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la Conférence des Oiseaux présenté au Centre dramatique de l’Océan Indien (Saint Denis de la Réunion)

la Conférence des Oiseaux présenté au Centre dramatique de l’Océan Indien (Saint Denis de la Réunion)

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La conférence des oiseaux

Les 11 et 12 avril La conférence des oiseaux   de Jean-Claude Carrière inspiré par Farid Uddin Attar

mise en scène Guy Pierre Couleau  Comédie de l’Est – CDN de Colmar     Présentation de “La conférence des oiseaux” par Guy Pierre Couleau

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Porté à la scène pour la première fois en 1979 par Peter Brook, le conte soufi de Farid Uddin Attar, adapté par Jean-Claude Carrière, retrouve toute sa force intemporelle par la grâce d’une mise en scène sobre et délicate signée Guy Pierre Couleau. …

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Lungs a piece of stripped-down theatre with a fully packed message

Lungs a piece of stripped-down theatre with a fully packed message

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First published in Artsfile.ca January 7, 2019

Megan Carty and Matt Hertendy star in Lungs at Arts Court.

What do you do when you’re rehearsing a show that has no set, no props, no costume changes and no miming but does have a storyline that unfolds in multiple locales at different times?

Clearly, you head to IKEA.

At least that’s what Megan Carty and Matt Hertendy did to rehearse one of the scenes in Lungs, Duncan Macmillan’s two-hander about a young couple struggling with whether to have a child in a consumer-driven world dogged by climate change. The show, a remount of Carty and Hertendy’s award-winning 2018 Ottawa Fringe Festival production, is at Arts Court starting Jan. 10. …

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The Seventh Season: Artistic Director Eric Coates remaking GCTC one play at a time

The Seventh Season: Artistic Director Eric Coates remaking GCTC one play at a time

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Article first published on Artsfile.ca January 2  2018

Eric Coates is the artistic director of the Great Canadian Theatre Company.Now into his seventh season as artistic director, has Eric Coates remade the Great Canadian Theatre Company in his own image?

GCTC needed, if not a re-making, at least a firm hand when Coates took on the job in 2012.  The ebullient Coates, coming from a nine-year stint as artistic director of the popular Blyth Festival in southwestern Ontario, seemed to bring with him a fresh perspective and a sharp sense of what sells which was essential for the organization. The GCTC has been around since 1975 but was still carrying a capital debt of more than $500,000 because of the move from its old home on Gladstone Avenue to new digs on Wellington Street West.

The question of refashioning GCTC in his own image seems not to have occurred to Coates. “My personality and taste show up, absolutely. Does it show up consistently? I don’t know.” …

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A Company of Fools Artistic Director Catriona Leger to join Shakespeare in Action for a one-year Community Outreach coordinator contract in Toronto.

A Company of Fools Artistic Director Catriona Leger to join Shakespeare in Action for a one-year Community Outreach coordinator contract in Toronto.

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A Company of Fools Artistic Director Catriona Leger to join Shakespeare In Action for a one-year Community Outreach Coordinator contract

 

Catriona Leger will step back from her role as Artistic Director at a Company of Fools this coming January and will be working with Shakespeare In Action as they move into the role of resident theatre company a new Artscape space in northwest Toronto.

“We’re very proud of the work Catriona has done to develop this Company over the past three years in particular, and we’re excited about her new opportunity in Toronto,” says Fools board chair Kathryn McLaren.

“This one-year position will allow her to grow as a community builder in one of Canada’s largest theatre hotspots,” McLaren adds. …

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The Hockey Sweater: Building a better musical with a little help from the Creation Fund

The Hockey Sweater: Building a better musical with a little help from the Creation Fund

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Patrick Langston on artsfile.com

Photo Leslie Schechter

What happens when an existing show suddenly gets $200,000 in funding for expansion and fine-tuning? If it’s The Hockey Sweater: A Musical, very good things occur, according to the show’s co-writers Emil Sher and Jonathan Munro.  The musical is an adaptation of Roch Carrier’s beloved short story about young Roch, whose universe is knocked sideways when he mistakenly receives a Maple Leafs sweater from Eaton’s instead of a Habs No. 9 jersey, like Maurice Richard’s.

The show is a Segal Centre production. It premiered in Montreal last year and plays the National Arts Centre starting Dec. 5. Between the two runs, it got $200,000 from the NAC’s National Creation Fund, which was launched in 2017 to help develop ambitious new Canadian works. Over the next several years, the fund will invest up to $3 million annually in theatre, dance, music and other productions. …

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The tale of the Nutcracker back at the NAC. (the Alberta Ballet)

The tale of the Nutcracker back at the NAC. (the Alberta Ballet)

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THE BELOVED TALE OF THE NUTCRACKER COMES TO LIFE AT THE NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE, AND IS ALMOST SOLD-OUT!

 November 22, 2018 – OTTAWA (Canada) – This cherished NAC tradition is back by popular demand, and there are very few tickets available! November 28 to December 2, the Alberta Ballet performs its sumptuous production of The Nutcracker, marking the 10th anniversary of Edmund Stripe’s choreography. The Nutcracker transports us to a dazzling fairytale world with breathtaking dancing, fantastic costumes, extravagant sets and the enchanting music of Tchaikovsky. …

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Le nouveau visage de la Nouvelle Scène

Le nouveau visage de la Nouvelle Scène

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New director of La Nouvelle Scène: Anne-Marie White. Photo: Robert Patterson.

Le Festival Actoral et le Théâtre du Trillium s’associent pour présenter le meilleur des arts vivants et des écritures contemporaines dans une programmation avant-gardiste ouverte sur la littérature, le théâtre, la danse, la performance, la poésie sonore et les arts visuels. Une occasion unique pour le public d’ici de découvrir des œuvres singulières, des formes originales et des artistes emblématiques. Cette première édition d’Actoral à Ottawa se déroulera du 8 au 10 novembre 2018.

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