A Toronto-focussed performing arts program previewing projects & productions.
Distinguished Guests & Marty Chodorek
Bil Antoniou and Michael Stittle talk about being playwrights and directors of their two scripts, We Say Such Terrible Things and Fail Safe, respectively. Continue reading →
All in one place! And an encore presentation of last year's episode previewing Confessions of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl. Continue reading →
Playwright Lara Stokes discusses developing the script and the characters of The Steady State Theatre Project's 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival production. Continue reading →
The co-founders of ReActive Dance Theatre present their latest creation as part of the 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival. Continue reading →
Themes of revenge and power take centre stage in Rarely Pure Theatre's 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival production. Continue reading →
Suspicious Moustache Theatre Company's 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival production tells the tale of a peculiar personage in Revolutionary France. Continue reading →
Tracey Erin Smith returns to the podcast to explore the lively topics of mortality, death, and her 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival production. Continue reading →
The Spur of the Moment Shakespeare Collective is setting its 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival production in a women's prison. Continue reading →
Drawing upon and embellishing her family history, Melanie Hrymak explores identity and self-determination in her one-woman play, which is part of the 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival. Continue reading →
The Templeton Philharmonic discuss their origins, their process, and the influences behind their 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival show. Continue reading →
Sheila Cavanagh discusses her play about lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans- and queer experiences in Canada's public facilities. Continue reading →
Tracey Erin Smith discusses the festival born out of years of work and instruction in the art of the one-person show. Continue reading →
The director and performer of Owen McCafferty's one-man play discuss Fly on the Wall Theatre's production. Continue reading →
The four directors of this year's edition talk about their plays and the playwright. Continue reading →
Collaborators on Thought For Food's upcoming presentation of Vaclav Havel’s play discuss their production. Continue reading →
Julia Nish-Lapidus and James Wallis talk about preparing two contrasting Neil LaBute scripts. Continue reading →
Carly Chamberlain returns to the podcast to talk about directing the Hart House production of this favourite comedic Canadian feminist play. Continue reading →
The zany creative team behind No Porpoise Productions' Lewis Carroll adaptation discuss their collaborative process and the importance of levity. Continue reading →
Theatre Double Take's Artistic Director talks about her new play, which imagines how a famous heroine's story might continue. Continue reading →
Art Babayants discusses the process involved in bringing a multi-tiered theatrical experience to life. Continue reading →
Tanya Rintoul, Krystina Bojanowski, and Pooria Fard discuss exploring gender roles in a Shakespearean framework with Go Play Producing's latest project. Continue reading →
Tom McGee reveals the origins of Shakey-Shake & Friends and his approach to creating and performing theatre for young audiences. Continue reading →
Rachel Ganz, the Artistic Director of Newborn Theatre, discusses her company and her play, an exploration of sexuality and authority. Continue reading →
Members of the creative team for Natural Progression Theatre's first production talk about their journey to the Toronto Fringe Festival. Continue reading →
Katharine McLeod's solo play about women, shoes and making it through the 21st century might just surprise you. Continue reading →
Burt and Werneburg presents a two-woman dramatic adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice in the 2013 Toronto Fringe Festival. Continue reading →
Annemieke Wade and Cameron Johnston review the history of Royal Porcupine Productions and invite you to their latest prickly production in the 2013 Toronto Fringe. Continue reading →
Teodoro Dragonieri and Luke LaRocque discuss collective creation, theatre for young audiences, and modernizing source material from antiquity. Continue reading →
Rebecca Perry invites you to Confessions of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl, an observation of humanity from within the Torontonian jungle that is the independent coffeeshop. Continue reading →
Artichoke Heart Collective's Co-Artistic Director invites you to see We Walk Among You before it goes to the Montréal Fringe. Continue reading →
Anandam Dancetheatre's Brandy Leary talks about her company's new presenting series: Dance Party, an intimate and funky evening featuring a program of shared works by exciting creators. Continue reading →
Unspoken Theatre Company's Artistic Director Nina Kaye invites you to LOVESICK, an evening of short theatre pieces by local female playwrights. Continue reading →
Carly Chamberlain and Susan Bond talk about Neoteny Theatre's first production, exploring themes of monogamy and infidelity. Continue reading →
The playwright and director of WORKhouse Theatre's latest production talk about their process, sharing thoughts on acting, writing, dramaturgy, and direction. Continue reading →
Rarely Pure Theatre returns to the podcast to talk about The Pillowman. Continue reading →
Guy Doucette and Michael Orlando discuss their collaborative production of a play that imagines a historically plausible meeting of Jack Kerouac and Jackie Kennedy. Continue reading →
Ashley Gibson is producing her first solo show - a cabaret to honour her mother’s memory and to raise awareness for mental illness. Continue reading →
Two of the small, but mighty ladies of Half-Pint Theatre chat about the company and A Night of Shanley, featuring 'Women of Manhattan' and 'Welcome to the Moon'. Continue reading →
Leeman Kessler invites you to a reading of Conspiracy, a dramatization of The Wannsee Conference. Continue reading →
The origin of Breathe.Feel.Love is revisited by the company's three partners as they herald Hedwig's return to Toronto. Continue reading →
Taking a few weeks off... stay tuned for new episodes. Continue reading →
Victoria Urquhart shares the origin of the Spur-Of-The-Moment Shakespeare Collective and the inspiration for their Shakespeare-In-Hospitals program. Continue reading →
Tara Litvack invites us to hear her new arrangements of musical theatre songs by William Finn. Continue reading →
Matt Gorman has a lot to say to Marty about Cart/Horse Theatre, This Lime Tree Bower, and so much more. Continue reading →
The co-founders of Theatre Lab and the creator of The Other Houdini tell Marty about their great escape. Continue reading →
Shannon Blake and Lyf Stolte talk about The Bench Theatre Initiative and their upcoming production of Damien. Continue reading →
The cast and director of Aeroplane Jelly tickle with details about the show and tryworks theatre co. Continue reading →
Monique Renaud of Rarely Pure Theatre introduces her company and her play, Until Our Paths Cross Again. Continue reading →
Pastel Supernova lets us sneak a peak at The Bacchanal, presented by Love Letters Cabaret. Continue reading →
Kat Sandler talks about Theatre Brouhaha and her upcoming play, Delicacy. Continue reading →