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Theatre BC’s Acting Workshop Leader Rob Mason Brown Theatre BC’s Mainstage 2018 starts on June 29 in Vernon, with a great slate of workshops and performances. Here’s a preview of one of our Acting Workshops coming to Mainstage on July 4, for all levels of actors. Workshop Leader Rob Mason-Brown chats with me, Theatre BC […]

Theatre BC’s Mainstage 2018 is almost upon us in Vernon, BC! Mainstage starts on June 29, with a great series of plays, workshops, networking, discussion panels and much more on offer. For complete information about Mainstage 2018, or to watch the video version, visit Theatre BC’s website: www.theatrebc.org Please enjoy the audio portion of a […]

On this solo episode of the podcast, I catch you up on the productions being performed at Theatre BC’s Mainstage 2017 in Vernon, BC – as well as giving an overview of the Workshops being offered. Here are some links for this episode: Theatre BC Home Page Theatre BC Workshops Descriptions Theatre BC Registration Form […]

On this episode of the podcast, I chat with Penny Bayne and Richard Kerton, all about Theatre BC’s many recognition awards and scholarship opportunities. Deadlines to receive applications: Recognition Awards, April 30 Scholarships, May 31 Graphic Design Competition, June 15 Here are some links for this episode: Theatre BC Home Page Theatre BC Awards and […]

“In The Theatre” returns for a third season of podcast episodes, as we gear up for Mainstage 2017 this summer in Vernon BC. Mainstage dates are June 30 to July 8, 2017. On this episode, I’m pleased to bring on guests Adele Kuyek and Richard Kerton who are leading the charge in organizing the event […]

I’m very pleased to feature one of BC’s younger theatre companies on this episode of “In The Theatre”, the podcast for Theatre BC and all community theatre enthusiasts. This time around we’re talking with Rob Mason-Brown, co-founder and artistic director of the Fred Skeleton Theatre Company based in Kelowna, BC. We recorded this episode on Saturday, July 9th shortly after Theatre BC‘s annual […]

In the middle of Mainstage 2016 in Chilliwack, we were on-site, recording interviews with Community Theatre enthusiasts from across BC for the “In The Theatre” podcast. We’re still trying to decide if microphones and mixed drinks actually mix

We are in the middle of Mainstage 2016 in Chilliwack and very pleased to be on-site recording interviews with Community Theatre enthusiasts from across BC. A little different this time, we’ve got a very special “After Hours” edition of the show with a roundtable of guests including Theatre BC Treasurer Richard Kerton, former CIZ chair Allison Haley, […]

And then there were two! A second episode in the new season of “In The Theatre”, the podcast for Theatre BC and all community theatre enthusiasts. This time around we’re talking with Raymond Hatton, chair of the Fraser Valley Zone (FVZ) of Theatre BC, and a member of the organizing committee for Mainstage 2016. In this episode, […]

I’m very excited to announce the return of “In The Theatre”, the podcast for Theatre BC and all community theatre enthusiasts. And who better to kick off Season 2 of the show than with Michael Armstrong, Theatre BC’s adjudicator for Mainstage 2016. In this episode, we catch up with Michael after our first two chats together a […]

Mainstage 2014 is now on the history books. Theatre BC held another successful event of community theatre performances from around the province in Kamloops – congratulations to all of the award winners, scholarship recipients and participants. Among the many activities held throughout the week, this year, Theatre BC held a Director’s Panel at Thompson Rivers […]

The regional drama festivals have concluded and now Theatre BC is ramping up for the big shindig, Destination Mainstage 2014! Held the last several years in Kamloops, BC, Mainstage is the annual gathering of Best Play winners (or their alternate) from the regional Theatre BC Zone Drama Festivals. Each performance is adjudicated both publicly after […]

Fran Gebhard has been a Theatre BC adjudicator for many, many years and has done so in at least 8 of Theatre BC’s 10 zones. We had a lengthy chat recently, edited here for your listening pleasure. Fran talked about her work at the Banff Centre; her approach to adjudicating a Zone Festival; a debrief of […]

We are publishing regular updates this month, as we focus on each Theatre BC zone and their regional Drama Festival, which are being held in May. Continuing our tour of the zones, in this episode of “In The Theatre” we’ll hear from Okanagan Zone Festival Committee chair Penny Bayne. OKZ has their own Festival Host Committee organizing the event, where other zones […]

As we await scheduling opportunities to record more podcasts on our Theatre BC tour of the zones, here is a quick update episode with the latest news about Festivals, the TBC website hacking drama, and an overview of the various award and scholarship opportunities available to TBC members. The first of the application deadlines is […]

We are publishing regular updates this month, as we focus on each Theatre BC zone and their regional Drama Festival, most of which are being held in May. Continuing our tour of the zones, in this episode of “In The Theatre” we’ll hear from North Shore Zone chair Doug Perri. NSZ has their own Festival […]

I received an e-mail recently from a Community Theatre Club asking for ways to help combat volunteer burnout. Volunteers are difficult enough to come by as it is, so it’s especially important to hang on to them once they arrive. In this episode, I do a quick overview about how to handle situations of volunteers […]

Our publishing schedule will accelerate over the next few weeks as we begin to focus on each Theatre BC zone and their regional Drama Festival, most of which are being held in May. To kick things off, we’ll hear from North Island Zone chair Brent Ronning, President of Portal Players Dramatic Society in Port Alberni; […]

On this special “Extra!” edition of the In The Theatre podcast, hear an interview with director Sheila Bowman following opening night of Nanaimo Theatre Group’s production of the musical “Cabaret”. Sheila gives us an overview of her background in community theatre and chats about her production team for “Cabaret”. NTG’s production of “Cabaret” is on […]

On this special “Extra!” edition of the In The Theatre podcast, hear an informative and inspirational peek behind the scenes after the opening night performance of Portal Players Dramatic Society’s production of “The Wizard of Oz”. Co-directors Elliot Drew and Denis Levasseur, and vocal director Janet Schlackl joined me at The Capitol Theatre in Port […]

Recently I had the great pleasure to chat with Debby Helf, a long-time member of Theatre Kelowna Society and of Theatre BC. In July 2013, Debby received Theatre BC’s Eric Hamber Award at Mainstage in Kamloops. As she describes in this episode of the “In The Theatre” podcast, she had no idea about receiving the […]

What if you knew ahead of time how best to prepare your play as a Zone Drama Festival entry? In this episode of the “In The Theatre” podcast, get some great tips from Michael Armstrong, a Theatre BC adjudicator. We discuss Michael’s process as he prepares to go into a zone; script selection; published scripts vs. original […]

An exciting new podcast today featuring a profile of Theatre BC member Michael Armstrong. Michael has been active in Theatre BC since the early 80’s and has served as an instructor, juror and adjudicator for TBC. In part one of this two-part podcast, you’ll hear Michael talk about his early writing pursuits, working on his […]

On this edition of the In The Theatre podcast, I’m very pleased to be joined by three guests: Glen Miller, President of Theatre BC Wes Eccleston, Vice-President of Theatre BC Allison Haley, Chair of the Central Interior Zone of TBC In this episode, we cover four themes that came out as part of the recent […]

I am very excited to present the first official podcast episode of In The Theatre! In this premier episode, I’m joined by my good friend and Theatre BC Treasurer, Richard Kerton. We had a chat about the many elements of hosting a successful regional zone festival. With 10 zones in Theatre BC, there are a […]

Ok, taking a slight liberty there with Daniel MacIvor’s play title, but it’s probably appropriate. I’m still taking the colourful wrapping paper off of this site, and as a “beta” work in progress, I’m pleased to give you a quick listen to what you can expect on the podcast. Random note: mixed up metaphors are […]