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iPhoto caption: James Smith of Lessons in Temperament. Photo courtesy of Brampton On Stage.
For Lessons in Temperament’s James Smith, pianos are partners in vulnerability
“The act of tuning… allows me to find a good balance in terms of how deep I go into certain stories,” says Lessons in Temperament creator James Smith.
6 in the Six: Turning the Wheel: Leaving the Full-Time Theatre Life
I wrote like the devil was on my back. Because she was… and she wore a very loudly ticking watch. I had time to write. And I did.
iPhoto caption: Original photo by Andrew Scanlon.
6 in the Six: The Problem with “The Show Must Go On”
The resources available to us and the awareness we have about public services feel meagre and insufficient.
‘Grappling with Permanence’: In Conversation with Lessons in Temperament
“It’s beautiful and strange, the permanence of it,” says Cushman of Lessons in Temperament. “Every time we chose a take, we had to be, like, ‘okay, that’s the way it is forever.’ We’ve really been grappling with permanence in relation to it.”