DramaSplurge?
Why dramasplurge? As incoming "dramaturge" for the Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre, I asked to use the 'e' version of the word: dramaturge. On the other hand, the outgoing "dramaturg" Heather Inglis...
View Article"The December Man"
What a terrific experience. Last night I had the opportunity to lead a book club discussion at the Saskatoon Public Library. They have a program called “Read the Book…Then We’ll Talk ” where they...
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Keeping Hopes Up (Even on "Blue Monday")
Yesterday was "Blue Monday" -- the day, it has been calculated, that is the most depressing of the year. It was also the day that, in my new role as SPC Dramaturge, I found myself with a pile of...
View ArticleWriting North: A Writer's Workshop
Playwright Kenneth Brown will be in Saskatoon for "Writing North: A Writer's Workshop" today and tomorrow (Jan. 21 & 22). Brown is probably best known for his warm-hearted one-man play "Life After...
View ArticlePirate Theatre
At last weekend's "Writing North: A Writer's Workshop" event, Edmonton-based playwright Kenneth Brown led a lively Saturday morning discussion as a self-described theatre "pirate."That is, he explained...
View ArticleWhere the Blood Mixes
I just finished reading the Governor General's award winning play, "Where the Blood Mixes" by Kevin Loring. It's the story of a handful of interesting, funny, damaged and fully alive characters who,...
View ArticleParticiper au theatre
Today I find myself thinking about another idea playwright Kenneth Brown raised at a recent writing festival in Saskatoon.As Ken reminded his audience, the French don't go "see" a play. Neither do they...
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What not to do...
"What shouldn’t you do if you’re a young playwright? Don’t bore the audience! I mean, even if you have to resort to totally arbitrary killing onstage, or pointless gunfire, at least it’ll catch their...
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The Importance of Being Earnest
"'The Importance of Being Earnest' is important, but it says nothing about anything.'" -- Tom Stoppard "The point being that a play doesn't necessarily have an obligation to convey a moral, social, or...
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Just when you thought Sophocles was safe...
Sadly, it's no April Fool's joke."Antigone" was banned last night in Saskatchewan. Yes, that classic tragedy originally penned by Sophocles, the pop playwright sensation of Athens roundabout 440 BC,...
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Power = Passion and Poetry
Carol Greyes & Chip Chuipka in TWO ROOMS by Mansel RobinsonA good night at the theatre last night…went to see TWO ROOMS at Persephone Theatre. Intelligence and social conscience all tied together...
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Spring Festival of New Plays
Spring has sprung! Officially. If I didn't know it from the leaves that have finally decided to make an appearance on Saskatoon trees, I'd know it from the playwrights, directors and actors who will be...
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Gone fishing...
That's right, I've gone fishing.Fishing for stories, for inspiration, for writing time, for dream time, for rest, for replenishment, for refilling the well.Now, the fact is, I probably should have...
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