Bealtaine
iPhoto caption: Ordena Stephens-Thompson and Tony Nappo in 'The Neighbours' at Tarragon Theatre. Photo by Jae Yang.
As PlayME’s season concludes, its creators reflect on the changing world of Canadian audio drama
Chris Tolley remembers CBC's Studio 212 with a sense of awe. “It felt like you were on the Starship Enterprise holodeck,” he said. “There was this big, long table with all these different computers and servers underneath. The studio had these different staircases made out of wood and metal, and strips of concrete and wood floor, so that you could run on them and record [different sound effects].”
iPhoto caption: 'Chicken.' Photo by Hildegard Ryan.
This piece of contemporary Irish theatre stars a talking fowl with a ketamine habit. Its creators are anything but chicken.
iPhoto caption: Photo by Szymon Lazewski.
“We are all coming from somewhere, and we all have ancestors, and we all have this profound connection with not just where we come from but who we come from,” says playwright-performer Martha Knight. “That’s really connected me to the piece and connected me with everybody I’ve worked with on this show.”
iPhoto caption: Production image of The Livrarian. Photo by Anita Murphy.
Inaugural Bealtaine Theatre Festival brings contemporary Irish theatre to Toronto
Toronto audiences will experience a diverse selection of Irish theatre, music, and storytelling as the Bealtaine Theatre Festival debuts from April 25 to May 25.