176 stories by "Praxis"
by Marjorie Chan How can theatre be more welcoming to diverse audiences? This is a question that preoccupies my mind, as I suspect it does for other smart companies looking at the make-u…
With the deadline for HATCH 2014 applications coming up on July 12, Praxis and Harbourfront Centre will be hosting a live twitter chat to discuss the HATCH program this year, how work can in…
TEXT: Four days will quickly steep themselves in nights; Four nights will quickly dream away the time; And then the moon, like to a silver bow New bent in heaven, shall behold the night Of o…
by Pip Bradford Well, hello, Toronto Theatre Community! It's Pip again, sending you another dispatch from the booth of the Tarragon Mainspace. It's been a while, hasn't it? I've misse…
#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 t…
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 b…
The Canadian premiere of Sarah Ruhl’s Passion Play begins tonight! Â Produced by a tryptic of indie theatre companies Outside the March, Convergence Theatre and Sheep No Wool, Passio…
INDEPENDENT THEATRE PRODUCTION DIVISION OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION BOBLO – Co-Produced by Kitchenband and The Theatre Centre The Lesson – Modern Times Stage Company Mr. Marmalade …
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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 May …
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 influence…
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 eve…
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…
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-fiv…
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…
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 Jo…
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…
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…
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…
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 Holmes…
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 something in t…
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 to c…
