Spur-of-the-Moment Shakespeare Collective artistic director Victoria Urquhart discusses the company’s work, the particulars of performing in hospitals, and how the show is changing lives.
Had things gone differently with Soulpepper’s programming, another production entirely might have been in its place this season. And, had things gone differently in Jani’s early years as an artist, she might not have grown into the fierce matriarch of Indigenous theatre that she is.
These are the plays to see in Toronto for the week of April 22th – 28th, 2019.
I was a better artist once I got on the drugs and the chat.
“It’s got to be words first, ’what’s being said here?’ Setting other people’s words to music is what I’ve always done, and this is the apex of that”
My desire to leave the city I had grown up in was born out of instinct.
Tarragon Theatre has announced their casting for the productions in the second half of their 2017/2018 season.
Every body I had seen on stage had a symmetry to it, a grace in its movement. I had neither of these qualities. My right leg is a prosthetic.
When Tom steps on stage, the atmosphere in the theatre changes. It’s palpable.
Demetrius is an entitled, possessive, insensitive womanizer who holds a position of power in a man’s world. He takes advantage of the male-dominated society in which he lives, and, in the end, he wins.
As we move into a world where more and more non-traditional and immersive theatre is being created, it’s important to ask: how are the creators of these stories documenting them so that other artists can benefit?
There won’t be any replacement. There was only Jon.
It would have been a big enough task to write using the common parlance of today, but my youthful arrogance made me want to write the play in verse.
Diversifying our stages is not a challenge we can address solely by commissioning lots and lots of new plays.
“I used to recite Shakespeare in my spare time. I was a strange child.”
“You think the writer’s going to go away and come back with blue, red, and green. But this is where art happens, because they come back with something plaid and on fire.”