Re: Peat
31 July 2010A recent article in the Toronto Sun decries taxpayer money supporting the Summerworks Festival and one of this year’s plays and we think it’s a call to artists to stand up and be counted. It’s artist baiting provocation to be sure but we’re taking the bait and hope you’ll chime in with your thoughts.
Participants from our Streetsville Secondary School workshop
We got schooled!
3 May 2010What is genuine Outreach? After a recent series of school workshops allowed us the opportunity to explore our production of The Overwhelming in depth with a valued segment of our audience, we started wondering about other ways to keep the dialogue going.
The preset for STUFF HAPPENS at the Royal Alexandra Theatre (2009)
Is this currency valid?
13 April 2010A look at the challenge of exploring truly contemporary issues in the world of the theatre.
A recent article in the New York Times looks at the world of issue based theatre and the challenges it faces with respect to being truly relevant, topical and contemporary. In the article, theatre critics Ben Brantley and Charles Isherwood take a peek at the recent resurgence of topical dramas and discuss what it means (or perhaps whether it’s possible) “for the theater to be truly topical in a culture of instant satire, when this morning’s headlines have by midday been digested and regurgitated all over the Web and television by pundits and comics.”
David Storch and André Sills in THE OVERWHELMING
What’s in a blog?
7 April 2010As we ramp up our efforts to keep the dialogue going after the final curtain, we’d love to hear from you with regard to what you look for in a theatre blog.
A school class portrait from Poland in the early 1920s
Studio 180’s 2010/2011 season announced!
30 March 2010What better way to christen a blog than with big news about what’s on the horizon. From Atlanta, Georgia to Jedwabne, Poland – we’re delighted to announce a new season and an exciting new partnership!
