KUCHING (May 3): Prof James Chin, a professor of Asian Studies at University of Tasmania, is in the search for interested individuals in Sarawak to stage a play based on Esca Brooke, the 'unacknowledged' first born of Rajah Charles Brooke.
Chin, in a Facebook post yesterday, said he had received
The Lunchbox Interview: Theatre UNB presents “Into” (2021-01-22) Posted on
The Winter season of Theatre UNB begins on
February 4 but, given the pandemic, is going to be another opportunity to see live theatre while sitting comfortably at home.
“Grand Poobah of Theatre” (and Director of Theatre at UNB Fredericton)
Len Falkenstein along with actors
Julianne Richard and
Chris Rogers join me to talk about the second of two productions for this year, Dave Carley’s
Into.
In
Into, four strangers meet when they become stuck in a massive traffic jam on the outskirts of a metropolis. As the jam stretches on for days, weeks, and then months, they must overcome their differences, disconnecting from their old lives and building a new society, in order to survive.
Home /Novel Kinmount puts spotlight on stage
Rod Carley’s new novel Kinmount follows the course of Shakespeare production gone awry. /Photo submitted
News23 December 2020
By Chad Ingram
Kinmount is a humorous take on small-town theatre that draws from Carley’s own experiences.
“The genesis for it happened when I was a young director,” says Carley, who teaches at Canadore College and Nipissing University in North Bay and has previously worked with the Highlands Summer Festival.
“I want to put a qualifier in here – all my experiences with the Highlands Summer Festival were wonderful,” he says.
As Carley explains, going back about 25 years he was working as a freelance director, hired to put on productions in various communities. “I did this all over the province and into the United States,” he says, adding that part of a director’s role is preserving the integrity of a piece of work. “As a director, you’re responsible for delivering the words of