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• July 16, 2016Podcast

  #31 – Hamilton Fringe Roundup Week I

  Brian Morton of Theatre Erebus' Mary, I have his Pants, Esther Huh (@esthuh) and Dave Brennan (@brennandavidn) of The Tragedy of Othella Moore (@othellamoore), Olivia Fasullo of Referendum Productions' The Devil in the Details (@referendumpc)...

• July 12, 2016Podcast

  #30 – Jessica Anderson, Interim Director, Hamilton Fringe

  Jessica Anderson is an arts administrator, playwright and all-around theatre enthusiast. She has several years of administrative experience having previously worked for the Living Arts Centre, the Ottawa Arts Court Foundation, the Ottawa Little...

• July 9, 2016Podcast

  #29 – Toronto Fringe Week 2 Roundup

  The week 1 Toronto Fringe Roundup with producer of Damn Tank (@damntankTO), Laura McCallum (@lauramcsee), Nisha Coleman (@NishaColeman) of Self-Exile, David Kingsmill (@dragonliterate) of Romeo and Juliet Chainsaw Massacre (@RJMassacre), and Gillian...

• July 5, 2016Podcast

  #28 – Sex T-Rex II

  Following their 2015 Fringe hit SwordPlay (Winner, Just For Laughs Best Comedy Award), Sex T-Rex is raising the bar with their most ambitious show yet. Masters of genre parody, this year their sights are set on Post Apocalyptic mayhem in Wasteland....

• July 2, 2016Podcast

  #27 – Toronto Fringe Week 1 Roundup

  The week 1 Toronto Fringe Roundup with producer of Damn Tank (@damntankTO), Laura McCallum (@lauramcsee), Nisha Coleman (@NishaColeman) of Self-Exile, and Scott Garland and David Kingsmill (@dragonliterate) of Romeo and Juliet Chainsaw Massacre...

• June 28, 2016Podcast

  #26 – Shira Taylor

  Shira Taylor is a performer, director, producer, and doctoral candidate at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at U of T. For her dissertation, she created SExT: Sex Education by Theatre to explore the use of theatre for sexual health education...

• June 21, 2016Podcast

  #25 – Scenes from Plays I Never Wrote

  Record your album, make your film, open your restaurant, pursue your passion – what’s stopping you? Confronted with this question and unable to finish a script, playwright Katherine grapples with the voice in her head that’s controlling her...

• June 14, 2016Podcast

  #24 – Nisha Coleman

  Nisha Coleman was born in a swamp near Huntsville, Ontario. She studied music and psychology at McGill and Wilfrid Laurier University. Once school was out of the way, she went to live in Paris as a street violinist. Her memoir about these years is...

• June 7, 2016Podcast

  #23 – Amy Blackmore

  Amy Blackmore is the Executive & Artistic Director of MainLine Theatre and the St-Ambroise Montreal FRINGE Festival and the Artistic Director of the Bouge d’ici. An award-winning creator, she has produced, choreographed, performed and assisted...

• May 31, 2016Podcast

  #22 – Alexandra Simpson and the Terra Incognita Collective

  Alexandra Simpson is an interdisciplinary theatre artist with a background in dance, music, documentary, play writing, installation and directing. She has created and produced a number of audience-immersive and site-specific shows that focus on the...

• May 24, 2016Podcast

  #21 – Christel Bartelse

  Christel is an Actor, Comic, Writer, Teacher, and Solo Show creator living in Toronto. She is a graduate of the Second City Conservatory Program, Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts and has studied Clown extensively with John Turner & Michael...

• May 17, 2016Podcast

  #20 – Alysa Pires

  Choreographer Alysa Pires has created works for Ballet Jorgen, Citie Ballet (Edmonton, AB), Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre, Cadence Ballet, Ryerson University, Dancestreams Youth Dance Company, Victoria Academy of Ballet, McMaster Dance Company,...

• May 10, 2016Podcast

  #19 – Daniel Pagett & Jason Maghanoy: Hangman

  Daniel Pagett and Jason Maghanoy talk about Jason's play Hangman, opening May 13, 2016 at the Storefront Theatre. An examination of how we are shaped by our circumstances, Hangman follows the story of Alistair, a murderer who survives hanging for...

• May 3, 2016Podcast

  #18 – Tim Turnell

  Tim Turnell is a multiple-award winning artist who has called Saint John home for over ten years. His one-person performance company (and art moniker) Theatre Narcissus Twelve was created to provide unique theatre experiences while...

• April 26, 2016Podcast

  #17 – Alison MacDonald

  Alison MacDonald is a Jessie Award winning performer who has worked across Canada as a singer, actor, teacher, and producer. Recently, she made an album of 1950s/60s tunes and coming up, she will be reprising one of her favourite roles ever -...