IPhone Apps for Theatre Types
I have an IPhone! And let me tell you, it’s a revelation. For the past two years, I have been using a Blackberry, for various reasons that expired as time went on. I get why workaholics like Blackberries. You can’t […]
Summer Courses for Youth
A popular debate topic around these here parts is how do we build an audience for the future. One way of doing that is to encourage the next generation of theatre-makers. If you have a teenager in your house (thankfully, […]
Entertainment versus provocation: what is theatre’s job?
It feels like ever since the Dionysians danced around the giant penis in the first days of Greek theatre, the debate has been raging. I can see it now: half of the revelers, drunk and having a debauched good time, […]
Apparently, Theatre is Dead…
While starring in the play A Touch of the Poet on Broadway in 2005, [actor Gabriel] Byrne proclaimed that theater is dying out. “I looked out into the audience and the theatre was packed with well-to-do, white-haired people,” Byrne said. […]
Theatre Tweeple
I’ve been talking about Twitter for months now. It’s no secret that I am totally and utterly hooked. I love that it works in real time, and I love all the new contacts that I’ve made through Twitter. And I’m […]
A Who’s-Who of the Vancouver Theatrosphere
It’s happening. Slowly, but surely, more and more Vancouver theatre companies are choosing to get online with Web 2.0 technology. Simon Ogden and I have been preaching this gospel for a long time: it’s not enough to just have a […]
Vancouver’s Pantages Theatre in Jeapordy
Early this year, I got involved in a project through my friend Kevin McKeown over at Publicity Plus Event Marketing. It was a project that was close to my heart, and every single person who got involved in it worked […]