Friday, June 14, 2013
#CivilDebates 3: Idle No More will include a discussion of 21 controversial statements our speakers have submitted anonymously. These will inform the section of #CivilDebates 3 that invi…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 08:44PMThursday, June 13, 2013
By Michael Wheeler I have been trying to figure out for a while how to explain what my role is on many of the projects I have worked on in the past five years. Although I am usually engaged …
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 02:41PMWednesday, June 12, 2013
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…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 02:36PMMonday, June 10, 2013
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 …
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 02:31PMMonday, June 3, 2013
INDEPENDENT THEATRE PRODUCTION DIVISION OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION BOBLO – Co-Produced by Kitchenband and The Theatre Centre The Lesson – Modern Times Stage Company Mr. Marmalade …
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 02:06PMSaturday, June 1, 2013
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…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 01:57PMFriday, May 31, 2013
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 …
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 01:52PMWednesday, May 29, 2013
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…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 07:45PMWednesday, May 22, 2013
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…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 01:20PMTuesday, May 21, 2013
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…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 01:18PMMonday, May 20, 2013
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…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 07:29AMMonday, May 13, 2013
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…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 11:28AMWednesday, May 8, 2013
by Michael Wheeler Spring is in the air and creative juices are flowing. Below are three videos created by local socio/political talent taking the world into their own hands and making thing…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 11:10AMThursday, May 2, 2013
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…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 10:45AMTuesday, April 30, 2013
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…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 04:39PMFriday, April 26, 2013
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…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 10:24AMMonday, April 22, 2013
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…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 04:14PMMonday, April 15, 2013
by Michael Wheeler Members of two the largest national opposition parties came together to make major decisions over the weekend. In Montreal, the Official Opposition New Democrats continued…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 03:43PMTuesday, April 9, 2013
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…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 09:20AMFriday, April 5, 2013
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…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 03:05PMTuesday, April 2, 2013
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…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 02:54PMMonday, April 1, 2013
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…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 08:51AMThursday, March 28, 2013
by Aislinn Rose Last year, after the firing of Ken Gass from Factory Theatre, David Ferry and I exchanged open letters on this site. David’s letter, addressed to the younger generation of …
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 02:36PMTuesday, March 26, 2013
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…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 02:29PMMonday, March 25, 2013
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 …
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 02:24PMWednesday, March 20, 2013
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…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 02:07PMTuesday, March 19, 2013
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…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 02:04PMSaturday, March 16, 2013
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…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 07:58PMFriday, March 15, 2013
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. …
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 01:54PMThursday, March 14, 2013
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…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 01:52PMWednesday, March 13, 2013
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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