168 stories by "Craig Mason"
Episode Thirty-Five: Getting and Giving Feedback It’s necessary. It’s evil. It’s a necessary evil. Oh no not really, but there certainly is an art and a skill to giving and…
This week’s Movie Monologue Monday is going to look at James Corden performing an excerpt from 1 Man, 2 Guvnors during the 2012 Tony Awards. I know this isn’t a movie so it techn…
The Stratford Festival is working with The University of Waterloo (my alma mater!) to develop some video games to complement their production of Romeo and Juliet. I’m very cur…
Episode Thirty-Four: Once Upon a Midnight Dreary In this episode Lindsay talks with high school actors as they prepare to present her adaptation of Poe stories and poems. Based on this produ…
This week’s Movie Monologue is going to look at Steve Martin in The Jerk. Martin is a master of comedy and this scene is played brilliantly. It’s a spoof of the cliché breakup s…
I believe that the word “musician” is too-often used to discourage people from participating in their birthright as sound makers. We are all sound makers. Mark Stewart Here’…
Theatre is supposed to be for everybody, but sometimes it feels anything but. Especially so on Broadway where tickets prices can be prohibitive. I found a Broadway trip report posted o…
Episode Thirty-Three: Celebrate the Competition Lindsay chats with herself on what it means to celebrate the competition, why it’s important in the arts, and why she thinks finishing i…
This week’s Movie Monologue Monday is going to look at Jack Nicholoson in Five Easy Pieces. Robert Dupea (Nicholson) has returned home to see his estranged father, who has suffered two…
I wrote about focus last week and got some great advice and feedback through our Facebook page. What I do before every rehearsal and show is some improv game for about 10min then a quick pep…
All right, I did it again. I went too long, came up with too many exercises, and thought up too many questions. For the first time ever, I’m doing a three part newsletter. There is jus…
Episode Thirty-two: Romeo and Juliet YouTube Fireside Chat Since our February and March… and April newsletters revolve around Romeo and Juliet, we thought it appropriate to do a YouTub…
This week’s Movie Monologue Monday is going to look at Phoebe Cates in Gremlins. It’s hard to believe that Gremlins, that 80′s-era sorta goofyish/scaryish movie has a monol…
Focus. We need to focus. We hear this all the time in the theatre, a call for focus. What does that mean, exactly? I can’t think of any better example than this performance by gymnast�…
We’ve added a new feature to our website that will help you save a few trees. Now when you order a printable PDF or Photocopy License of one of our scripts, you’ll be offered the…
Episode Thirty-One: The Weight You Give Them Lindsay talks about the weight we’ve given to offensive words and why people are often more offended by words than actions. Show Notes Cens…
This week’s Movie Monologue Monday is going to look at Robert Blake in In Cold Blood. Based on a real-life events researched by Truman Capote, In Cold Blood details the story of two…
“He didn’t care about the notes. Something’s impending. This is danger. This is ferocious.” Terrance McKnight Interesting quote. But who could McKnight be talking abo…
Lindsay and I had a great chat the other night with on the TheatreCast Podcast. Check out the video below. We talked about the origins of our company, how we found our niche, and where we…
Episode Thirty:Â New York Part Two In part two of Craig and Lindsay’s New York adventure they talk about their favourite theatrical experience " Too Much Light Makes the Baby go Blin…
Here’s an unusual choice for Movie Monologue Monday – Douglas Rain as Hal 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey. It’s unusual because the character is a computer’s voice R…
[T]he key to his art is knowing not just how to use all those wonderful toys but how and when not to. Here’s an interview with lighting designer Al Gurdon, who designed the light…
Episode Twenty-Nine: New York Part One This podcast offers reviews of two current New York plays: The Other Place and Bethany. Both plays feature a woman in crisis and both star actres…
This week’s Movie Monologue Monday is a mind-blowing performance from Angela Lansbury. Yes, dear old Mrs. Potts from Beauty and the Beast can grab the camera with a white-hot intensity…
Here is exactly why theatre, music, the arts, etc. will never go away: It’s because the arts don’t rely on technology. They rely on creativity. Technology evolves but the evoluti…
