Theatre Local: Tell us a bit about your piece: What can people expect to see? Ruth Tait: This is an 8 minute animation film using chalkboard animation process. This film arose out of my experience of working as a personal support worker for a disabled man — from whom I have learned a great deal […]
Category: Artists
Gail Nyoka chats about “Stories Untold”
Theatre Local: What inspired you to create this piece? Gail Nyoka: I’m haunted by the idea that there’s a missing piece of British history – that of the children of West Indian immigrants to Britain in the 1950s and 60s. I want to shine a light on this unacknowledged generation, and tell stories that have […]
Émilie Gauvin chats about her newest work “Truth or Dare/Truth or Die”
Theatre Local: Is this the first piece you’ve created specifically for a small audience? Émilie Gauvin: Yes. And what is appealing to me is the idea of sharing a secret, the possibility of recreating a kitchen family reunion, the direct interaction with the audience, the possibility we have to know each other by the end of the […]
Norman Yeung chats about his newest work “In this moment.”
Theatre Local: Tell us a bit about your piece: What’s it about? / What can people expect to see? Norman Yeung: I’m currently in a period of decluttering my life. Amidst the cacophony of too much communication and learning to be a more mature and responsible adult and changes to my personal and professional life… I […]
Lizzie Violet chats about Nuit Blanche
Theatre Local: Tell us a bit about your piece: What can people expect to see? Lizzie Violet: I will be reading a series of horror themed poems, part of which are from a series of Zombie poems I’ve written over the last 2 years. Since I will be doing a late night reading, I’m going to […]
Neema Bickersteth chats about her newest work “Sonic Spectrum”
Theatre Local: Tell us a bit about your piece, what’s it about? Neema Bickersteth: Sonic Spectrum is a basically a mini voice recital. ROY G BIV is the theme of this song grouping. I will be using my classical training but sometimes in non conventional ways. TL: What inspired you to create this piece? […]
Marjorie Chan chats about her newest work “Dim Sum Lose Some”
Theatre Local: Tell us a bit about your piece, what’s it about? Marjorie Chan: It’s dim sum which many people are familiar with. In my circle of friends, it is usually a time to reconnect. Since I am in Hong Kong, I thought I would explore an artistic recreation of that feeling even though I […]
Elva Mai Hoover
With more than thirty years of experience, and countless credits to her name—fifty in film and television alone, plus extensive commercial, voice-work and theatrical projects, as well as four separate Gemini and Genie nominations—Elva Mai Hoover is the very definition of a working actor. A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, she has […]
Darren Copeland
Darren Copeland is the founding Artistic Director of New Adventures in Sound Art and is a Canadian Sound Artist. He creates work for radio, performance, and installation with a focus on soundscape composition and multichannel spatialization. In 2011 he premiered a new public art work using the Holosonic Audio Spotlights with Andreas Kahre at the […]
Lizzie Violet
Writer, editor, poet, literary reviewer, horror know-it-all, Lizzie Violet is the dark little girl, with a crooked smile. A lover of all things creepy, including horror silent movies, she is also a well known Zombiephile. She is currently working on a novel, a poetry manuscript and the latest book she edited, Best New Werewolf Tales, […]
Rebecca Singh 