Monthly Archives: September 2010
TheatreRUN Canada presents our 2010/11 Season
SEASON 2010/11: LUNATICS, POLITICS and BANKERS
A Note from Artistic Director Adam PaolozzaThe Power of Theatrical Madness“The lunatic, the lover and the poet are of an imagination compact” The madness of the lunatic, the lover and the poet is a kind of clairvoyance. Their visions open up for us new vistas, new ways of seeing; it is the madness of dreams. The 2010/11 season is driven by passionately unorthodox characters. I believe that the theatre is one of the last communal spaces where we are free to imagine together, where we create a space for voices not often heard. In the theatre we are still free to be mad, revolutionary and passionate. “There is the possibility of a different world which only lasts for the time of the performance.” -Romeo Castellucci Adam Paolozza |
WORKS IN PRODUCTION 2010/11 |
SpentOctober 29-November 28, 2010At the Factory Studio Theatre. Spent returns after a successful run last autumn and three Dora nominations, including a win for Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role. “A wonderful combination of incisive satire and sharp physical comedy. NNNN’s” -Jon Kaplan, Now Magazine “Spent is splendidly satirical as Paolozza, Jain, Smith and Gilmour target the greed that underlies the financial crisis” -Robert Crew, Toronto Star Tickets: http://www.factorytheatre.ca, 416.504.9971 Presented with the generous assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council. |
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Artaud: un portrait en décompositionFebruary 16-19 & 23-26Presentée en co-production avec/Presented in co-production with Théâtre Français de Toronto at their Centre de Création Cruelty, madness and beauty. “La vie et de brûler des questions. ” -Antonin Artaud performance in French/performance en français with the generous assistance of the Ontario Arts Council |
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L’Empire de la nuitFebruary 22, 2011 at 7:30pmSoirée unique/One night only Mise en lecture/Staged reading Dans la nuit, pendant l’Heure bleue, un homme est assis auprés de sa fenetre, regardant la nuit à travers. C’est une espace de calme, de rêve et de songe. L’homme s’ouvre aux rhythmes et forces nocturnes. L’Empire de la nuit (The Empire of Night) is a poetic and musical hommage to the night. The audience is invited to enter into a series of aural and visual ‘poem spaces’ for an experience at once intimate, mysterious and dreamlike. …inspired by the writing of Fernando Pessoa and the installations of Belgian artist Jan Fabre |
WORKS UNDER CONSTRUCTION |
The DoubleOctober 15, 2010A special 40 minute presentation as part of Theatre Passe Muraille’s BUZZ Festival One actor, one musician and one double bass collide in a schizophrenic feast of images and sound in our musical adaptation of Dostoevsky’s novella The Double. Conceived, created by and featuring Adam Paolozza and Arif Mirabdolbaghi, bassist of the award winning band Protest The Hero. |
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The Pasolini ProjectMarch 2011Developed in collaboration with TheatreRUN associate artist Coleen MacPherson In March we continue to develop our original translation of the iconoclastic Italian poet and director Pier Paolo Pasolini’s tragedy Pylade. “Man’s only greatness lies in his tragedy.” -Pier Paolo Pasolini |
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WORKS ON TOUR |
SpentFebruary 2011Spent has has been invited by the Great Canadian Theatre Company to play at this year’s undercurrents festival in Ottawa. |
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RESIDENCIES |
Tadoussac Playwrights’ ResidenceSeptember 16-26, 2010Following a one week residency at Playwrigths’ Workshop Montreal in May 2010, Adam Paolozza and Coleen MacPherson have been selected for the Tadoussac Playwrights’ Residence. |
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WORKSHOPS |
Marcello MagniMarch 2011Presented in partnership with Why Not Theatre and Canada Council for the Arts It is with great pleasure that we are offering a workshop this March with Marcello Magni! |
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