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Category Archives: Interviews
I love the smell of gasoline: questions for Claren Grosz
The description of Claren Grosz’s new show caught my eye. I love the smell of gasoline dives into Western alienation, the Canadian oil and gas machine and what it all means in the face of an environmental apocalypse. Her title … Continue reading
Aleksandar Lukac discusses his adaptation of Ionesco’s Rhinoceros
Rhino is Aleksandar (Sasha) Lukac’s adaptation of Rhinoceros, opening March 9th at Glendon College. Sasha directed over sixty professional theatre productions in his native Yugoslavia (now Serbia and Bosnia), which garnered seven Grand Prix awards for Best Director as well … Continue reading
Questions for Norman E Brown — OperOttawa’s Alcina
I wanted to shine a spotlight on OperOttawa, a relatively new company, by talking to their founder and Artistic Director, Canadian baritone Norman E. Brown. OperOttawa present Handel’s Alcina on March 5th in Ottawa, so I wanted to ask Norman … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Opera, Press Releases and Announcements
Tagged Alcina, Carole Portelance, Domenico Cimarosa, Erinne-Colleen Laurin, Frederic Lacroix, George Frideric Handel, Il Matrimonio Segreto, Jack Hui Litster, Kathleen Radke, Morgan Strickland, Norman E Brown, Opera Lyra, OperOttawa
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Questions for Colin Eatock at 65
The invitation from Colin Eatock caught my eye: “I’m organizing a concert in Toronto on February 20 (my 65th birthday).The programme will include a new piece by me.Admission is by donation — I hope you can make it!” We’ve seen … Continue reading
Interviewing Mike Fan | 范祖铭 (they) aka Tanya Smania (she): probing Tatyana’s Secret
I’m intrigued by the upcoming production of Tanya’s Secret produced by Opera Queens, an adaptation of Eugene Onegin, a work that seems to invite questions. Mike Fan | 范祖铭 (they) aka Tanya Smania (she) is the artistic director and driving … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, theatre & musicals, Interviews, Opera, Press Releases and Announcements
Tagged Eugene Onegin, Four Last Songs, gender, Mike Fan | 范祖铭 (they) aka Tanya Smania (she), Opera Queens, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovky, Queer theory, Richard Strauss, Shakespeare in Love, Sky Gilbert, Tanya's Secret, Titus, William Shakespeare
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Who’s Afraid of Titus? Sky Gilbert isn’t.
The title Who’s Afraid of Titus? has at least three meanings I can see. 1: Performers who fear that audiences won’t come see an unfamiliar play. 2: Professors (Shakespeare theorists) confused by a play that doesn’t fit the usual template. … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Literature, Cinema, video & DVDs, Dance, theatre & musicals, Interviews, Popular music & culture, Press Releases and Announcements
Tagged Brian Smegal, Ellen-Ray Hennessy, Eric Woolfe, gender, genre theory, George Alevizos, Hermogenes, horror, John Humeniuk, Max Ackerman, Michelle Mohammed, Queer theory, Ray Jacildo, Red Sandcastle Theatre, Sandy Crawley, Shakespeare Beyond Science: When Poetry Was the World, Sky Gilbert, Stratford Festival, Titus Andronicus, violence, Who's afraid of Titus, William Shakespeare
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Lindsay Anne Black: canary in the mine
Whether your Kafkaesque fate is to wake up to the discovery you’ve turned into an insect, or merely that you have to hide inside your house because of coronaviruses and lockdowns, I think we’re ready for Eldritch Theatre’s current theatrical … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, theatre & musicals, Food, Health and Nutrition, Interviews, University life
Tagged asthma, Craig Walker, Donna-Michelle St Bernard, Eldritch Theatre, Environmental Sensitivities, Eric Woolfe, ES, Franz Kafka, Fred Euringer, HP Lovecraft, Karen P Hay, Lindsay Anne Black, MCS, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, Natalie Rewa, Prairie Theatre Exchange, Queen's University, Red Sandcastle Theatre, rewild, Two Weird Tales, Women's College Hospital
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Kyle McDonald talks about Conan and Mightier Productions
Kyle McDonald and Mightier Productions premiere a new opera on May 5th, titled Conan and the Stone of Kelior. I asked Kyle a few questions. BB: When I look at your website, I see a commercial venture: (hopefully you recognize … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Architecture & Design, Cinema, video & DVDs, Dance, theatre & musicals, Interviews, Music and musicology, Opera, Popular music & culture
Tagged Alumnae Theatre, Conan, Conan and the Stone of Kelior, Corey Arnold, Diana DiMauro, Fraggle Rock, Geoffrey Davis, Guillermo Silva-Marin, Jim Smagata, Kristi Ann Holt, Kyle McDonald, Mark Rehkopf, Mightier Productions, pasticcio, Robert de Vrij
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Adam Paolozza explains Italian Mime Suicide
Adam Paolozza and theatre ensemble Bad New Days are coming back to Toronto with the provocative genre-bending piece ITALIAN MIME SUICIDE at The Theatre Centre (Franco Boni Theatre) beginning April 21 to May 1 (opening night April 23). Inspired by … Continue reading
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