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A Letter from an Audience member in Kitchener
The Double closed in Kitchener at the MT Space last weekend. In three short days we transformed a black rehearsal hall into a theatre and were met by extraordinary audiences. Here’s a note from an audience member who saw the show on closing night:
“Dear MT Space,
I just wanted to write and thank you for the amazing entertainment we received last Saturday with the final performance of The Double.
When my wife and I moved to KW a few years ago, one of our concerns was the possibility that a city of this size might not offer us the kind of cultural opportunities that can be found in major cities. While this is true to some degree, organizations like MT Space have allowed us to enjoy first rate theatre within walking distance. We were both incredibly impressed with all aspects of the show – the writing, the acting and the technical aspects were all great. My wife commented that the “ventriloquism” scene in particular was absolutely brilliant both in conception and delivery, and I couldn’t agree more.
My only regret is that I didn’t stand during the applause. I hate to think of all the mediocre performances I’ve been pressured into standing for at large, expensive theatres, and yet on Saturday, when I felt the actors truly deserved a standing ovation, I wasn’t brave enough to give them one. If you could pass along my apologies for that mistake to TheatreRUN, I’d appreciate it.
Thanks again. I look forward to seeing more from you in the future, especially at the Impact festival this fall.
Best,
Jonathan”
We want to give many thanks to The Double team, to Majdi and everyone as MT Space and to Richard Rose and Andrea Romaldi at the Tarragon theatre for their continued support of the project. Stay tuned for more Double news closer to the Fall.
Here’s a look at how it all came together:
Andre du Toit during hang and focus
Andre Du Toit Focusing
The final result
Arif and Norah
LECOQ>STANISLAVSKI>MASH-UP 3 Day Workshop
LECOQ>STANISLAVSKI>MASH-UP
A 3 Day Experimental Acting Workshop with TheatreRUN’s
Adam Paolozza
There are many well-worn clichés surrounding Lecoq and Stanislavski’s training methods: Lecoq actors are great movers but cannot speak or emote, while actors trained in the naturalistic way have great depth but little technique. Lecoq actors exaggerate too much, they’re all surface. Actors using Stanislavski’s methods are too small, it’s all on the inside.
One could say Lecoq taught the way of Body while Stanislavski the way of the Heart.
If you ask me this is bullshit. Pure BS.
All great acting is physical, mental and emotional. Both Lecoq and Stanislavski looked at the Body, the Mind and the Heart. They were both looking deeper towards a holistic technique for the actor. They both asked, What does it mean to be onstage?
Q: How do we get beyond the prejudice and clichés surrounding Lecoq and Stanislavski and find an approach that brings them together?
A: A Mash-Up between these two theatrical giants of the 20th Century.
A Mash-Up is when you blend two previously existing things (usually songs) and seamlessly transform them into something new.
Transformation is the key here: by taking key concepts from Stanislavski and reinterpreting them through key exercises by Lecoq we want to transform the process and open up new possibilities for actor training.
We want to take ole’ Jacques and Constantin and mix’em up, mash’em together and see what happens.
This workshop will consist of 3 intensive days of exploration including:
*movement work
*scene study
*mask work
*improvisation
*text work
This workshop is suitable for all performers who are curious, wish to experiment and take their existing craft further.
LECOQ>STANISLAVSKI>MASH-UP
A 3 Day Experimental Acting Workshop with TheatreRUN’s Adam Paolozza
JUNE 19, 20, 21st, 2013
11am-4pm Daily
@ Zuke Studios
1581 Dupont Street
(In the Junction – just West of Symington)
$150 + HST ($169)
($50 deposit required to hold your spot)
*Discount available for all union members*
Some scholarships available
Contact Adam at theatrerun.ensemble(at)gmail.com to sign up or for more info.
DoubleDouble in Kitchener April 11-13
Our hit show The Double is playing four shows at Majdi Bou-Matar’s MT Space Theatre in Kitchener from Wednesday April 11 to Saturday April 13th!
Follow the progress of the show on twitter @adampaolozza
poster by lacey creighton
Box Office Information
DOUBLEDOUBLE@tarragon2013/14DOUBLEDOUBLE
We are proud to announce that our Dora Award winning production of Dostoevsky’s The Double has been included in The Tarragon Theatre’s 2013/14 season. And in such esteemed company!
We are currently in the middle of a 3-week Workspace at Tarragon developing the piece further. Thanks to Richard Rose and all the Tarragon gang for their continuing support.
The Double will be running in October and November 2013.
Stay tuned for dates, times and ticket information
photo by lacey creighton
THE DOUBLE
Adapted for the stage by Adam Paolozza, Arif Mirabdolbaghi and Viktor Lukawski (with the assistance of Norah Sadava, Lisa Marie DiLiberto and Coleen MacPherson)
Directed by Adam Paolozza
Original Music by Arif Mirabdolbaghi (from the Juno nominated Canadian Metal band Protest The Hero)
Featuring Arif Mirabdolbaghi, Adam Paolozza and Viktor Lukawski
Lighting Design by Andre Du Toit
Set Design by Ken Mackenzie
Shostakovich, 3 Days In Red preview in NOW Magazine
Jon Kaplan interviewed Adam Paolozza about our new piece at Rhubarb : Shostakovich, 3 Days In Red.
“ Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich spent a nerve-racking weekend in 1961 waiting to be arrested by the Soviet police, his bags packed and waiting at the front door.
That situation inspired Adam Paolozza’s Shostakovich, Or Three Days In Red, a wordless music-and-movement piece underscored by the composer’s 8th String Quartet.
“I appreciate the concentration and size of chamber music,” offers Paolozza, creator of The Double and currently performing in Spent. “Given the small number of instruments, you can see the contour of the music. Somehow, its size suggests dance and movement to me.” …
Shostakovich, 3 Days In Red
@ Rhubarb February 27-March 3, nightly at 8:30pm
Click HERE for tickets and information
image by Lacey Creighton
2 stellar Reviews…4 shows left!
SPENT opened on Tuesday at the Young Centre to a fantastically warm house.
HERE’S 2 NEW RAVE REVIEWS:
“ Even if you are not interested in the financial crisis, the pure theatricality of Spent, the wonders that just two men can accomplish on a bare stage, is so great that the show should be required viewing for anyone who loves the theatre. For a small investment of time, you’ll get a great return.”
“I could’ve watched Jain and Paolozza all night. In fact, this is probably my only complaint: Spent is too short!”
We only have 4 SHOWS LEFT PEOPLE!!!!!
TONIGHT FEBRUARY 14TH @ 8PM
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 16TH @ 2PM
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 21ST @ 8PM
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 22ND @ 8PM
Call the YOUNG CENTRE BOX OFFICE : 416.866.8666
OR VISIT THE WEBSITE TO BUY TICKETS HERE: www.youngcentre.ca
We’re baaaaack
SPENT returns to the Young Centre this week!!! Ravi Jain and Adam Paolozza After winning a Dora award and playing to sold out houses in Edinburgh, Mumbai and NYC SPENT opens this Tuesday February 12 at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts for a limited run of 6 performances. “A wonderful combination of incisive satire and sharp physical comedy… Paolozza and Jain are impeccable!” “After SPENT everything else might just seem a little boring… A rare phenomenon in English speaking Canada… I kid you not, what this company has achieved is important.” Theatre Smith-Gilmour, Why Not Theatre and TheatreRUN in Association with the Young Centre for the Performing Arts present SPENT SPENT is a fast paced, satirical commentary on the greed that caused the financial crisis. Conjuring the madness of the 2008 economic downturn, the comedic duo Jain and Paolozza spare no one, impersonating suicidal traders, the BBC world news, those who lost everything and especially the CEO bastards that took your money! Inspired by the techniques of silent film where humour, slapstick and pathos come together in the most imaginative way, SPENT will make you think and make you laugh… all the way to the bank. Written by Dean Gilmour, Michele Smith, Adam Paolozza and Ravi Jain Directed by Dean Gilmour and Michele Smith Featuring Adam Paolozza and Ravi Jain |
Peter Sellars’ Tristan und Isolde at the COC
Kudos have to go to the COC for brining in world renowned theatre and opera director Peter Sellars to direct Wagner’s difficult, pro to-modern masterpiece.
So, don’t complain we never get world class spectacle in Toronto…and go see this show. I think that you can even get cheap, rush tickets so don’t use the bohemian excuse 
Here’s a preview from the Toronto Star
Peter Sellars
Brian Eno on Gospel, Abba and the Death of the Record
Seminal pop thinker and ambient pioneer Brian Eno lays down some interesting thoughts in a Guardian interview from 2010:
Eno in his studio
Tickets now on sale for SPENT at the Young Centre
Ravi Jain and Adam Paolozza, the Vladimir and Estragon of Bay Street
Our internationally acclaimed, sell-out, Dora award-winning hit SPENT opens February 18th at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts.
THERE ARE ONLY 6 SHOWS!!!
Tickets are now on sale and you can buy them online HERE
You can also follow SPENT on twitter: @spenttheshow #spenttheshow
Here’s a trailer video from SPENT‘s NYC run:
Selected praise for SPENT
