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December 14, 2009, by
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praxistheatre.com is one of five blogs in the Culture and Literature category that have advanced to the final round round of voting in the 2009 Canadian Blog Awards.

We need your help to come out on top. It only takes about 10 seconds to vote. The ranked ballot allows you to vote for as many blogs as you want.

Best of luck to our competition: Mouse-traps and the Moon, North By East West (NxEW), Book Mine Set, and Quick Brown Fox. Make sure to check out all four of these great portals to increased understanding of and interaction with Canadian culture.

Click here to vote in the Final Round of the Canadian Blog Awards.

November 23, 2009, by
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tune up
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coldpants licensed under Creative Commons.

It’s been almost a 1/2 year since we made big changes at praxistheatre.com with a new format that blended some of our best content from our blogspot blog with our company website. Inspired by a new commitment to integrate our creative process with our web presence, our goal has been to continue to be hub for discussion and analysis of independent theatre while increasing awareness of Praxis Theatre and the original theatrical works we are creating.

There has been mostly positive feedback about this switch, especially in terms of the high functionality of the new website and the potential inherent in an “open source” creative model. This tune-up addresses some consistent critiques from a number of readers regarding readability and organization and is reflected in three changes:

  1. A single sidebar column that runs down the right margin of the site amalgamates the two smaller columns that preceded it. The text size of these links have been increased.
  2. Hyperlinks are now underlined in red. If you pass the cursor over a hyperlink, the text will also change to be underlined in red.
  3. The Upcoming Shows page will contain the “open source” elements of our Section 98 creative process. This page will contain the “source code” of our production: information, discussions, examples, scripts and research we are engaged in. This page will be maintained by Aislinn Rose, Section 98 Open Source Project Leader.

Thanks for participating. We hope you continue to use this is site as a resource and a place for dialogue about indie theatre in Toronto and around the world.

Michael Wheeler
Editor
praxistheatre.com

November 5, 2009, by
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Section 98 Web Final Computer

Praxis Theatre presents Section 98: an open-source, interactive, original theatrical creation.

Section 98 dramatizes historical and current events while incorporating modern technology to explore individual and civil rights in Canada. This stage of the creation process will be developed in the context of The Progressive Arts Club, The FLQ, and the present day. The production invites the audience to participate in this experiment through their cellphone, PDA, on their computer before and after the performance, in person, or to simply observe and not interact at all!

The suspension of rights has been a contentious issue throughout Canadian history. Section 98 uses theatre and technology to enable everyone to debate and discuss these issues in 2010. A single presentation of this work-in-progress presentation of this work will occur on will take place at Harbourfront’s Studio Theatre on March 13th 2010 at 8pm.

As an “open source” theatrical project we aim to keep our artistic process open, available and interesting through the use of this website. This production is a collective collaborative creation with all members of the creative team contributing to the process. That being said, we all have specific roles:

Director: Michael Wheeler
Assistant Director: Laura Nordin
Online/Script Coordinator: Aislinn Rose
Dramaturg: Alex Fallis
Sound and Lighting Design: Verne Good
Stage Management: Brittney Filek-Gibson
Performers: Margaret Evans, Jody Hewston, Melissa Hood, Greta Papageorgiu and Ben Sanders.

Click the image below to learn more about Section 98 and Open Source Theatre.
*Photography by Meredith Hanafi

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August 6, 2009, by
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Pip Dwyer and John Gordon in Underneath, begging the question, "Do doctors like to play doctor?"

Pip Dwyer and John Gordon play doctors considering playing doctor. Photo by Meredith Whitten

Opening Night: 8:30pm on Friday August 7th at The Factory Theatre Mainspace.

Click here for full info

July 31, 2009, by
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July 23, 2009, by
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Good turnout for a rainy weekday evening

Good turnout for a rainy weekday evening

Christine Horne star of Praxis Theatre Summerworks production Underneath (left), with  Amy Lee star of the Fringe hit Moro and Jasp do Puberty

Christine Horne star of Praxis Theatre Summerworks production Underneath (left), with Amy Lee star of the Fringe hit Moro and Jasp do Puberty

Tim Buck 2 comrades Brittney Filek-Gibson and Ben Sanders battle to see who an have a more ridiculous moustache

Tim Buck 2 comrades Brittney Filek-Gibson and Ben Sanders battle to see who can have a more ridiculous moustache

Praxis Co-AD Simon Rice (left) talks to Underneath Sound Designer Wesley Cheang and Praxis Production Manager Meredith Scott

Praxis Theatre Co-AD Simon Rice (left), talks to Underneath Sound Designer Wesley Cheang and Praxis Production Manager Meredith Scott

Michael Sullivan with Tim Buck 2 Script Coordinator Aislinn Rose

Michael Sullivan with Tim Buck 2 Script Coordinator and director of Fringe hit Rock Time 2009, Aislinn Rose

Praxis Theatre Co-AD Michael Wheeler with GM/Performer Margaret Evans

Praxis Theatre Co-AD Michael Wheeler and GM/Performer Margaret Evans

 

Thanks to everyone who came out and made this event a huge success.

We must be getting older: Our earliest such events in 2003 and 2004 were heavily beer and shooter based affairs. There was a noticeable rise in decent wines and single malt scotches this time around.

The Circle of Life, so it goes…..

P.S. It’s not too early to book your tickets to Underneath, opening August 7th at The Factory Theatre.

Just CLICK HERE to get yours today.

July 22, 2009, by
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Praxis Party

Our last such party packed the Duke of York. This time we're taking all of our non-acts to The Cobourg.

Praxis Theatre heads to The Cobourg for a night of good tunes, friendly company, access to reasonably priced alcohol, and celebration!

TONIGHT:
533 Parliament Street
8pm to 1am
$10 @ le door

No variety acts. No acts whatsoever!

Come have a drink with us and celebrate the ridiculous summer schedule that only Praxis would be brave/insane enough to take on.

2 new Canadian works, 2 casts, 2 directors, 2 stage managers, 2 design teams.

1 SHOW DOWN, 1 TO GO:

Our production of Tim Buck 2 @ Toronto Fringe was a huge success.

Our production of Underneath @ Summerworks is fast approaching.

All powered by local artists leveraging their labour to get new original works off the ground.

Stop by for a drink, or stay for the evening. We’d love to see you there!

June 30, 2009, by
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6 Shows Only:

Thu July, 2 6:15 PM 
 Sat July, 4 2:30 PM 
 Sun July, 5 7:45 PM 


Wed July, 8 6:00 PM 
 Fri July, 10 4:15 PM 
 Sun July, 12 2:30 PM

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Click here for map to the theatre and fringe advance box office (Same convenient location)

Click here to buy tickets online at fringetoronto.com

Click here to learn more about the show

June 23, 2009, by
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Tim Buck 2 Cast

Photo by Meredith Whitten

The cast of Praxis Theatre’s upcoming production of  Tim Buck 2 at the Toronto Fringe Festival reacts to a suggestion by Praxis GM and performer Margaret Evans that the show could be something less than totally awesome. 

Want to know more?  You can read the media release here.

June 15, 2009, by
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Hello Gentle Reader,

Welcome to the new and improved Praxis Theatre Blog and Website.

As you can see we’ve integrated the whole thingamabob into one site here at praxistheatre.com. If you haven’t (re)bookmarked us yet, please take the time to do so. 

What can you expect on this newfangled webpage?

  • A brand new series that will focus on interviewing Artistic Directors from Canada and around the world by Praxis Theatre Co-Artistic Director Simon Rice. The first of this series will be launched Wednesday June 17th.
  • Praxis Theatre Co-Artistic Director Michael Wheeler will continue his dialogue with artists involved in the creative process behind The Africa Trilogy, currently being created by Volcano Theatre, premiering at Luminato in June 2010. 
  • More artists participating in Praxis Theatre’s Variations on Theatre
  • Even more Celebrity Theatre posts by OCTP* Greta Papageorgiu.
  • Increased long-form content by arts journalists like the piece Lindsay Schwietz just wrote on Eat The Street.
  • Lots of other stuff we haven’t even thought of or can’t tell you about yet.

Please enjoy and give us your feedback. Special thanks to the many-talented Graham F Scott for his patience and skill bringing about this exciting new stage of online Praxisness.

* Original Canadian Theatre Paparazzi