EVERY TIME I SEE YOUR PICTURE I CRY, by Daniel Barrow

The SummerWorks Theatre Festival presents:
EVERY TIME I SEE YOUR PICTURE I CRY
by Daniel Barrow
Composer: Amy Linton
Featuring Daniel Barrow
Everytime I See Your Picture I Cry’ sold out at it’s run as part of Harbourfront Centre’s World Stage/Images premiere in 2008, and awarded the Images Festival Prize. SummerWorks is proud to be bringing this unique work [...]

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Interview Series – Carnival Knowledge

Birgit Schreyer Duarte from TWINWERKS’s “THE PIANO TUNER” interviews Rob Faust about his production

CARNIVAL KNOWLEDGE
1. I am new to this genre, puppet and mask theatre–but your work as presented on your company website looks very intriguing. What drew you to this art form in the first place?

The seeds of my mask career were [...]

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BAND PROFILE: MIRACLE FORTRESS

BAND PROFILE: MIRACLE FORTRESS
by Carmel Garvez

Miracle Fortress came into fruition when Think About Life co-founder Graham Van Pelt decided to write and record a solo project that would favour his love of arrangements. But it isn’t always a one-man band. On stage, Sunset Rubdown’s Jordan Robson-Cramer, Telefauna’s Adam Waito, and SS Cardiacs’ Jessie Stein [...]

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Podcast #1 – Franco Boni

PODCAST #!
Catherine Kustanczy interviews past Artistic Producer, Franco Boni.

SummerWorks Podcast #1

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Interview Series – The Ecstasy of Mother Teresa or Agnes Bojaxhiu Superstar

Bembo Davies (“Forget Zis” Experiment) interviews Alistair Newton, director and creator of:
The Ecstasy of Mother Teresa or Agnes Bojaxhiu Superstar
• This production is conceived as the third element of a trilogy depicting various forms of religious service, how did the proposal to explore the life and myth of Mother Theresa occur?

It was [...]

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Interview Series – Lake Nora Arms

Asked by Heather Davies, of Toronto Noir.
Answered by Co-Adaptor/Composer Jane Miller and Director Liza Balkan of
Lake Nora Arms
1) What was it that drew you to this material?

(Director Liza Balkan) I am a fan of Michael Redhill’s  beautiful writing and love Jane Miller’s music. I first became aware of this  project several years ago [...]

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Interview Series – Some Reckless Abandon

Interview with Leah Bailly (Some Reckless Abandon)
by Dave Deveau (My Funny Valentine)

Leah Bailly, writer and citizen of the world, can never quite be pinpointed geographically. Her travels channel into her work through a multitude of genres – travel writing, poetry, screenplay, new media, and, naturally, theatre. Her latest work “Some Reckless Abandon”, which visits [...]

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Around The House – Njo Kong Kie

Hi SummerWorks Friends.
This is first in a short series of videos called “Around the House with Michael Rubenfeld”, in which SummerWorks Participants hang around with me … at my house.
The first person to stop by was Njo Kong Kie, composer for La Señorita Mundo – an operatic allegory

Thanks for coming [...]

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My date with DD/MM/YYYY by Carmel Garvez

Welcome to the first post from our music intern, Carmel Garvel!

Carmel has just finished high school and has joined us to cover some of the music this year.  When I asked Carmel to introduce herself, this is what she had to say
“I’m not really sure what to say!
I’m 18 and I am [...]

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Interview Series – My Funny Valentine

Interview with Dave Deveau (My Funny Valentine)
by Leah Bailly (Some Reckless Abandon)

Dave Deveau, playwright and star of “My Funny Valentine” is a bit of a boy-wonder. Star of Nickelodeon TV shows and operatic librettist (he writes the words), his work spans multiple genres and over two decades. His film “Belly” is currently touring festivals in four continents, and [...]

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