Sunday, December 13, 2015

Civil Debates 4 – Climate Change: Streamed to Banff, Alberta by Michael Wheeler

Frequent Praxis Theatre and Theatre Centre collaborator Laura Nanni is working with The Banff Centre to host a live screening of Civil Debates 4 –  Climate Change. We’re thrille…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 04:57PM
Friday, December 4, 2015

Civil Debates 4: CLIMATE CHANGE by Praxis

ANNOUNCING THE RETURN OF CIVIL DEBATES! Monday December 14, 730PM @ Theatre Centre, 1115 Queen Street West Admission PWYW (Pay What You Want) Co-produced by Praxis Theatre and The Theatre Ce…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:59AM
Sunday, October 25, 2015

Objections To Sex and Violence by Michael Wheeler

Praxis Theatre is proud to provide support to our members taking part isn ‘Sex and Violence Collective’s production of OBJECTIONS TO SEX AND VIOLENCE TICKETS   WEBSITE November …

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:34AM
Monday, December 22, 2014

Not my theatre by Praxis

by Mike Payette December 19, 2014 Last night, my friend/colleague and I went to see Théâtre du Rideau Vert’s annual offering of Revue et Corrigée which “parodies” Québec-centric po…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:29AM
Sunday, December 14, 2014

Three Things You Need to Know About the Artists’ Health Alliance by Praxis

If you are an artist living and working in Toronto, the Artists’ Health Alliance is a resource you need to know about. Here are the top three things we think you should know: 1.     We…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 05:34PM
Wednesday, October 8, 2014

#FactoryTheatreOpenings by Michael Wheeler

  Left to Right: Aislinn Rose, Praxis Artistic Producer and Bunker Producer; Michael Wheeler, Praxis Artistic Director; Carly Chamberlain  & Tanya Rintoul, NTS Directing Students. …

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 06:39AM
Tuesday, September 2, 2014

The Occupation of Palestine is an Artistic Issue by Praxis

“I want to move people. I want them to wake up … It is their silence that allows things to continue.”  – Juliano Mer-Khamis By Nikki Shaffeeullah Artists in the West, an…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:00AM
Saturday, July 12, 2014

Toronto Fringe 24-Hour Playwriting Contest Winner: Katie Housley by Praxis

WINNER OF THE 24 HOUR PLAYWRITING CONTEST, PRESENTED BY THE PLAYWRIGHTS GUILD OF CANADA: Midnight on a Monday by Katie Housley After an emotional day at work, an aspiring sitcom writer finds…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:55PM
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Indie Dora Winners 2014 by Praxis

*Winners in Bold OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION All Our Happy Days Are Stupid Suburban Beast Birth of Frankenstein Litmus Theatre Ralph + Lina Ahuri Theatre with the support of Why Not Theatre and T…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 08:42AM
Thursday, May 29, 2014

Variation #68: Deanna Fleysher by Aislinn Rose

Text:  two kinds of hell by Charles Bukowski I sat in the same bar for 7 years, from 5 a.m. (the day bartender let me in 2 hours early) to 2 a.m. sometimes I didn’t even remember g…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 12:31PM
Thursday, May 22, 2014

Never Miss The Harolds (2014) by Praxis

Since 1995, The Harold Awards have come to represent the independent and hard-working spirit of Toronto’s vibrant theatre community. To be Harolded is an honour of the highest subversive…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 08:54AM
Friday, May 2, 2014

Ground Control by Fasterthannight

Major Tom gets all the airtime, but there’s a whole lot more going on backstage at mission control. Meet some of the amazing tech crew on Faster than Night.

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 11:10AM
Thursday, May 1, 2014

Dads, Daughters and BroadFish: An Update by Broadfish

by Melissa D’Agostino Hello lovely folks! Last Saturday we presented our work-in-progress, BroadFish, to a wonderfully warm house at the Studio Theatre at Harbourfront Centre as part o…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 11:56AM
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Organic Thoughts from an Artificial Intelligence by Fasterthannight

by Melee Hutton Working on Faster Than Night has been a literal education for me. Not just in the field of social media, where my knowledge hovers somewhere around my own Facebook page and …

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 01:29PM
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Dear Wilcox by Legacy

Here is the second of the final letters from #legacy. Last week we posted Judith’s letter to her grandson. This week, we have Donna’s. The version in the piece was edited for len…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:45AM
Monday, April 28, 2014

Supernaturalism by Fasterthannight

 ”Naturalism is a good word for a bad idea. Art is to do with transformation” – Ariane Mnouchkine by Alison Humphrey In our first and latest posts, we explored how motion capt…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 08:33AM
Thursday, April 24, 2014

The Ballad of _______ B: Interactive Script Online, and Images from Rehearsal by Francisco Fernando Granados

by Francisco-Fernando Granados With only 3 days until our public presentation, things are busy, but coming together. The interactive script is live online as a Google Form that can be filled…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 02:04PM
Monday, April 21, 2014

Dear Joshua by Legacy

by Rob Kempson #legacy opened and closed on April 12th. To say that it was a moving experience would be the understatement of the year. The opportunity to work with these incredibly brave an…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:01AM
Friday, April 18, 2014

Masks, Morphing and Motion by Fasterthannight

by Alison Humphrey As far as we’re aware, Faster than Night is one of the first handful of theatre productions in the world to use facial performance capture live on stage. But while f…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:34AM
Thursday, April 17, 2014

Design Team Work-in-Progress by Fasterthannight

A longer post is coming soon with details on the 3D facial model work being done by Centaur Digital and Dynamixyz, but to tide you over, here are a few more elements from our talented creat…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 07:59AM
Tuesday, April 15, 2014

The Making of Not-A-Play: All the Stage is a World by Francisco Fernando Granados

by Francisco-Fernando Granados If the difference between performance and any other medium is the folding together of the time of the making of the work with that of its showing, the differen…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 07:54AM
Monday, April 14, 2014

The Making of BroadFish: How I encountered Anita Chakraburtty by Broadfish

by Melissa D’Agostino Hello out there! Thanks for following along on my journey developing BroadFish for HatchTO. Creating a new theatrical work  is a crazy, roller coaster ride of an…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 12:52PM
Friday, April 11, 2014

Concept Images and Other Sketches for _____ B by Francisco Fernando Granados

hand hatch for an interview with Harbourfront Centre if letters were lovers Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn portrait comparison salsa lights except from a collaboration with Nathalie Lo…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:38AM
Thursday, April 10, 2014

The Making of a “Twitter Script” by Legacy

By Samantha Serles, Dramaturg I am the dramaturg for #legacy by Rob Kempson, in residence this week at Harbourfront Centre as part of HATCH 2014! I think this project is fascinating because …

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:14AM
Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Performance, Capture and Interactivity by Fasterthannight

by Pascal Langdale In the UK, I’d be called a “jobbing actor”.  That means that I work across all sorts of media, picking up a wide variety of acting work that provides a steady incom…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 11:58PM
Monday, April 7, 2014

Hope Chests & Dowries by Broadfish

[View the story "Hope Chests & Dowries: Lessons on Social Media" on Storify]

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 03:10PM
Saturday, April 5, 2014

Interactive Story by Fasterthannight

by Alison Humphrey “Interactivity” is one of those words. What does it mean in theatre? What does it mean in storytelling? What does it mean to you?  As we develop Faster than …

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:51AM
Friday, April 4, 2014

The Making of Not-A-Play: Performance Art and Social Media by Francisco Fernando Granados

  by Francisco-Fernando Granados In performance art, the time and the place of the creation of the work is always the same as that of the presentation of the work. This characteristic i…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:32AM
Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Theatre Homework by Legacy

Exciting day for us non-actors rehearsing #legacy #HatchTO yesterday. Learned “neutral posture” is not a political statement. — JBWhite (@Joan_Belford2) March 30, 2014 by Rob K…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 11:56AM
Monday, March 31, 2014

King Triton & the Little Mermaid: Fathers, Daughters & Weddings by Broadfish

by Melissa D’Agostino I’ve been thinking a lot about traditions and rituals lately. I watched Disney’s The Little Mermaid last week for the first time in decades as researc…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:33AM
Thursday, March 27, 2014

Tea, Pound Cake, and a Salad by Legacy

by Rob Kempson This past Sunday, we held a tea in support of #legacy–because let’s be honest, every project needs a fundraiser. The tea was held at Humber Valley United Church, w…

SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:48AM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards