{"id":3277296,"date":"2024-10-31T13:00:40","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T16:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3277296"},"modified":"2024-10-31T13:00:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T16:00:45","slug":"interview-black-box-theatre-presents-a-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/interview-black-box-theatre-presents-a-number","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Black Box Theatre presents &#8220;A Number&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Have you ever wondered if you were unique?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"3277297\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/interview-black-box-theatre-presents-a-number\/attachment\/lunchbox2024bbpanumber\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2024BBPANumber.png\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lunchbox2024BBPANumber\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2024BBPANumber-800x800.png\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2024BBPANumber-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3277297\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2024BBPANumber-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2024BBPANumber-800x800.png 800w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2024BBPANumber-100x100.png 100w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2024BBPANumber-768x768.png 768w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2024BBPANumber.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>My guests today are <strong>Scott Shannon<\/strong> (&#8220;Salter&#8221;), <strong>Ilkey Silk <\/strong>(Director) and <strong>Ian Curran <\/strong>(Promotions Director), all part of the Theatre St. Thomas presentation of Caryl Churchill&#8217;s <em><strong>A Number<\/strong><\/em>. They join me to celebrate the origins of the Black Box Theatre (which celebrates its 30-year anniversary this year!), the challenges presented by this psychological play, and the strong desire to bring this production to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>A Number<\/em><\/strong> runs at the Black Box Theatre at St Thomas University from October 30 through November 2, with nightly performances at 7:30pm and an additional matiness on November 2 at 2pm.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9555\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2024-10-30%20Black%20Box%20Theatre%20presents%20A%20Number.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('9555','https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2024-10-30%20Black%20Box%20Theatre%20presents%20A%20Number.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" 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