A podcast from Jacob Zimmer and Vicki Stroich. We talk about theatre and the arts in Canada and about human being who are alive right now.
Four years after our last episode, we catch up on some of the things that have happen since. Unsurprisingly, that starts with football and drag shows.
Talking, dramaturgically, through the New Funding Model announced by the Canada Council. In part two we talk and "Engage and Sustain" and "succession."
Vicki Stroich (Alberta Theatre Projects) and Jacob Zimmer (Small Wooden Shoe, Intervene Design) talk dramaturgy, theatre, leadership and being human.
Vicki Stroich (Alberta Theatre Projects) and Jacob Zimmer (Small Wooden Shoe, Lougheed Leadership) talk dramaturgy, theatre, leadership and being human. This time, designing and evaluating things that are hard to evaluate. On twitter: Jacob (@jacobzimmer) and Vicki (@vickistroich) Subscribe in iTunes | RSS Link | Feedback | Archive Theme “The Beach! The Beach” by Holy Coast on the Free Music Archive. Alberta Theatre Projects Public Recordings The Fun Palace Radio Variety Show Dedicated to the Revolutions Mammalian Diving Reflex PME-Art Banff Centre - Lougheed Leadership Institute DD Kugler Penelope Stella NPR On the Media Grow a Game Eddie would Go
Jacob and Vickie at the genre movies! WARNING We give explicit central plot details away for: - Star Wars (including Force Awakens) - Creed - The Fast and the Furious franchise - Spy - Antigone myths (Sophocles, Evan Webber, Anne Carson) Also included: some conversation on ideology, story structure, ethics, recurring myths, parables et al.
Vicki Stroich (Alberta Theatre Projects) and Jacob Zimmer (Small Wooden Shoe, Lougheed Leadership) talk dramaturgy, theatre, leadership and being human.
Vicki Stroich (Alberta Theatre Projects) and Jacob Zimmer (Small Wooden Shoe, Lougheed Leadership) talk dramaturgy, theatre, leadership and being human.
In which Vicki talks about talking about how she approaches dramaturgy and question finding - and how that changes when you're the Executive Director, not the dramaturge.
Vicki Stroich (Alberta Theatre Projects) and Jacob Zimmer (Small Wooden Shoe, Lougheed Leadership) talk dramaturgy, theatre, leadership and being human.
Jacob Zimmer and Vicki Stroich talk dramaturgically about the Canada Council #newfundingmodel and the way it's being announced, designed and received.
Celebration, difficulty, hope and success. Jacob and Vicki talk working on different problems with different people based on our experience at Hope Decoded at the Banff Centre's Lougheed Leadership. It's before the Alberta election - pre-spoiler alert.
Vulnerability, confidentiality, leadership and twitter.
Jacob Zimmer and Vicki Stroich talk about "excellence" and whether artists are special.
Jacob Zimmer and Vicki Stroich talk about space for theatre, travelling locally, and where leadership hangs out.
JacobZimmer and Vicki Stroich talk about the death of artist, curator and friend Michael Green, his life and many of things he inspired and demonstrated – faith, openness, curiousity and remembering the good reasons we do what we do.
Vicki and Jacob talk origin stories, fear, the importance of honesty in building onging relationships, Jacob's trip to Japan and both of their fears and thoughts about being clear and leading.
Jacob Zimmer and Vicki Stroich talk theatre, performance, leadership and life.
Jacob and Vicki talk about when she became an honorary citizen of Disneyland. And when the line up is not the ride but is part of the ride experience. What is the audience experience at the theatre? Also - let’s talk about entertaining. Theme song of episode: The Staff by Multifaros
Vicki and Jacob talk galas. Are they different when they're for surf museums? Do you want to bring your hobbies into work? Launch of the 2nd SWS Podcast series.
Sarah Garton Stanley, Vicki Stroich and Zimmer talk "leadership" in theatre and life, brain drain and whether one would want Artaud would be a good boss. And yes, surfing.
The conversation ranges from an introduction to Annabel, her work and influences; the responsibilities related to involving real-life individuals as sources, subjects or performers within theatrical productions. Links to some of the things we talk about: [Magnetic North](http://www.magneticnorthfestival.ca/) [Annabel Soutar](http://porteparole.org/en/about-us/sub-page-2/) [Documentary Theatre](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary_theatre) [Emily Mann's](http://www.mccarter.org/AboutUs/AboutDefault.aspx?page_id=39) play [Execution of Justice](http://books.google.ca/books/about/Execution_of_Justice.html?id=RDUBjESMxqYC) about [Harvey Milk](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Milk). The movie "[Milk](http://www.focusfeatures.com/milk)" about the same subject [The McCarter Theatre](http://www.mccarter.org/home.aspx?page_id=1) [Anna Devere-Smith](http://annadeaveresmithprojects.net/about-the-faculty/anna-deavere-smith/) [Porte Parole](http://porteparole.org/), Annabel's company in Montreal [Seeds](http://porteparole.org/en/our-plays/in-development/seeds-coming-back/) [Small Wooden Shoe's](small wooden shoe) [Summer Spectacular](http://smallwoodenshoe.org/summer/) [Daedalus and Icarus](http://www.island-ikaria.com/culture/myth.asp) myth [Robert Oppenheimer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Oppenheimer) [Aaron Swartz](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz) [The Internet's Own Boy](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3268458/) Tim Alley The controversy Adrienne referred to was in relation to the play *nOOb* by Christopher Duthie. See the Toronto Star article [HERE](http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/02/14/dead_teens_mom_outraged_over_play.html). [James Long's](http://theatrereplacement.org/people/) "[Clark and I Somewhere in Connecticut](http://theatrereplacement.org/portfolio-item/clark-and-i-somewhere-in-connecticut/)" "[The Watershed](http://porteparole.org/en/our-plays/in-development/the-watershed/)" is Annabel's current work in development Philip Larkin's poem "[This Be The Verse](http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/178055)"
Jacob and Adrienne chat with Theatre Centre AD Franco Boni about city planning, navigating civic bureaucracy, engagement with community, how theatre touring practices could be affected by efforts to conserve oil, the value of going away and coming back, what the buildings are for, leadership, how theatre artists can participate in wider community discussions.
We also talk about building habits, condos and the theatres near by them and what to do other than limitless complaint. Adrienne and Jacob debate an idea for a show. Also, a tip: Sometimes conversations are awkward. Let us know what you think and ask us questions about the ethics of representation: **email**: jacob@smallwoodenshoe.org or adrian@neworldtheatre.com **tweet**: #SWSPodcast **comment**: [Small Wooden Shoe website](http://www.smallwoodenshoe.org/SWSpodcast) | [Spiderweb Show](http://spiderwebshow.ca/laboratory/podcasts) ##Links to some of the things we talked about: * [House of Cards](http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/which-house-of-cards-character-are-you) * [Nathan Medd](http://nac-cna.ca/en/bio/nathan-medd) * [Beatrice and Virgil](http://www.factorytheatre.ca/201314-season/beatrice-and-virgil/) * [Factory Theatre](http://www.factorytheatre.ca/index.php) * [National Arts Centre](http://nac-cna.ca/en/explore) * [Sarah Stanley](http://nac-cna.ca/en/media/newsrelease/3920) * [Musee Condos](http://www.museecondo.ca/) * [Average condo size](http://thecondolifeblog.com/?p=424) * [Distillery District](http://www3.thedistillerydistrict.com/) * [Tricycle Theatre](http://www.tricycle.co.uk/) * "Blog Post": [How Canadian Theatre is killing itself](http://fanninawdp.wordpress.com/2014/04/04/how-canadian-theatre-is-killing-itself-or-how-to-really-love-our-audiences/) * [Evan Webber](http://www.ewfco.com/) * [Conte D'Amour bruhaha](http://minorexpletives.ca/a/contedamour/) * [Critique of Charity](http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/charity/against_1.shtml) * [Progress Lab](http://progresslab.ca/) * [Theatre Replacement](http://theatrereplacement.org/) * [Vancouver Playhouse](http://www.vancouverplayhouse.com/#) and [what Jacob wrote about it back then](http://minorexpletives.ca/a/2012questioning-the-everlasting-nature/) * [Junction Commons Project](http://junctioncommons.wordpress.com/) * Comedy Classes: * [Bad Dog Theatre](http://baddogtheatre.com/classes/) * [Second City](http://www.secondcity.com/training/) * [Fun Palace Radio Variety Show](http://www.funpalace.ca) * [Moth Podcast](http://themoth.org/about/programs/the-moth-podcast) * [Life Game](http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2004/may/06/theatre1) * The Ways of Seeing by John Berger: [The Book](http://www.amazon.ca/Modern-Classics-Ways-Of-Seeing/dp/014103579X); [The TV series](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pDE4VX_9Kk)
In this podcast, Jacob and Adrienne are joined by Rupal Shah to discuss work that comes from cultural contexts other than the dominant mainstream.
We apologize for the quality of Jacob's mic. He forgot his good mic at home. It won't happen again.
Episode 6 of the SWSpodcast, where in your co-hosts Adrienne and Jacob talk about how Jacob's show went at the Rhubarb Festival and then are joined by Nathan Medd to discuss the intricacies of messaging for large organizations, the relationship between research and development and product, and how to effect change - or if its even worth trying. We also play a thought from SpiderWebShow.ca Resident Thinker for the month of February: Guillermo Verdecchia.
Episode five of the SWS Podcast in which Adrienne Wong and Jacob Zimmer discuss performing live to tape, applying bio-data collection techniques to theatre, placing the user at the centre of the experience, and the changes to the Canada Council's Awards to theatre operating companies.
They also talk about the benefits of leaving hang-out space when programming cultural events, whether David Mamet is a cheery sort of guy, different forms of community theatre, the importance of doing it yourself, starting where people are, the relative merits of patronage, crowd-sourced funding, Adrienne's approach to writing Final Reports, Jacob's waves of Vancouver-envy, when the audience's experience of a show begins.
In which Adrienne and Jacob discuss what the relative deadness of theatre, public broadcasting, and what it means to make space.
n which Adrienne and Jacob discuss authenticity in terms of original practices Shakespeare, Chinese New Year menus and theatre architecture.
In which Jacob and Adrienne discuss ways of externalizing ideas during the creation process, the ethics of permission in contemporary performance practices, how to build a culture of supportive critical dialogue within the arts community. Jacob talks shows he’s working on. Adrienne talks about shows she’s working on.
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