Ruff Radio

We are thrilled to have you here for our third season of the podcast. For those who are new, Ruff Radio is our auxiliary audio series where we dive deep into the themes, characters, and questions surrounding our annual production.This season, we're exploring Timon of Athens — and while it may be one of Shakespeare's lesser-known works, we promise you: it's the perfect play to be staging in 2025. It's sharp, complex, unexpectedly timely..and you know we aren't just going to do the original.Today's episode is especially exciting. We are absolutely thrilled to be joined by Australian director Margaret Thanos, who co-adapted the acclaimed production I Hate People; or Timon of Athens with Sport for Jove artistic director Damien Ryan. It premiered in 2024 but is getting a remount in Sydney this June. Let's get into it.

A final episode of Ruff Radio for you as we flip the calendar year from 24 to 25. Cozy up with this brilliant episode hosted by Ruff leadership collective member Nathaniel Hanula-James in conversation with the wondrous Will Tosh. Listen in and then go grab your copy of Straight Acting: The Hidden Queer Lives of William Shakespeare. 10/10 Recommend.

In this episode, Patricia Allison from the Shakespeare in the Ruff Leadership Collective sits down with author, scholar, and poet Darren Freebury-Jones for a delightful conversation about attribution and his latest book Shakespeare's Borrwed Feathers. Listen in! You can grab your own copy of Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Shakespeares-borrowed-feathers-playwrights-greatest/dp/1526177323 Or directly from the publisher, Manchester University Press: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177322/

In this episode, Christine Horne from the Leadership Collective sits down with author Peter Darbyshire to chat about his trilogy The Book of Cross and in particular, the second book in the series The Dead Hamlets. Listen in!

On this episode, Shakespeare in the Ruffs newest collective member Nathaniel Hanula-James sits down with author Rod Carley to chat about his career in story telling and education but, most importantly, his newest novel Ruff which was just published with Latitude 46 publishing. Find it here: https://store.latitude46publishing.com/products/ruff

In this episode, Patricia from the Shakespeare in the Ruff Leadership Collective sits down with Young Ruffian Apprenticeship Coordinator Nicola Atkinson to chat about devising theatre. Join us on August 23rd & 24th live in Withrow Park for the YRAP pre-show presentation at 7pm before our main stage presentation of The Tempest: A Witch in Algiers.

In this episode, Ruff collective member Patricia Allison sits down with Professor, historian, and Ruff Board member Marlis Schweitzer. They talk through her career, her perspective of being on the Ruff board, and her brilliant podcast series Shaking Up Shakespeare. Listen in!

In this episode, Christine Horne from the Shakespeare in the Ruff Leadership sits down to chat with Artistic Director of Shakespeare in the ruins Rodrigo Beilfuss. Listen in on this episode to learn more about Rodrigo's inspired career journey and get an inside look at SIR 2024 season.

In this episode Patricia Allison from the Shakespeare in the Ruff Leadership Collective sits down with the wonderous Performer, Educator, and Entrepreneur Ming Bo Lam to chat about cultivating a passion for movement and sharing that joy with the world. Ming Bo is facilitating our upcoming Playground Intensive "Movement for Actors" which will take place on May 13 - 15th. Listen in!

In this episode, Christine Horne from the Shakespeare in the Ruff Leadership Collective sits down with renowned author Farah Karim-Cooper to discuss her highly acclaimed book The Great White Bard: How To Love Shakespeare While Talking About Race. Listen in!

In this episode, Christine Horne sits down with actor and educator Chick Reid to talk about her career and the upcoming Ruff's Winter Tale project Old Miranda.

Join Ruff Collective Member, Patricia Allison as she sits down for a joyous conversation with Julia Nish-Lapidus and James Wallis to chat about making Shakespeare in unconventional spaces, their move to the St Lawrence Festival in Prescott, Ontario, and their upcoming production of Two Nobel Kinsmen presented by Shakespeare Bashed happening NOW at the Theatre Centre. You can catch their production of Two Nobel Kinsmen now until February 4th at The Theatre Center in Toronto.

Patricia Allison, from the Ruff Leadership Collective, sits down with Theatre Rusticle's Allyson McMackon for a beautifully gentle conversation about creation, Shakespeare's the Tempest, and how to make art in this day and age. We're thrilled to have this episode kick off our 2024 season of Ruff Radio for our season long exploration of all things Tempest and Shakespeare in the Ruff.

In this episode, Christine Horne from the Shakespeare in the Ruff Leadership Collective sits down with actor, director, and professional caregiver Sienna Singh. They chat about childcare in the arts and a special pilot program we ran at Ruff this past season! *Please note that this conversation was recorded in September 2023 and is being released at the end of November 2023.

Join us for the second part of the Richard III Roundtable with Dylan Thomas-Bouchier, Alex Bulmer, Bruce Horak, Debbie Patterson, and Alexia Vassos hosted by Ruffs own Patricia Allison. If you haven't listened to Part 1 yet, jump back and start there. We promise it's insightful!

RUFF leadership collective member Patricia Allison chats with Dylan Thomas Bouchier, Alex Bulmer, Bruce Horak, Debbie Patterson and Alexia Vassos to talk about who they are, what they do, and their experiences (or upcoming experiences) playing Richard III. 1:08 - Debbie Patterson 6:14 - Bruce Horak 13:53 - Dylan Thomas-Bouchier 24:00 - Alex Bulmer 32:05 - Alexia Vassos 37:15 - Discussion of how Disability attitudes have changed in theatre.

"The Board Perspective" is a new series on RUFF Radio where we sit down with members of Shakespeare in the Ruff's Board of Directors to chat about their unique outlook on the company and their role in making things happen at Ruff. Join us in Part 1 as Ruff collective member, Patricia Allison sits down with Marah Smith.

In this episode of Ruff Radio, Christine sits down with Tracy Bryce a dedicated Ricardian and Chairperson of the Richard III Society of Canada. Listen in! *Episode note: Correction for Joy Brown Ibsen's last names.  Her maiden name, through which John Ashdown-Hill traced the mitochondrial DNA from Richard III's sister Anne of Exeter, was Brown.  Her married name was Ibsen. 

In this episode, Patricia Allison sits down with Andrew Gurza Disability Awareness Consultant to talk about their upcoming show with Boys in Chairs Collective Access Me. Join us as we unpack Disability, sex, queerness, and representation. *This episode is for mature audiences

In this episode, Patricia Allison and Jeff Yung sit down to talk Multiverse - what is it? How on earth does this fit our season's theme? And why do we think science fiction intersects with Shakespeare? Also, as a primer for our season, Patricia and Jeff each give 3 recommendations of their favourite pop culture references of the multiverse or science fiction as suggestions for YOU the audience to maybe check out in advance of our production Richard Three this summer. Listen in!

In this episode, Christine Horne sits down with director, artistic director, scholar, and educator Dean Gabourie about Shakespeare's First Folio and the Folio 400 Project. This is a primer episode for our contribution to the Folio 400 project which will be released later in the season. Listen in!

In this episode, PJ Prudat and Patricia Allison sit down with Jenna Rodgers the director of Teenage Dick by Mike Lew, which is currently happening at the Alberta Theatre Projects. This is a companion piece to our season-long exploration of all things of Shakespeare's Richard III and to the Ruff Reads book club which selected Teenage Dick by Mike Lew as our April read.   Listen in to this beautiful conversation with Jenna Rodgers where we talk about the play and working across difference. Enjoy! --- Ruff Reads Information - https://shakespeareintheruff.com/teenage-dick-by-mike-lew/