Why I love the theatre
World Theatre Day is less than a month away. Plans are in full swing. Last year, Ian MacKenzie, a writer from Toronto, came up with the idea of a World Theatre Day meme. For those of you that are new […]
2010 World Theatre Day Message: Dame Judi Dench
I was very excited to discover the author of this year’s World Theatre Day address, an actor for whom I have the greatest esteem, and who is a “woman of a certain age”, to boot! Ladies and Gentlemen, Dame Judi […]
How will you celebrate March 27?
March 27 you say? Saturday? What’s the big deal about March 27? World Theatre Day!! First a bit of background. As you know, I am a theatre publicist, and for the past two years, I have done publicity for our […]
Augusto Boal Dies
I was stunned to receive this email today from Carla Estefan, with whom we had quite a lot of contact during our World Theatre Day celebrations. Augusto Boal was the given the honour of writing this year’s World Theatre Day […]
World Theatre Day: the afterglow…
Wow. What a ride it’s been. It all started a few weeks back, as I was starting prep work for doing publicity for our local Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Associations’ World Theatre Day celebrations. I thought–Hey, wouldn’t it be cool […]
Happy World Theatre Day!
I feel like it’s Christmas–the last few weeks of preparation have finally come to this: March 27–World Theatre Day! Help us celebrate by going to the theatre, participating in a reading, aor backstage tour. Introduce a friend to the theatre. […]
Hey, Vancouver–Come Celebrate Theatre: International Style!
A while back, I posted about a new blog that I started with a group of theatre artists from around the world to celebrate World Theatre Day on a truly international basis. Since then, we have changed the URL of […]
Come and join the world in celebrating Theatre!
Last year, I did a job for our local Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance–publicity for their annual World Theatre Day celebrations. World Theatre Day takes place every year on March 27, and is the brainchild of the International Theatre Institute. […]