34 stories by "Aislinn Rose"
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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 re…
by Aislinn Rose We’ve just arrived in Vancouver from Whitehorse, after an incredible week touring our #G20Romp, You Should Have Stayed Home, to The Yukon. I have to admit we were al…
by Aislinn Rose Today I will be hosting a Tent Talk for the Toronto Fringe Festival called “Please don’t start a theatre company“, inspired by issues and ideas raised in…
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 th…
by Aislinn Rose Last week we blogged about an upcoming event at Harbourfront Centre’s World Stage Festival: The Dachshund UN. Well, tonight’s the big night for little doggies, an…
by Aislinn Rose In 2007, the Indie Caucus was announced by the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts as a forum for companies to work together through the many challenges that face indie …
Chief Theresa Spence in Ottawa by Aislinn Rose On December 10th, over 5000 people rallied across the country against controversial omnibus Bill C-45. This legislation makes sweeping changes …
Dan Daley sends Praxis a letter from Palestine where he was touring with Arthur Milner’s Facts: Palestine: how much do you know about it? In the little town of Bethlehem on the closing…
by Aislinn Rose Voting in the CAEA Council elections ended last night and the results are in. Huge congratulations to five of our seven endorsed candidates in Ontario who ran as a slate prom…
by Aislinn Rose I recently had a conversation with four of the seven Ontario candidates we are endorsing in the current CAEA elections. Voting continues today until 5pm PT. In attendance: Hu…
by Aislinn Rose This is a continuation from Tuesday’s post about what the new Indie Policy should look like, and how that policy would reflect the will of Equity members. Today I’…
by Aislinn Rose Last week I wrote about the CAEA elections and introduced you to the seven Ontario candidates running as a slate with three main areas of concern: A new Indie Agreement that …
by Aislinn Rose Last Monday, CAEA Ontario held an all-candidates night to introduce the 20 local candidates running to fill 7 Ontario seats. Each candidate was given an opportunity to read t…
by Aislinn Rose Last Friday I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael Healey, whose play Proud is currently onstage at The Berkeley Street Theatre. On beer, small people, confessions, and p…
by Aislinn Rose My name is Aislinn Rose, and I used to be a political staffer to a cabinet minister within the Mike Harris Government. I began in 2000 as the Correspondence Assistant to the …
A response to "An open letter to the newer generations of Toronto theatre artists from one of the old farts" Dear Old Farts, You are absolutely right: "The issue is far larger than the firin…
by Aislinn Rose Tonight is the 33rd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards, which are being held at the St.Lawrence Centre for the Arts in the Bluma Appel Theatre. I will be there tweeting live for …
INDEPENDENT THEATRE PRODUCTION DIVISION OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION A Fool’s Life – Ahuri Theatre in association with Why Not Theatre The Story – Theatre Columbus The Ugly One &…
by Aislinn Rose Free Fall '12 starts Saturday March 24… have you uploaded your memories yet? Last month I sat on a Social Media Week panel to talk about the online component I had created …
A snapshot of The Brain - click the image to go straight to the WebBrain version of the project by Aislinn Rose Out The Window opens one week from today. I started working on Liza BalkanR…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT6g8KafoFg Lupe interviews former Mayor David Miller by Aislinn Rose Former Mayor David Miller faced some tough interviews during his two terms as Mayor of Toronto, …
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Pqc7u1anM by Aislinn Rose Has anyone handed you a paintbrush dipped in red paint recently? We got one. Canadian Stage has upped its marketing game recently, with so…
Margaret Evans (l) Plays Jim Watts, Aviva Armour-Ostroff (r) plays Dorothy Livesay in Jesus Chrysler ~ Photo by Will O’Hare JESUS CHRYSLER Written by: Tara Beagan & Directed by: Mi…
LIKE THE FIRST TIME Cast l-r: Cathy Murphy, Dov Mickelson, Elva Mai Hoover, Jessica Salgueiro, Andrew Moodie ~ Photo by Yuri Dojc by Adam Seelig O.P.P. (Other People’s Plays) Last spri…
