My guest today is Tim Yerxa, Executive Director of The Fredericton Playhouse. We discuss the past, present and possible future of the Playhouse. (Interview only.)
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My guests today are Isabelle and Bianca of Théâtre La Cigogne talking about the Identity Project, in search of New Brunswick identity. Music by Coeur de Pirate, Little You Little Me and Tortue.
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My guests today were Frances Adair McKenzie, the new Artist-In-Residence at Connexion ARC and Thomas Morgan Jones from TNB talking about the new staging of Watching Glory Die. Music today by Steph Copeland, Gypsophilia and Ora Cogan.
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Today we talk to Aaron Ellis and Alex Pannier, two students starring in the Theatre UNB production of Slavs! by Tony Kushner. Music today by Glory Glory, Derrival and Earthbound Trio.
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A chat with writer/director Len Falkenstein and actors Alex Donovan and Jean-Michel Cliche about the play Lac/Athabasca. Music by The Dears, Hey Rosetta and Destroyer.
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Thomas Morgan Jones, the Artistic Director of TNB, joins me today to talk about the upcoming production, Vigil. Music by Greg Hemmings, Steph Copeland and Black Tooth Grinn.
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Guest host Chris Waddell talks to TNB Artistic Director Thomas Morgan Jones about his new upcoming play, “You Play Beautifully”. Music by The Standfields, Natalie MacMaster, Alert The Medic, Carla Bonnell and Little You Little Me.
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I love theatre! So much that I can talk about it off-the-cuff for an hour.
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My guest today is Tania Breen, Director of the TNB Theatre School. We talk in detail about the several upcoming summer drama camps for children of all ages. Music today by Like A Motorcycle, Napalmpom and Cory Paul Hill.
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My guests today are Len Falkenstein, Jake Martin and Sharisse LeBrun, all from the exciting 2015 summer season of Bard In The Barracks, featuring Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. Music today by Braids, Milk + Bone and Midday Swim.
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My guests today are Thomas Morgan Jones (TNB’s new Artistic Director) & Alison Howells (Program Development Officer for Leisure Learning & Design Works Camps for Kids). Music today by Sieraslave, Elephant Skeletons and Revenge of the Trees.
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Two actors from Theatre UNB, Alex & Dylan, join me today to talk about their production of Enron, a play by Lucy Prebble. Music today by The Mohrs & Emelie Rae.
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I love drama: on-stage, on audio, on the radio, in a book. But what about crossing these forms? The Next Folding Theatre Company prides itself on pushing boundaries and trying new things, as well as giving new playwrights a chance to get their work produced. My guest today is Brandon Hicks, the producer of the upcoming
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What does the university experience mean to you? To most, it’s much more than just academics; it’s also about finding out about yourself, trying new things, and finding new friends. But how do you find new people? One solution is to join a club or a society, much like a “Greek Letter Society”, one referred to
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Traditional theatre follows a process (I imagine) something like this: Playwright writes a play. Director gets play, casts play. Actors perform play. But what if you took that process and compressed it to: People get together, write the script, act in the script and direct each other. That the process behind the Creative Collaboration series
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Ah, the power of the stage! We are surrounded by drama, but most of it is disconnected, flat, prerecorded, editted, pre-processed and, in a way, dead. Give me the stage, with performers mere feet away, real humans who are dressing up in clothes and emotions, delivering speech and movement to convey a story far bigger than what
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I am constantly amazed by the level and breadth of artistic talent in and around this city. We often get a chance to celebrate the great music, from regular performances at venues like The Capital Complex, The Cellar and The Playhouse. This weekend, we celebrate drama, both in cinema and in theatre. Opening today are two
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I have always loved stories, whether they are in a book, spoken aloud, acted on stage or screened on TV or the movies. One of my favourite ways to experience them is acted in audio form, what is often called audio drama. This past Thursday was World Audio Drama Day, an expansion of the National Audio Drama Day,
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I love good theatre. It moves you in a way that a movie can’t touch, engages you like a book made manifest. It transcends language and place, yet can be just as rooted in it. Les Belles-soeurs is a celebrated French play by Quebec playwright Michel Tremblay. Theatre UNB, under the direction and leadership of
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I can’t help it: I love live theatre. I had the chance to talk with Len Falkenstein (director/writer/artist director), Jacob Martin (actor/Hamlet) and John Ball (actor/Polonius) and discuss the upcoming Bard In The Barracks production of Hamlet.
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Fredericton has plenty of history, and Frederictonians have a strange way of relating to it. We often talk about a place in this city by what it used to be, more than what it is. We hold fast on rules about appearance of buildings, and yet find ways to innovate. Lisa Ross and Solo Chicken
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Theatre is magic: you can recreate the entire world or a small slice of it, from any time period or moving between them. Ryan Griffith (co-writer, director) and Jean-Michel Cliché (producer, actor) from The Next Folding Theatre Company dropped by today to discuss their currently staged play, “Disintegrate Me”. We talk collaboration, the challenge of theatre and
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The play Rossum’s Universal Robots (RUR) is nearly a century old, but its cautionary vision still rings true to this very day. A new production of RUR is being staged at Memorial Hall from April 9th through 12th, with a preview performance on April 8. Director and professor Len Falkenstein joined me along with two
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I believe in theatre. It is not just 3D television, nor is it a book being read to you. It is it’s own medium, unique and powerful. Caleb Marshall, Director and Co-Producer of the new production of RED, joined me to talk about the challenges of a bi-located play (produced, practiced and performed in Fredericton
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Friday brought with it plenty of great music and theatre combined, as well as community-minded groups. First, Roger Jean — beautifully and purply-coifed as “Rosie” — dropped by to tell me about tonight’s rockin’ charity show presented by wrestlers from XWA Pro Wrestling, local comedians and hard rockin’ bands called XWA Brain Bash. That’s happening
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