Thought Residency: Michael Rubenfeld
Don’t make promises that you can’t keep. Because when people ask you to then honour the promise that you’ve made and you can’t, it...
Thought Residency: Jenna Rodgers
I’m coming to you live from Vancouver, where I’m attending my first ever Push Festival. I’m wrapping up this residency in such a fitting...
Work Life Balance
I wish I had an answer for improving balance in the lives of our artists and craftspeople. I don’t. But I do know that a single version approach can create as many issues as it solves.
Thought Residency: Luke Reece
For this final thought, I’m writing it out first, so that I don’t have to do several more takes at it. Someone I love...
New Ways To Fail: Yvette Nolan on Queen Seraphina at Saskatoon’s Sum Theatre
On July 2, 2018, Saskatoon’s Sum Theatre launched its sixth annual Theatre in the Park (TITP) with Queen Seraphina and the Land of Vertebraat,...
Why Not Co-ops?
To save the world from what Avi Lewis describes as “capitalist planetary suicide”, theatre companies should become co-ops. Theatre is not charity. It is...
Wait a minute, are we the bad guys?
As a Canadian who lives in the UK, whenever I confirm that my accent is not American, a bit of friendly banter ensues. People...
Thought Residency: Susanna Fournier
Just when you thought nothing else could happen your creative team and you decide to radically alter the production and your cat keeps you...
YYC in Flux
It’s been a turbulent year for Calgary theatre—and that’s being generous.
From 2017-2018, the Calgary arts community has been beset by funding cutbacks in...
Thought Residency: Jacob Wren
Day 14
(Malmö)
Yesterday I was worrying I needed praise from an audience in order to keep me going. But today I think there might be...
