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The Lunchbox Interview: Jean-Michel Cliche & Ryan Griffith from Next Folder Theatre on “Back To Zero”

Guests today are Jean-Michel Cliche and Ryan Griffith, to talk about Next Folding Theatre Company’s new production, “Back To Zero”. Music by women today: Basia Bulat, Roxy and the Underground Soul Sound and Amelia Curran.

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The Lunchbox Interviews: Frances Adair McKenzie (Artist) & Thomas Morgan Jones (TNB; Watching Glory Die)

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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The Lunchbox Interview: Len Falkenstein, Jake Martin, Sharisse LeBrun (Bard In The Barracks)

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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The Lunchbox Interview: Thomas Morgan Jones (TNB) & Alison Howells (UNB Leisure Learning)

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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The Lunchbox Interview: Brandon Hicks on NFTC’s Live Audio Theatre Workshop

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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The Lunchbox: Interviews: Greek Letter Societies and Imaginary Circumstances Theatre Company

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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The Lunchbox Interview: Ian Goff & Dylan Sealy of Next Folding Theatre Company for “10, 9, 8, etc., etc”

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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The Lunchbox Interview: Melissa Leblanc, Drama UNB

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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The Lunchbox Interviews: Britany Sparrow (“Here Without You”, “Gary”) and Ryan Griffith (TNB, Next Folding Theatre Company)

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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The Lunchbox Interviews: Jack Ward, Jenn Russell

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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The Lunchbox: Interview about Theatre UNB’s “Les Belles-soeurs”

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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The Lunchbox: Interview with Len Falkenstein, Jacob Martin and John Ball of Bard In The Barracks’ “Hamlet”

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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The Lunchbox: Interview with Lisa Ross on “Rabbit-Town”

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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The Lunchbox: Interview: Ryan Griffith & Jean-Michel Cliche on “Disintegrate Me”

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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