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Company Of Sirens
Company of Sirens is a Canadian feminist theatre company formed in 1986. Company of Sirens developed the feminist play ''The Working People's Picture Show''. History Company of Sirens was officially founded in 1986 by Lina Chartrand, Aida Jordão, Catherine Glen, Lib Spry, Shawna Dempsey, and Cynthia Grant. Grant came to work with the new company after leaving Nightwood Theatre to work with a theatre that was more political and had more of a collective structure. The women founded Company of Sirens after coming together to work on a commission from Organized Working Women. ''The Working People's Picture Show'' (''WPPS'') was commissioned by Organized Working Women in 1985 to celebrate their 10th anniversary and began as a ten-minute piece. The show developed into a full-length play and subsequently toured Ontario. In 1987, they performed ''WPPS'' on International Women's Day with sponsorship from Canadian Action for Nicaragua and the March 8 Coalition. Company of Sirens conti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lina Chartrand
Lina Chartrand (1948-1994) was a Canadian writer and theatre creator. She was a co-founder of the feminist theatre company, Company of Sirens. Her most famous work was the bilingual and partly autobiographical play, ''La P'tite Miss Easter Seals''. Early life Chartrand was born in 1948 in Timmins, Ontario, one of four children of Leo and Leocadie Chartland. At sixteen months old, she contracted polio which resulted in her requiring spinal surgery at age 10, following which Chartrand spent time in a full body cast. In 1960, Chartrand was selected as Little Miss Easter Seals (Canada), Easter Seals. Chartrand attended Queen's University at Kingston, Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where she received a B.A. in drama. Career In 1986, Chartrand formed the feminist theatre collective Company of Sirens, with Aida Jordão, Catherine Glen, Lib Spry, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, Shawna Dempsey, and Cynthia Grant (director), Cynthia Grant. With ''Company of Sirens'', Chart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
21st-century Theatre
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th-century Theatre
Twentieth-century theatre describes a period of great change within the theatrical culture of the 20th century, mainly in Europe and North America. There was a widespread challenge to long-established rules surrounding theatrical representation; resulting in the development of many new forms of theatre, including modernism, expressionism, impressionism, political theatre and other forms of Experimental theatre, as well as the continuing development of already established theatrical forms like naturalism and realism. Throughout the century, the artistic reputation of theatre improved after being derided throughout the 19th century. However, the growth of other media, especially film, has resulted in a diminished role within the culture at large. In light of this change, theatrical artists have been forced to seek new ways to engage with society. The various answers offered in response to this have prompted the transformations that make up its modern history. Developments in ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Establishments In Ontario
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter the European Community, which becomes the European Union in 1993. *January 11 – The Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges, Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at this time the world's longest prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge, is opened. *January 13–January 24, 24 – South Yemen Civil War. *January 20 – The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel. *January 24 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with Uranus. *January 25 – Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army Rebel group takes over Uganda after leading a five-year guerrilla war in which up to half a million people are believed to have been killed. They will later use January 26 as the official date to avoid a coincidence of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatre Companies In Toronto
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 performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music, and dance. Elements of art, such as painted scenery and stagecraft such as lighting are used to enhance the physicality, presence and immediacy of the experience. The specific place of the performance is also named by the word "theatre" as derived from the Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, "a place for viewing"), itself from θεάομαι (theáomai, "to see", "to watch", "to observe"). Modern Western theatre comes, in large measure, from the theatre of ancient Greece, from which it borrows technical terminology, classification into genres, and many of its themes, stock characters, and plot elements. Theatre artist Patrice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakura S'Aida
Shakura S'Aida is a Canadian blues vocalist, songwriter and actress. She is sometimes credited Shakura. History Shakura S'Aida was born in Brooklyn and lived in Switzerland before moving to Canada. S'Aida was lead singer of the 13-piece world music ensemble Kaleefah, before embarking on her solo career. She has also performed as a backing vocalist for Rita MacNeil and Patti LaBelle, as well as with jazz musicians such as Jimmy Smith and Ruth Brown. She has also been nominated for several Juno Awards for her music. S'Aida independently released her first solo album, ''Blueprint'', in 2008. Her second album, ''Brown Sugar'', was released in 2010 on Ruf Records. In 2012, she released a double CD, ''Time'', on Electro-Fi Records. As an actress, she starred in a Toronto production of George Boyd's ''Consecrated Ground'' in 2004, as well as Sudz Sutherland's ''Doomstown'' in 2006 and Sharon Lewis's film ''Brown Girl Begins'' in 2018. In 2013, she was nominated for a Blues Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Renders
Kim Renders (January 14, 1955 – July 17, 2018) was a Canadian writer, director, actor and designer and a founding member of Nightwood Theatre, the oldest professional feminist theatre company in Canada. Early life Renders was born in Toronto, Ontario, on January 14, 1955, to parents Jo and Yolande Renders. She had two younger siblings, Micky and Peter. Renders and her siblings were raised in Sarnia and Ottawa. Renders graduated from University of Ottawa in 1977 with a B.A. in drama. Career In 1979, Renders co-founded Nightwood Theatre with Cynthia Grant, Mary Vingoe, and Maureen White. While working with Nightwood, Renders acted in such productions as ''The True Story of Ida Johnson'' (1979), ''Glaze Tempera'' (1980), ''Flashbacks of Tomorrow (Memorias del Mañana)'' (1981), ''Mass/Age'' (1982), ''Smoke Damage: A story of the witch hunts'' (1983) and ''The Edge of the Earth is Too Near, Violette Leduc'' (1986 - as Violette). Renders was involved in the collective creation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henriette Ivanans
Henriette Ivanans (born October 29, 1968) is a Canadian actress and writer. Early life and education Ivanans is of Latvian and Danish heritage; her father is from Riga, and her mother is from Copenhagen. She is a graduate of Ryerson Theatre School in Toronto. Career Ivanans appeared for two seasons on the hit CBC series '' Liberty Street'' as well as making many notable theatre performances in Toronto including the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. After many years in Canadian and American television work, she moved to Los Angeles and continues to work in television and film, most recently in '' JAG'', ''Strong Medicine'', '' Star Trek: Voyager'' and the film ''Smother'', which stars Diane Keaton, Liv Tyler, and Dax Shepard Dax Randall Shepard (born January 2, 1975) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker and podcast host. Since 2018, he has hosted '' Armchair Expert'', a podcast that interviews celebrities, journalists, and academics about their lives. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Hogan (actress)
Susan Hogan (born 1948) is a Canadian film, television and stage actress."Hogan seeks salvation in wrinkles and lines". ''The Globe and Mail'', April 2, 1977. Background Born and raised in Scarborough, Ontario, she chose to pursue acting as a career after being cast as Abigail in her high school production of ''The Crucible''."Susan Hogan is aiming for an about-face". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 7, 1979. She attended the National Theatre School of Canada beginning in 1966. After graduating, she began appearing in theatre productions in Toronto and at the Stratford Festival, although due to her blonde, green-eyed beauty she became typecast in ingenue roles until breaking through to wider notice as Stas in a 1978 production of Pam Gems's play ''Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi''. Career In 1979, ''The Globe and Mail'' theatre critic Bryan Johnson named Hogan one of the year's best actresses for her performance in John Murrell's ''Waiting for the Parade''. In 1981, she injured her kne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dora Mavor Moore Award For Outstanding Production Of A Musical
The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical is an annual award celebrating achievements in live Canadian 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 .... Awards and nominations 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s References * {{cite web, title=Dora Awards: Recipients , url=http://tapa.ca/files/2012_NOMINEES_RECIPIENTS.pdf , accessdate=2012-10-07 , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194310/http://tapa.ca/files/2012_NOMINEES_RECIPIENTS.pdf , archivedate=2013-10-29 External links Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts - Doras Dora Mavor Moore Awards Musical theatre awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Sereda
David Sereda (born ) is a Canadian musician, singer, playwright, pianist and composer. Sereda was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. He graduated from the Playhouse Acting School in Vancouver (1977) under teacher Powys Thomas, and has since worked in music, music theatre and alternative theatre across Canada. He released his first album in 1981, ''Chivalry Lives'', which gave Sereda critical acclaim in Canadian newspapers both for the range of music and the openness of the lyrics: "Mark" and "Underage Blues" both speak from a gay male perspective,"Political pop, danceable beat". ''The Body Politic'', June 1986. p. 36. a rarity at the time. He resettled in Toronto, Ontario and worked in theatre again both as actor and as music director and composer at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, the Theatre Centre and the Tarragon Theatre, where he co-wrote two musicals, ''Love Jive!''Wagner, Vit (March 10, 1989). "Little musical vs. Miz Phantom Cats puts 'real-people' theory to the test", ''Tor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
