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Brendan Gall
Brendan Gall (born September 2, 1978) is a Canadian writer, actor and producer living in Los Angeles, California. Early life and education Gall graduated from the George Brown Theatre School. Career Gall has written and/or produced for the television series '' Blindspot'', '' Open Heart'', and '' The L.A. Complex'', the CBC Radio drama series ''Afghanada,'' the feature films '' The Lovebirds'', ''The Go-Getters,'' and ''Dakota'', and stage plays such as ''Panhandled'', ''A Quiet Place'', ''Alias Godot'' and ''Wide Awake Hearts''. As an actor, he has had lead or recurring roles on the series '' Remedy'', '' Good God'', ''Overruled!'', and '' Men With Brooms'', and guest appearances on ''Covert Affairs'', '' The L.A. Complex'', '' Against The Wall'', '' Flashpoint'', '' Murdoch Mysteries'', and '' Stargate: Atlantis''. He has also appeared in the films ''Remember'', '' The Captive'', ''Stag'', ''Let's Rap'' and ''Dakota'', and in numerous theatrical works, including the world p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halifax Regional Municipality
Halifax is the capital and largest municipality of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of the 2021 Census, the municipal population was 439,819, with 348,634 people in its urban area. The regional municipality consists of four former municipalities that were Amalgamation (politics), amalgamated in 1996: History of Halifax (former city), Halifax, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Dartmouth, Bedford, Nova Scotia, Bedford, and Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Halifax County. Halifax is a major economic centre in Atlantic Canada, with a large concentration of government services and private sector companies. Major employers and economic generators include the Canadian Armed Forces, Department of National Defence, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Saint Mary's University (Halifax), Saint Mary's University, the Halifax Shipyard, various levels of government, and the Port of Halifax. Agricult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Go-Getters
''The Go-Getters'' is a 2018 Canadian comedy film, directed by Jeremy Lalonde.Norman Wilner"Review: The Go-Getters is a consciously grubby microbudget comedy thats very funny" '' Now'', December 5, 2018. The film stars Aaron Abrams and Tommie-Amber Pirie as Owen and Lacie, an aimless alcoholic and a prostitute in Toronto who form an alliance to raise $98 to pay for two bus tickets out of town; however, due to their shared penchant for self-defeating behaviour, this seemingly simple task proves more difficult for them to achieve than they planned.Andrew Parker"Review: The Go-Getters" '' TheGATE.ca'', December 6, 2018. The film's cast also includes Kristian Bruun, Christine Horne, Scott Thompson, Kate Hewlett, Jonas Chernick, Teresa Pavlinek and Ennis Esmer. Distribution The film premiered on March 2, 2018 at the Cinequest Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Comedy Feature. and had its Canadian premiere at the Canadian Film Festival on March 20. It opened commercially i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Governor General's Awards
The shortlisted nominees for the 2011 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 11, and the winners were announced on November 15. '''', November 15, 2011. English French References External links Governor General's Awards {{GovernorGeneralsAwards [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor General's Award For English-language Drama
The Governor General's Award for English-language drama honours excellence in Canadian English-language playwriting. The award was created in 1981 when the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry or drama was divided. Because the award is presented for plays published in print, a play's eligibility for the award can sometimes be several years later than its eligibility for awards, such as the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play or the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award, which are based on the theatrical staging."Plays at the G-Gs: better late than never". ''The Globe and Mail'', October 22, 2005. Titles which compile several works by the playwright into a single volume may also be nominated for or win the award. Winners and nominees 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple winners and nominees 2 Wins * Catherine Banks * John Mighton * Colleen Murphy * Morris Panych * Sharon Pollock * Jordan Tannahill * Judith Thompson * George F. Walker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coach House Books
Coach House Books is an independent book publishing company located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Coach House publishes experimental poetry, fiction, drama and non-fiction. The press is particularly interested in writing that pushes at the boundaries of convention. History The company was founded as Coach House Press in 1965 by artist Stan Bevington. It is known for publishing early works by writers such as Fred Wah, Daphne Marlatt, Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, Ann-Marie MacDonald, George Bowering, Nicole Brossard, Gwendolyn MacEwen, Christopher Dewdney, bpNichol and Anne Michaels, Darren O'Donnell, Sean Dixon, Greg MacArthur, Matthew Heiti and Amiel Gladstone. Coach House was at the centre of a number of innovations in the use of digital technology in publishing and printing, from computerized phototypesetting to desktop publishing. Notably, the pioneering SGML/XML company, SoftQuad, was founded by Coach House's Stan Bevington and colleagues Yuri Rubinsky and David Slo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dora Mavor Moore Award For Outstanding New Play
The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play is an annual award celebrating achievements in Toronto theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform .... For most of the Dora Awards' history, separate awards have been presented for best play and best musical. For part of the 1990s, however, the two awards were merged with both musicals and dialogue-based plays competing in a single category. Awards and nominations References {{reflist External links Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts - Doras Canadian dramatist and playwright awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarragon Theatre
The Tarragon Theatre is a theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and one of the main centers for contemporary playwriting in the country."Tarragon Theatre" '''', September 3, 2008. Located near , the theatre was founded by Bill and Jane Glassco in 1970. was the artistic director from 1971 to 1982. In 1982, |
Dora Mavor Moore Award
The Dora Mavor Moore Award (also known as the Dora Award) is an award presented annually by the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts which honours theatre, dance and opera productions in Toronto. Named after Dora Mavor Moore, who helped establish Canadian professional theatre, the award was established on December 13, 1978, with the first awards held in 1980. Each winner receives a bronze statue made from the original by John Romano. Awards Awards are given in major divisions: General Theatre (Drama/Comedy/Play, budget over $100,000 and over 150 seats), Musical Theatre (Musical/Revue/Cabaret), Independent Theatre (budget under $100,000 and/or under 150 seats), Dance, Opera, Theatre for Young Audiences, and Touring. Each of these major categories are further sub-divided in an assorted number of awards. In 2018, the awards announced that beginning with the 2019 awards it would discontinue gender-based performance categories, replacing its previous performance categories for m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Macmillan (playwright)
Duncan Macmillan (born 1980) is an English playwright and director. He is most noted for his plays ''Lungs'', ''People, Places and Things'', ''Every Brilliant Thing,'' and the stage adaptation of the George Orwell novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four,'' which he co-adapted and co-directed with Robert Icke. Macmillan's play ''Lungs'' had a major revival at the Old Vic Theatre in 2019, starring Matt Smith and Claire Foy. Macmillan co-created and wrote the 2020 BBC television drama series ''Trigonometry'' with Effie Woods. Biography Macmillan first rose to prominence through the Bruntwood Playwriting Competition at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre, winning two awards in its inaugural year for his play ''Monster'', which was also nominated for a TMA Best New Play Award and a Manchester Evening News Best New Play Award. Major plays Many of Macmillan's major plays take as their central theme a contemporary socio-political issue: ''Lungs'' explores parenthood, ''People, Places and T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Moscovitch
Hannah Moscovitch (born June 5, 1978) is a Canadian playwright who rose to national prominence in the 2000s. She is best known for her plays ''East of Berlin'', ''This Is War'', "Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story", and '' Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes'', for which she received the 2021 Governor General's Award for English-language drama. Life and career Today based in Toronto and Halifax, she was born in Ottawa. Her father, Allan Moscovitch, is a social policy professor at Carleton University. Her mother, Julie White, is a labour researcher. Both have long been active in left wing politics. Moscovitch's father is Jewish, of Romanian and Ukrainian background, while her mother is from a Christian background (of English and Irish ancestry). Moscovitch was "raised as an atheist", and has said that there is "implicitly Jewish sensibility" to her plays. She studied at the National Theatre School in the acting stream. Moscovitch gained considerable notice for two short plays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Captive (2014 Film)
''The Captive'', formerly ''Queen of the Night'' and ''Captives'', is a 2014 Canadian thriller film directed by Atom Egoyan with a script he co-wrote with David Fraser. The film stars Ryan Reynolds, Bruce Greenwood, Scott Speedman, Rosario Dawson, Mireille Enos, Kevin Durand, and Alexia Fast. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. The film was released in select theaters and on demand on December 12, 2014. The film has a nonlinear presentation, and only context differentiates the current scenes from the flashbacks. Additionally, although the film takes place over eight years, all of the scenes take place during winter for dramatic effect. Plot In Niagara Falls, Ontario, homicide detective Jeffrey Cornwall interviews for a job with Nicole Dunlop in the Internet Child Exploitation Unit. He recoils in disgust after seeing the images related to an open case, but Nicole advises him these are the types of images he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
