The House of Rebels Podcast

"Even apolitical theatre is political. There's no Art for Art's sake - I don't believe Oscar Wilde." House of Rebels sits down with theatre maker Ted Witzel to discuss his craft, as well as the latest iteration of his long-running Lulu series. Lulu v.5 is playing April 22nd and 23rd.

Toronto's most exciting new physical theatre company presents KATA, a powerful testosterone charged piece examining how far a performer can be pushed past their physical limits while on stage. Make sure to see KATA - opening November 11th 2016!

Epigraph Collective's co-Artistic Director Curtis TeBrinke tells us about the projects lined up for 2016, including the Fringe Festival, being part of Filament Incubator's season, and a documentary about home.

Filament Incubator is a name that everyone should know as the Toronto Theatre Scene evolves and grows, particularly in the independent sector. Today, House of Rebels talks to one of the co-creators about just how exactly one strikes out to do art. 

"Life's a f*cking brothel." - James Éoghan, 2016

Little Black Afro's Luke Reece talks candidly about "Carbon" a new remount of an old favourite.

"Then takes this friend's advice. Not to bring you down, but if it doesn't work you really don't have much to lose..."

Written by Nicole De Angelis and performed by the talented folks at Raw Matter.

"After everything... every late night, early morning, barely-time-for-a-smoke break, handing over the fruits of my labours like some sacrifice to the corporate gods, and what do I get?"

"I was just a kid who couldn't keep his mind on anything for longer than five minutes, but I could just sit on that dock and watch her."

Thomas McDevitt gives us a tale inspired by "I never thought I would see you here again..."

"Her name is Judy. She is perfection standing under the west coast sun. I introduce myself..."

"It's not the bullet with my name on it that worries me. It's the one that says 'To Whom it May Concern'." -Anonymous Belfast Resident, 1991

"I felt like such an ass for the whole Christmas holiday. My mom forgave me that same night, because that's just the kind of person she is. She doesn't hold grudges."

A boy, a girl, a monster, a storm.

"She tells me things." "She's told me things too, you sick…You make me want to throw up." Listener beware, this story might... Well... You'll see.

Let's take a moment to catch both our breath, and up with old friends. I Was Once on Fire - on stage April 21st - 26th, 2015.

Murmurs: In January fourteen playwrights selected a random - with the understanding that they were guaranteed to share the same prompt as at least one other artist. These prompts were to act as open-ended sentences, inspiration which the writers were free to explore through the unifying theme of the project, Innocence.

Murmurs: In January fourteen playwrights selected a random - with the understanding that they were guaranteed to share the same prompt as at least one other artist. These prompts were to act as open-ended sentences, inspiration which the writers were free to explore through the unifying theme of the project, Innocence.

Murmurs: In January fourteen playwrights selected a random - with the understanding that they were guaranteed to share the same prompt as at least one other artist. These prompts were to act as open-ended sentences, inspiration which the writers were free to explore through the unifying theme of the project, Innocence.

Natasha is a professionally licensed couples councillor. She has spent the majority of her career assisting married couples, primarily with children, reconcile their differences, and find the healthiest options for everyone in troubled relationships.

Mysteries in Transit may have wrapped up, but there's always more to listen to at www.rebelstheatre.com

www.rebelstheatre.com is a source for more writings by scoundrels such as these.

Be sure to check out www.rebelstheatre.com for more stories of intrigue and exploitation. And sometimes nice things, too.

Be sure to visit www.rebelstheatre.com for more free theatre, and tips that might save your life. If ever there happens to be a robot uprising.

Be sure to visit www.rebelstheatre.com for more enticing eargasms.

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Check out www.rebelstheatre.com for more project from "Mysteries in Transit" as well as other audio theatre for your ear holes.

The Man at the Bus Stop was written by Ross Hammond and performed by Tyler Hagemann.

The role of Robbie is performed by Ken Northfield, a third year student in York University's Acting Conservatory. Andrew Markowiak is a recent graduate of York University's Devised Theatre and Playwriting program.

Lost in thought, we often keep internalized the thoughts which must be expressed. This can be dangerous though, because to keep everything bottled up is an invitation to keep compressing the problems into a volatile mass. Lucas is a man who lets himself get bottled up to that point, and the perfect example of internal struggles. Written, Performed, Edited and Directed by Ross Hammond. © House of Rebels Theatre, 2014. Additional sounds downloaded from Freesound.org. Sounds were procured and altered legally under the Creative Commons License.

Written by: Ross Hammond Performed by: Andrew Markowiak Edited & Directed by: Ross Hammond

Love is in the air on prom night, but maybe not for everyone. Love is in the air on prom night, but maybe not for everyone. Rachel Kennedy wrote this after being inspired by Andrew Markowiak's "Sorry". The role of Mark is performed by Ross Hammond.

Sorry is the story of Prom night, the mistakes that were made, and the years of regret that follow. The role of Dennis is performed and written by Andrew Markowiak, and is an excerpt from his in-progress play entitled Lemon.

This monodrama was part of a series inspired by playwrights interviewing other playwrights. In a parody of the project mentioned before, this was called Telling Tales in Class. The subject of this interview was Alyssa Bartlett. The role of Angel is performed by Rachel Kennedy.

Spark is about a boy and his father - who in many ways is only a boy himself.

This week we continue Life Drawing - from Brodie's perspective. Life Drawing was written by Rachel Kennedy (@SurvivingTO) and performed by Ross Hammond (@RossRedvers). Enjoy the Show

Our first monodrama comes as a two-part story - written and performed by Rachel Kennedy. (@SurvivingTO on Twitter) Life Drawing is a story about a couple, and an argument. Enjoy the show.