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A Toronto-focussed performing arts program previewing projects & productions.

Distinguished Guests & Marty Chodorek


    • Feb 26, 2015 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 24m AVG DURATION
    • 50 EPISODES


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    Brain Food

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2015 20:22


    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 →

    2014 Fringe Festival Digest

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2014 20:37


    All in one place! And an encore presentation of last year's episode previewing Confessions of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl. Continue reading →

    Fantastic Extravagance

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2014 22:09


    Playwright Lara Stokes discusses developing the script and the characters of The Steady State Theatre Project's 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival production. Continue reading →

    GUNSHOT

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2014 13:44


    The co-founders of ReActive Dance Theatre present their latest creation as part of the 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival. Continue reading →

    Valkyrie

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2014 19:45


    Themes of revenge and power take centre stage in Rarely Pure Theatre's 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival production. Continue reading →

    Tarrare: A Story of Hunger

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2014 26:28


    Suspicious Moustache Theatre Company's 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival production tells the tale of a peculiar personage in Revolutionary France. Continue reading →

    Memento Mori

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2014 19:43


    Tracey Erin Smith returns to the podcast to explore the lively topics of mortality, death, and her 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival production. Continue reading →

    Julius Caesar Project

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2014 20:04


    The Spur of the Moment Shakespeare Collective is setting its 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival production in a women's prison. Continue reading →

    Licking Knives

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2014 24:05


    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 →

    An Evening in July

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2014 23:00


    The Templeton Philharmonic discuss their origins, their process, and the influences behind their 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival show. Continue reading →

    Queer Bathroom Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2014 30:22


    Sheila Cavanagh discusses her play about lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans- and queer experiences in Canada's public facilities. Continue reading →

    SOULO Theatre Festival 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2014 27:20


    Tracey Erin Smith discusses the festival born out of years of work and instruction in the art of the one-person show. Continue reading →

    Cold Comfort

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2014 20:08


    The director and performer of Owen McCafferty's one-man play discuss Fly on the Wall Theatre's production. Continue reading →

    The Playwright Project 2014: Caryl Churchill

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2014 51:30


    The four directors of this year's edition talk about their plays and the playwright. Continue reading →

    The Memo

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2014 26:44


    Collaborators on Thought For Food's upcoming presentation of Vaclav Havel’s play discuss their production. Continue reading →

    The LaBute Cycle

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2014 25:51


    Julia Nish-Lapidus and James Wallis talk about preparing two contrasting Neil LaBute scripts. Continue reading →

    Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2014 28:21


    Carly Chamberlain returns to the podcast to talk about directing the Hart House production of this favourite comedic Canadian feminist play. Continue reading →

    Alice in Wonderland: A Tale with No Porpoise

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2014 32:55


    The zany creative team behind No Porpoise Productions' Lewis Carroll adaptation discuss their collaborative process and the importance of levity. Continue reading →

    Madeleine Robin Known As Roxane

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2014 27:46


    Theatre Double Take's Artistic Director talks about her new play, which imagines how a famous heroine's story might continue. Continue reading →

    The … Musician: An Étude

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2014 20:49


    Art Babayants discusses the process involved in bringing a multi-tiered theatrical experience to life. Continue reading →

    Othello

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2013 29:47


    Tanya Rintoul, Krystina Bojanowski, and Pooria Fard discuss exploring gender roles in a Shakespearean framework with Go Play Producing's latest project. Continue reading →

    A Midsummer Night’s Dream… A Puppet Epic!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2013 32:17


    Tom McGee reveals the origins of Shakey-Shake & Friends and his approach to creating and performing theatre for young audiences. Continue reading →

    Teach Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2013 18:15


    Rachel Ganz, the Artistic Director of Newborn Theatre, discusses her company and her play, an exploration of sexuality and authority. Continue reading →

    Stalled

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2013 19:49


    Members of the creative team for Natural Progression Theatre's first production talk about their journey to the Toronto Fringe Festival. Continue reading →

    My High-Heeled Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2013 21:47


    Katharine McLeod's solo play about women, shoes and making it through the 21st century might just surprise you. Continue reading →

    Elizabeth – Darcy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2013 24:31


    Burt and Werneburg presents a two-woman dramatic adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice in the 2013 Toronto Fringe Festival. Continue reading →

    Saint Francis Talks to the Birds

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2013 24:27


    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 →

    Honest Aesop’s Fables

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2013 30:47


    Teodoro Dragonieri and Luke LaRocque discuss collective creation, theatre for young audiences, and modernizing source material from antiquity. Continue reading →

    Confessions of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2013 21:22


    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 →

    We Walk Among You

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2013 24:56


    Artichoke Heart Collective's Co-Artistic Director invites you to see We Walk Among You before it goes to the Montréal Fringe. Continue reading →

    Dance Party

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2013 17:56


    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 →

    LOVESICK

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2013 17:50


    Unspoken Theatre Company's Artistic Director Nina Kaye invites you to LOVESICK, an evening of short theatre pieces by local female playwrights. Continue reading →

    Overruled & Romance

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2013 43:20


    Carly Chamberlain and Susan Bond talk about Neoteny Theatre's first production, exploring themes of monogamy and infidelity. Continue reading →

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    Gwen Powers

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2013 29:15


    The playwright and director of WORKhouse Theatre's latest production talk about their process, sharing thoughts on acting, writing, dramaturgy, and direction. Continue reading →

    The Pillowman

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2013 19:49


    Rarely Pure Theatre returns to the podcast to talk about The Pillowman. Continue reading →

    Jackie and Jack

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2013 25:48


    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 →

    Life is Sweet, Even in February

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2013 15:38


    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 →

    A Night of Shanley

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2013 14:47


    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 →

    Conspiracy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2013 30:46


    Leeman Kessler invites you to a reading of Conspiracy, a dramatization of The Wannsee Conference. Continue reading →

    Hedwig and the Angry Inch

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2012 26:10


    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 holiday break…

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2012 1:09


    Taking a few weeks off... stay tuned for new episodes. Continue reading →

    Shakespeare-In-Hospitals Showcase

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2012 17:35


    Victoria Urquhart shares the origin of the Spur-Of-The-Moment Shakespeare Collective and the inspiration for their Shakespeare-In-Hospitals program. Continue reading →

    Set Those Sails: A Night of William Finn

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2012 24:55


    Tara Litvack invites us to hear her new arrangements of musical theatre songs by William Finn. Continue reading →

    This Lime Tree Bower

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2012 48:52


    Matt Gorman has a lot to say to Marty about Cart/Horse Theatre, This Lime Tree Bower, and so much more. Continue reading →

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    The Other Houdini

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2012 13:26


    The co-founders of Theatre Lab and the creator of The Other Houdini tell Marty about their great escape. Continue reading →

    Damien

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2012 35:07


    Shannon Blake and Lyf Stolte talk about The Bench Theatre Initiative and their upcoming production of Damien. Continue reading →

    Aeroplane Jelly

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2012 22:58


    The cast and director of Aeroplane Jelly tickle with details about the show and tryworks theatre co. Continue reading →

    Until Our Paths Cross Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2012 16:21


    Monique Renaud of Rarely Pure Theatre introduces her company and her play, Until Our Paths Cross Again. Continue reading →

    The Bacchanal

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2012 14:26


    Pastel Supernova lets us sneak a peak at The Bacchanal, presented by Love Letters Cabaret. Continue reading →

    Delicacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2012 25:17


    Kat Sandler talks about Theatre Brouhaha and her upcoming play, Delicacy. Continue reading →

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