Podcasts about canadian theatre

Since the U.S. president has been talking about annexing Canada, there's been a surge of pride in Canadian identity. Yet over many years, Canadians have struggled to define their culture as separate from the U.S. since the two are intertwined, especially as it relates to most genres of the arts. What set Canada apart? And do Canadian art and artists need a renaissance? We ask, David Leonard, executive director of the Writers Trust Fund of Canada; Andrew Cash, president and CEO of CIMA; Marsha LEderman, arts journalist; and Tonya Williams, founder of the Reelworld film festival.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Mahabharata, one of Hindu mythology's oldest and most significant epics, is a complex story that cannot easily be summarized. Yet, Canada's Why Not Theatre condensed it into a three-part, five-hour theatrical production, which included a shared meal. This adaptation, created by Ravi Jain and Miriam Fernandes, was a highlight of this year's Perth Festival and featured poetry from Carole Satyamurti's 'Mahabharata: A Modern Retelling'. Tune in to this podcast with creative associate Sharada K. Ewsar.

Today's special video-edition of Inside Vancouver Opera features two of Canada's most celebrated creative minds, Director Morris Panych and Set Designer Ken MacDonald. Partners in both life and art, their extraordinary collaboration has shaped some of the most memorable moments in Canadian theatre and opera. Leading today's conversation is Vancouver Opera's own General Director Tom Wright. Watch the full video here. Credits: Ken MacDonald - Set Designer, Flight Morris Panych - Director, Flight Tom Wright - Guest Host and General Director of Vancouver Opera Ashley Daniel Foot - Host of Inside Vancouver Opera Mack McGillivray - Editor

Sydney-born arts critic Nathan Cohen died more than 50 years ago, but his influence on Canadian arts and culture can still be felt. The CBC's Carsten Knox takes a look back at a time when the arts critic was both feared and respected.

Online petitions. Angry in-person meetings. An ultimatum. These are just a few of the events that lead to a Canadian play being pulled from Victoria's Belfry Theatre and Vancouver's PuSh Festival.The Globe's theatre critic, J. Kelly Nestruck, explains how this play – The Runner – wound up at the centre of a controversy about a war half a world away.Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at thedecibel@globeandmail.com

Last month, Canadian playwright David Yee was awarded the Siminovitch Prize, Canada's most valuable theatre award, which is given each year to an artist whose groundbreaking work has transformed Canada's theatre scene. David talks to Tom about why his writing career started out of necessity, his theatre company Fu-GEN, and changing the game for the next generation of Asian Canadian playwrights.

This week, Katelyn Doyle, Communications and Marketing Manager at Distress and Crisis Ontario, and Jonnie Lombard, trans theatre creator, explore mental health and queerness within the theatre community and industry. They speak about the responsibility artists, organizations and audiences have in amplifying queer voices and work. Visit https://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?action=index for more information about the history of Canadian Theatre. This is part two of a two part series. To connect with support related to this episode, or for anything else going on in your life, please visit www.dcontario.org/locations to find your nearest Member centre or use the “looking for support” sidebar to chat with ONTX. ONTX can also be reached by texting “SUPPORT” to 258258. Many of our Member centres operate 24/7 and ONTX is available from 2PM – 2AM EST, daily. Thank you for listening and we hope you'll join us again next week. If you would like to provide feedback on this episode, past episodes, or request future content, you can do so using the following link: https://forms.gle/o8yUPMss6wo8dP1X8. We regret to announce that the ONTX text and chat program will cease operations on January 30th, 2024. Text and chat services will remain available until that date; however, they will no longer be accessible starting January 31st, 2024. If you are seeking support alternatives, we encourage you to visit our website at www.dcontario.org/locations to locate your nearest Member centre, some of which provide their own text and/or chat support services.

This week, Katelyn Doyle, Communications and Marketing Manager at Distress and Crisis Ontario, and Jonnie Lombard, trans theatre creator, explore mental health and queerness within the theatre community and industry. They speak about the responsibilities artists, organizations and audiences have in amplifying queer voices and work. Visit https://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?action=index for more information about the history of Canadian Theatre. This is part one of a two part series. To connect with support related to this episode, or for anything else going on in your life, please visit www.dcontario.org/locations to find your nearest Member centre or use the “looking for support” sidebar to chat with ONTX. ONTX can also be reached by texting “SUPPORT” to 258258. Many of our Member centres operate 24/7 and ONTX is available from 2PM – 2AM EST, daily. Thank you for listening and we hope you'll join us again next week. If you would like to provide feedback on this episode, past episodes, or request future content, you can do so using the following link: https://forms.gle/o8yUPMss6wo8dP1X8. We regret to announce that the ONTX text and chat program will cease operations on January 30th, 2024. Text and chat services will remain available until that date; however, they will no longer be accessible starting January 31st, 2024. If you are seeking support alternatives, we encourage you to visit our website at www.dcontario.org/locations to locate your nearest Member centre, some of which provide their own text and/or chat support services.

Currently playing at the CAA Theatre in downtown Toronto "Things I Know to be True" tells the deeply moving story of a family struggling to stay together in a rapidly changing world. We welcome two of the actors who star in this incredible play: Seana McKenna and Tom McCamus.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey, buds!  Today we're talking theatre with Innovative Productions theatre creators Marley And Sidney!  They have a production happening this week called “That' One Act Thing” - which I am lucky enough to be a part of.  The duo talk to me about friendship/partnership, Canadian Theatre, and using frustration as a motivator.  Great chat!https://www.theinproductions.com/www.creativepeople-podcast.com

1. Why is the New York Times trying to ruin your summer?2. Oh, critics.3. It's like Star Wars and we gotta be the Jedi.4. The new season of Serial is playing at CongressWATCH THE VIDEO VERSION OF THE PODCAST HERE - https://youtu.be/F_eq-EePIFgSoft Revolution is brought to you by Effin' Birds - www.effinbrids.com

Trevor Schmidt joins the 'Tales of the LGBTQ+' podcast to discuss his brilliant theatre career as an actor, playwright, director and producer.  He also is very transparent when it comes to his life outside the theatre and how he seems himself as part of the larger Rainbow community.At the time this podcast is released, he will be releasing filmed versions of two fantastic plays which are part of the Northern Light Theatre season. You can watch 'Something Unspoken' and 'The Ugly Duchess' from the comfort of your own home.   These plays are discussed in the podcast.Trevor and I worked hard to get this conversation to you.  Two previous long length interviews are out there lost in the cloud somewhere, and we (jokingly) reference that in the interview you are listening to today.  By the time this third recording was had, we knew each other well.  He has a major bearhug coming from me when we meet properly in person for the first time.  Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TalesLGBTQ+)

1627War in Europe casts the presence of the English and Scottish in Atlantic Canada in a new light.

In 2012, Trevor Campbell ran away with the sea circus. He joined a floating experiment: “Caravan,” a renegade theatre troupe who sail around in a tall ship, putting on provocative theatre from its deck and riggings. Paul and Nans created the theatre company in the 1970s and captain the ship. In Part 1 of this three part podcast series, we discover the history of this anarchist troupe and follow Trevor as he auditions to join them.

Welcome to Episode 23 – CanadaHub at Ed Fringe I’m back! After jetting around Ireland and Germany for a week, I’m back in the saddle for the home stretch of the Fringe! Today’s episode is my chat with Michael Rubenfeld – the initiator and Executive Artistic Producer behind CanadaHub at Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Michael Rubenfeld is a performance maker, cultural producer, playwright and actor originally from Winnipeg and now residing in Toronto and Poland. He is a Dora Award-nominated performer and playwright and has worked on stages across the country and in parts of the United States and Europe.  In 2017, in partnership with the Canada Council for the Arts, Michael initiated a new venue called CanadaHub, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, bringing 6 projects from across Canada and presenting there for the month of August. The work won numerous awards and is presented in association with Summerhall, CanadaHub is produced by Selfconscious Productions in partnership with the Canada Council for the Arts and in association with the High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom and the Government of Canada. We had a sit down in his office and had a wide ranging chat about theatre, CanadaHub and the differences between Canadian Theatre and European theatre! Have a listen!

Young Canadian Actor Aaron Hastelow has been portraying some pretty big rolls in Canadian Theatre including Jesus in the 2018 Charlottetown Festival production of Jesus Christ Superstar. Listen to Aaron's journey to this prestigious roll and other projects he has been working on.

This time a special presentation that I happen to catch at the last minute about digital dramaturgy. The teleconference was recorded on April 25, 2018 as a presentation of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatre. The panel discussion is an result of an idea by the artistic practice committee of PACT and centres around the role and dramaturgy of projections in theatre. Designer Beth Kates and artistic director and playwright Gil Garratt from the Blyth Festival speak with artistic director Ardith Boxal and director, writer, and arts educator Health Davies about how to successfully integrate projection into a live theatre production.

On January 16th, 2017, the Bellows reconvened again to discuss another pressing and mysterious issue in the production of Canadian Theatre: media relations. Kevin Hutsen spoke to Steve Fisher, Rennie Readie and now Title Block veteran, Sue Edworthy about selling the show and growing your audience

Starting December 9, Toronto’s Soulpepper presents the cherished holiday classic It’s a Wonderful Life, reimagined as a 1940s live-radio broadcast. Directed by Soulpepper Artistic Director Albert Schultz and designed by Lorenzo Sovoini.Albert SchultzAlbert Schultz was born 1963 in Port Hope, Ontario and was drawn to acting through his mother's community theatre work. He trained at York University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before joining the Stratford Festival Young Company under Robin Phillips where he played several leading roles including a lauded turn as Romeo.Beginning in 1992, Albert spent three years on CBC's hit television series Street Legal, followed by two seasons as the lead in the series Side Effects. His feature film work includes Beautiful Dreamers, I Love a Man in Uniform, Maximum Risk, Balls Up, Under My Skin, and most recently the lead in CTV's made for TV film Shades of Black (a biography of Conrad Black) which aired in December 2006.Albert is the Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company and General Director of the Young Centre for the Performing Arts. Albert regularly directs and appears on stage with Soulpepper. As an actor, recent highlights include Hamlet (2004 & 2005), Uncle Vanya (2001, 2002 & 2008), Our Town (1999, 2006 & 2007), The Real Thing (2006) and The Odd Couple (2008 & 2016). He also leads the Soulpepper Academy and the company's youth outreach and access initiatives.Albert's many honours include The City of Toronto Barbara Hamilton Memorial Award, the DareArts Foundation Cultural Award, The Toronto Arts Council William Kilbourn Award, the Salute to the City Award and the Joan Chalmers National Award for Artistic Direction. For his work on behalf of UNICEF, Albert received the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal.Albert has received Honorary Degrees from Queen's and Bishop's Universities in recognition of his contributions to Canadian Theatre. In 2013 Albert Schultz was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada, and in 2014 he received the National Arts Centre Award for Artistic Achievement by the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Foundation.Lorenzo SovoiniBorn in Thornhill, Ontario.YOUNG FAMILY DIRECTOR OF DESIGN, RESIDENT ARTIST, SOULPEPPER 2016: Set & Lighting Designer: Incident at Vichy, The Testament of Mary. Set Designer: A Doll’s House, Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts I, II, III), The Odd Couple.FOR SOULPEPPER: Set Designer: Marat/Sade, Happy Place, The Dybbuk. Set and Costume Designer: Eurydice. Set and Lighting Designer: Of Human Bondage (Dora Award).OTHER THEATRE: Stratford Festival, Tarragon Theatre, Theatre Calgary, Belfry Theatre, Neptune Theatre, COC, Canadian Stage and many theatres across the country.OTHER: Graduate of the Soulpepper Academy.www.soulpepper.ca Twitter: @soulpepper Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoulpepperTheatre Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/soulpeppertheatre Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/soulpeppertheatreStageworthy:http://www.stageworthypodcast.com Twitter @stageworthyPod Facebook: http://facebook.com/stageworthyPod

In this episode of the History Slam Sean Graham talks with Nicole Nolette, author of Jouer la traduction: Théâtre et hétérolinguisme au Canada francophone, winner of the 2016 Ann Saddlemyer Award for as the best book on Canadian theatre. They talk about translating for theatre, the challenge of overcoming regional dialects, and the nature of […]

In this episode of the History Slam Sean Graham talks with Nicole Nolette, author of Jouer la traduction: Théâtre et hétérolinguisme au Canada francophone, winner of the 2016 Ann Saddlemyer Award for as the best book on Canadian theatre. They talk about translating for theatre, the challenge of overcoming regional dialects, and the nature of […]

This is a recording of a forum held in Toronto, Ontario at Theatre Passe Muraille about the challenge we face of building and sustaining future theatre audiences. Hosted by Sheila Skye, Derrick Chua, and Sue Edworthy.