It’s Coming —> & CBC Radio 3 + SummerWorks = happy

SummerWorks is just over a month away, which is equally exciting as it is shocking and perhaps a little terrifying.
How are people feeling? Are you excited, afraid, terrorized, happy, sad?
Let’s share our feelings. Let’s.
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For those who may not yet know, this year we have a couple of new exciting [...]

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Is this weird to anyone else?

This weirds me out, but I’m not sure why.
This first one is a Scottish production of The Drawer Boy. They seem to be doing a cross between Canadian and Scottish accents. Canadianish. (i just came up with that. just now. JUST now)

And this [...]

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suffer?

michael@summerworks.ca

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Volcano Conservatory

This is a wonderful opportunity. The only one I have trained with here is Leah Cherniak. She is truly a magical teacher and is one of the most wonderful theatre artists this city has to offer. I urge you to take advantage of this sort of training. There is so little [...]

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WELCOME

Hi. Welcome to the blog. We’ve been running for a couple weeks now. It’s mainly myself, Michael Rubenfeld, posting random things here and there–for now. For the time being, this is going to be a hodge podge of material, some very serious, some less serious. Some fun, some NOT FUN. [...]

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HATCH @ Harbourfront

For those who don’t know about HATCH, you should. It’s an incredible opportunity.
An Open Call for Artist Proposals
HATCH: emerging performance projects at Harbourfront Centre
Deadline for Proposals: June 27, 2008
TORONTO, May 6, 2008 – Harbourfront Centre is pleased to announce an Open Call for proposals from Toronto-area artists and companies working in the field of [...]

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How do you live, when the focus is survival?

The sun shone today in Vancouver. Lovely
Today was a magnificent day, primarily because of a talk Peter Hinton (AD of the National Arts Centre) gave with Rwandan theatre artist, Odile Gakire Katese, about theatre in Rwanda, and the re-development of a culture after a massive genocide. There was some fascinating questions raised surrounding [...]

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Wednesday, June 11th @ Magnetic North

The Magnetic North Industry series is on its second day. An industry series is a really great, yet tricky thing. Great, because it gets people talking about Art. Tricky, because it gets people talking about art.
We all perceive and create in such specific, unique and very very different ways. And, while [...]

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Magnetic North Theatre Festival (VANCOUVER, BC)

I’m at the Magnetic North Theatre Festival, on behalf of the SummerWorks Festival. Its a pretty intense place, as the PACT (Professional Association of Canadian Theatres) is happening at the same time. Intense mostly because it feels like 75% of the Canadian Theatre Community is here … and this is a NETWORKING FESTIVAL. [...]

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Banff Centre

I’ve been to the Banff Centre twice. It is an artist paradise. If you don’t know much about it, its definitely worth checking this out.
Invitation
The Banff Centre invites you to attend an informal presentation about our upcoming [...]

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