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::THEATRE NEWS::
LE Newsletter - February 2, 2012
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Theatre Passe Muraille’s New Season Breaks Exciting Dramatic
Ground
Source:
www.thestar.com - By Richard Ouzounian
(Jan 30, 2012)
Theatre Passe Muraille
is living up to its name, with
artistic director Andy McKim creating a “theatre beyond walls”
for its fall 2012 season.
A series of innovative projects developed over the past year,
thanks to a grant from the Metcalf Foundation, are coming to
fruition.
Six major productions will open in the three months from Sept.
15 onward, but not all are restricted by the “walls” of a
theatre.
Each of the productions will also have a social media component.
• Fare Game is a multimedia piece about life in
Toronto’s taxis, being developed by Ruth Madoc-Jones, Marjorie
Chan and Alex Williams. After months of activity with the
cabbies of Toronto, they’ll bring their results to the TPM
Mainspace.
• The CN Tower Show is a look at our city in the five
years following the tower’s creation, contrasting it with today.
Personal interviews with Torontonians form the raw material and
the final show will also arrive this fall in the TPM Mainspace.
• Queen and Bathurst: The Four Corners will emerge as a
four-part radio drama from Lisa Marie DiLiberto and Charles
Ketchabaw, taken from the life of one of the funkiest and most
rapidly changing intersections in our city.
• The Toy Box is being described as “a place where young
and old can play,” designed by the multimedia duo of Beth Kates
and Ben Chaisson, and mixing art and technology to create fun.
The Toy Box will alternate residency at TPM with visits
around the city.
• The Queen Street Project, taking place on the street
itself in September, is Deborah Pearson’s response to the status
of the homeless suffering from mental illness. It involves
audience members wearing headphones and moving to directions
only they can hear, while dancers shadow them and interact with
what is happening to create a new kind of street theatre.
• The 501 — Toronto in Transit will eventually find a
home in the TPM Backspace after Donna-Michelle St. Bernard,
Justin Manyfingers and Bob Nasmith assemble the results of an
entire fall spent riding the 501 streetcar and recording the
life of Toronto through the eyes of the passengers.
A series of other spontaneous events will take place over the
fall. Track the developments at
www.passemuraille.on.ca. |
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::ENTERTAINMENT NEWS WITH A CANADAN TWIST::
