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 …
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:54AMby Michael Wheeler & Aislinn Rose A-year-and-a-half ago we published “Why Actors’ Equity Association Is Important and Why it Has to Change” which at the time became one of the most…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 12:07PMAs a result of the City of Toronto’s KPMG Core Service review, and the city’s public consultation process, Council recently voted in favour of looking into selling its city-owned…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 08:36AMby Shira Leuchter Last month I was able to spend an afternoon with One Reed Theatre members Frank Cox-O’Connell and Evan Webber (and Christopher Stanton on the sound board) as they worked …
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 08:50AMWe are two days away from Praxis Theatre Occupies Bay Street, a fundraising party to support Jesus Chrysler, our new play by Native Earth Artistic Director Tara Beagan about two of Toronto…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:21AMThe Company Theatre, last year’s Indie Dora Winner for Outstanding Production is back with a new show The Test and a new social media strategy to promote it. As the production rehearse…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 11:21AMby Kaitlyn Riordan At the General Assembly for “Occupy Toronto” Saturday evening in St James Park, there were no loudspeakers, no microphones, no mass produced signage for people to hold…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 12:55PMby Melissa D’Agostino It’s been a while since I had the pleasure of sitting down to tea with some Toronto theatre folks to specifically NOT talk about theatre. I’m happy to repor…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:03AMText: “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far we can go.” ~ TS Elliot Image: Sound: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcE8YWdGtnI ____________________________…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 01:13PMJournalist, syndicated columnist and author Naomi Klein www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaEeeLOB5IA Daily Kaos writer and Fox News worst nightmare Jesse LaGreca www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhO3dTdp6ek P…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:11AMby Claire Wynveen Matchbox Macbeth – which opens at a secret, site specific location on October 13th – was born when three friends, frustrated with their lack of resources, broug…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 04:37PMText: “In creating the man that we want to be, there is not a single one of our acts which does not at the same time create an image of man as we think he ought to be. To choose to b…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:56AMSunday the 25th of September 7-9pm Dancemakers Centre for Creation -55 Mill St., Building 58, Studio 313 A resource exchange session is on this Sunday. Any artist who as ever found themselve…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:16AMMichael Healey – Art by Jody Hewston For the inaugural edition of our new series Culture Heroes by Jody Hewston, we look back at the past few months, and declare Michael Healey our cle…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 12:49PMFor more information and context read The Toronto Star article: Stage play takes you inside G20’s crammed jail Final performance at The Theatre Centre as part of SummerWorks tonight at 10p…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 06:09AMThe post-show discussion will be an opportunity to reflect on the play and the G20 experience, to talk about the frailty of police accountability mechanisms and to discuss broader issues sur…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 12:38PMText: “Do unto others 20% better than you would expect them to do unto you, to correct for subjective error.” - Linus Pauling Image: Sound: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOJ8NmGyGbk __…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 02:28PMThe World Premiere of You Should Have Stayed Home is 5pm @ The Theatre Centre as part of the SummerWorks Festival NOW Magazine “(SummerWorks) is tackling one of the biggest thorns in t…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:25AMTommy Taylor and Kate Bullock go back to the Eastern Avenue Detention Centre at The Toronto Film Studios. The Toronto SUN‘s Joe Warmington calls for a public inquiry into G20 and refer…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 07:18PMText: You cried, keeping it real, but you should try keeping it right. -Posdnuos
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 11:01AMText: “Hold back the edges of your gowns, Ladies, we are going through hell.” William Carlos Williams Image: Sound: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArTMlYIcdNo __________________________…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 11:24AMText: Greek schoolchildren had to learn the Seven Wonders, not because those were the only ones, but because they seemed to be the greatest. But today we should not be able easily to select …
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 02:07PMby Sky Gilbert Most people accept, in principle, the notion of colour blind casting. Colour blind casting is based on the idea that we are all the same – that there are not essential diffe…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 11:43AMINDEPENDENT THEATRE PRODUCTION DIVISION OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION The Company Theatre Through the Leaves OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY OR NEW MUSICAL Sky Gilbert The Situationists Cabaret Company OUTSTA…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 01:38PMThe 32nd annual Dora Awards are tonight at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts. Good luck to all the nominees, organizers, presenters, wait-staff, and spouses or partners that don’t k…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 08:12AM1 – Play Games With Us “Do you need my bag of miniatures?” Toronto Fringe Exec. Director Gideon Arthurs Ever since we started talking about our site-specific Dungeons &…
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