Thursday, April 19, 2012
by Pip Bradford Subject: Byron Laviolette Date: Friday, March 16th, 2012 I met Byron several years ago, at the Fringe when he was with a Morro and Jasp show. This is the record of a day we s…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 11:52AMSunday, April 15, 2012
by Greta Papageorgiu Welcome to my new video column for Praxis Theatre: 2 MINUTES WITH GRETA. You might remember me as the person behind an earlier series for Praxis called Celebrity Theat…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:17AMTuesday, April 10, 2012
Mortified – click to enlarge by Shira Leuchter I’m a big fan of Harbourfront’s HATCH program, and the 2012 season begins this week with Mortified, a performance that “creates a s…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 01:06PMTuesday, April 3, 2012
by Mitchell Cushman In his best-selling biography of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson details at length the Apple founder’s infamous reality distortion field—his ability to “bend any fa…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:48AMFriday, March 30, 2012
Friday and Saturday mark the final two days of Free Fall ’12 presented by The Theatre Centre in association with The Drake Hotel. Free Fall is a biennial national performance festival …
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 01:19PMMonday, March 26, 2012
Guest post by Stephen O’Connell Among producers of experimental theatre the Wooster Group is unique for its combination of aesthetic and political radicalism with intellectual rigor. F…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 03:39PMMonday, March 12, 2012
This week we were shocked to learn that The Vancouver Playhouse, a major institution in the national theatre ecology with a 49-year history, was closing its doors immediately effective Satur…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:21AMMonday, March 5, 2012
Text: “I begin with the etymology of ‘settler’ as a thing or person that settles, within the etymology of ‘settle’ as a thing or person that ‘comes to rest,’ that establishes a…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 02:52PMTuesday, February 28, 2012
Last night, the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association held it’s Annual General Meeting. At that meeting, a Member’s Resolution was put forward by director, playwright and ind…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 02:57PMFriday, February 24, 2012
Last November we wrote about a Canadian Actors’ Equity Association Meeting and why, as independent theatre artists, it was important for you to attend. On Monday, February 27th, the CA…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 02:33PMWednesday, February 22, 2012
by Pip Bradford Why hello, readers! Pip here, starting my new column on these pages: Dispatches From The Booth. Over the past ten years, I have worked tirelessly to assimilate myself into th…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:03AMFriday, January 27, 2012
Text: “Being realistic is the most common traveled road to mediocrity.” ~ Will Smith Image: Sound: ______________________________________________________________________ Tahirah …
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 12:41PMTuesday, January 24, 2012
Here’s a round up of some interesting thoughts and ideas from the local theatrosphere: The always provocative playwright and Buddies in Bad Times Theatre founder Sky Gilbert has starte…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:33AMFriday, January 20, 2012
Text: “Reality exists when the other person walks into the room. Life is other people.” -Petra, “Other People” by Christopher Shinn Image: Sound: www.youtube.com/watc…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:13AMThursday, January 19, 2012
Toronto City Councillor Josh Colle became a culture hero this week when he surprised the media, Mayor Rob Ford, and pretty much anyone else who was paying attention. Two hours into what was …
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:54AMThursday, January 12, 2012
Text: There is a village which sits on my shoulders like a vulture … Despite this O my village I uninvited relate with you as you fly within and outside of me like a vulture - Sukhveer…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:29AMMonday, January 9, 2012
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTbYCV3PteY Modern Love written by and starring Jessica Moss was one of 6 sold out shows on Saturday, but the only one to include a rickroll The fifth edition of the …
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:48AMFriday, January 6, 2012
Dear Valued Praxis Reader/Patron/Engager, No Seriously. It would help. We have been around since 2004 making ten original plays and blogging since 2006. We have no government operating fundi…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:33AMThursday, January 5, 2012
Text: Streets of Berlin, will you miss me? Streets of Berlin, will you care? Streets of Berlin, will you cry out if I vanish into thin air? ~ Streets of Berlin from BENT, by Martin Sherman I…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:14AMFriday, December 30, 2011
by Aislinn Rose and Michael Wheeler 10 The Cult of Mac for including Mike Daisey’s play The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs in its round-up of 2011 Mac stories. Cult of Mac reports tha…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 11:45AMFriday, December 23, 2011
Dear friends, readers and patrons of Praxis Theatre: We have only until January 7th 2012 to fundraise with a charitable receipt for supporting Jesus Chrysler. If you are ever going to dona…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:53AMSunday, December 18, 2011
Vaclav Havel, the Czech dissident playwright who was jailed repeatedly, having his work banned by hardline Communist authorities before becoming the first post-1989 President of Czechslovaki…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 02:14PMThursday, December 15, 2011
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5_e4ncdJck Justin Trudeau Previously denied accreditation by The Harper Government to attend the recent climate talks in Durban, NDP Environment Critic Megan Leslie …
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 03:01PMWednesday, December 7, 2011
“Jesus Chrysler is currently onstage at a re-imagined Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace. It is an important Toronto story about our history. My jaw dropped and I said “wow” out loud…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 12:04PMThe Debacle – Click to enlarge by Shira Leuchter As a follow-up to last week’s post, here are the two pieces that I created as a response to The Aftermath and The Debacle. The three …
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:45AMTuesday, December 6, 2011
Check it out – Jesus Chrysler has its own video game: Save a Pinko! Inspired by the time Eugenia “Jim” Watts’ spent as an ambulance driver during the Spanish Civil Wa…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:10AMSaturday, December 3, 2011
With a 40-person capacity and a run that closes December 11th, Jesus Chrysler is presented in a special Sunday night performance with Pay What You Can tickets available at the door on Sunday…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 04:37PMThursday, December 1, 2011
Praxis Theatre Presents Jesus Chrysler by Tara Beagan Directed by Michael Wheeler Produced by Aislinn Rose Starring Jeffrey Wetsch, Margaret Evans and Aviva Armour-Ostroff Location Theatre P…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 12:59PMWednesday, November 30, 2011
by Shira Leuchter Guess what? Nightwood Theatre’s Groundswell Festival opens today! This year, Nightwood has re-envisioned the festival as a national festival of contemporary women’s the…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 11:04AMTuesday, November 22, 2011
You may recognize a certain someone hanging out with our current Heritage Minister, the President of the Treasury Board, the Minister of Labour and a few other CPC VIPs. Guess things have ch…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:36AMWednesday, November 16, 2011
Ride The Cyclone is quickly becoming a Canadian indie theatre legend. Exploding onto the Toronto stage at SummerWorks, it is already selling out houses at Theatre Passe Muraille with a show …
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