Dora 2013 Nominees by Praxis

INDEPENDENT THEATRE PRODUCTION DIVISION OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION BOBLO – Co-Produced by Kitchenband and The Theatre Centre The Lesson – Modern Times Stage Company Mr. Marmalade …

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 12:24PM
Saturday, June 1, 2013

Variation #63: AJ Laflamme by Praxis

Text: Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. O, no! It is an ever-fixed mark…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 11:01AM
Friday, May 31, 2013

HATCH 2014 curated by Praxis Theatre by Praxis

Good news praxistheatre.com readers: Praxis Theatre is guest curating the 10th anniversary HATCH Season in 2014. We are very exited about this partnership. The experience Praxis Theatre had …

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 01:17PM
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Variation #62: Nina Gilmour by Praxis

Text: “Women don’t have penis envy; men have pussy envy.” ~ S.C.U.M Manifesto, Valerie Solanas Image: Sound: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UqQl0CNNCY Nina Gilmour stars i…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 03:54PM
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…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 11:28AM
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…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 08:57AM
Thursday, May 16, 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…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:18AM
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…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:09AM
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…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:39AM
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…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 12:03PM
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…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 07:32AM
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…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 01:07PM
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…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 08:17AM
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…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 12:27PM
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…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 11:30AM
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…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 08:34AM
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…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:04AM
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 …

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 11:33AM
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…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:04AM
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�…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 12:20PM
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…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 02:46PM
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. …

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:21AM
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…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 08:04AM
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…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 11:13AM
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…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 04:36PM
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 …

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:10AM
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 …

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:55AM
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…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:52AM
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…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 08:45AM

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