George Brown News

Shea's 710 Theatre was reborn last night as it  solely produced it's first ever musical on the former Studio Arena stage. An embarrassment of riches assembled onstage as some of Buffalo's own brightest talent mixed with some out of town pros  presented a rousing production of ONCE ON THIS ISLAND.

It all began with a WEA art appreciation course.

The true story of the Pitman Painters, a remarkable group of men who as miners embark on an educational WEA course and become world famous artist.

How do we navigate change, grief and acceptance in times of uncertainty? DanceWorks presents But Then Again, Human Body Expression's documentary film work, featuring choreography by Hanna Kiel, and dancing from eight sensational Canadian artists.

Are you ready for the ride of a lifetime? This July Tweed & Company Theatre presents the highly-anticipated, regional premiere of the Canadian off-Broadway cult musical, Ride the Cyclone (book, music and lyrics by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell) in both Tweed and Bancroft! In this hilarious and outlandish story, the lives of six teenagers from a Canadian chamber choir are cut short in a freak accident aboard a roller coaster.

Northern Light Theatre is inviting you to book your seat now on their next exciting journey. Join them on their 47th year of flight, bringing challenging and provocative theatre to Edmonton audiences.

Legacy Theatre, Keely Baisden Knudsen, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, and Julianne Alberty, Managing Director, presents Windywoo and Her Naughty Naughty Pets, The Musical, In Concert! by Wendy Ann Gardner.

Keith Barker will be joining the Stratford Festival as the Director of the Foerster Bernstein New Play Development Program, as Bob White steps back from the position later this month.

Via Brooklyn, an interactive theatre company based in NYC, is proud to debut their first ever streaming production.

Since April 2020, MusicalFare Theatre has presented Live Streaming Cabarets and On Demand Events. Collectively, these digital events have had thousands of people watching from home - not just from from WNY, but from all over the country and the world!

DanceWorks presents Again, Human Body Expression's new 30-minute film work, choreographed by Hanna Kiel, and featuring nine extraordinary Canadian dancers. Again will premiere online February 26-28, 2021, as part of DanceWorks' new Moving Online Series, presenting short video stories, interviews, and works choreographed for the digital stage.

Equal parts Bugs Bunny and Guillermo del Toro, THE SLAUGHTER BROTHERS DIME CIRCUS - A RADIO FANTASY is a meta-theatrical reflection on the nature of power and revenge. A highly theatrical blend of low-end carnival, violent vaudeville, clowns with issues, and insectoid horror, elevated by original music by Sullivan and Matthew Reid that can best be described as the unholy spawn of ironic German cabaret, swampy rhythm and blues, and carnival music of the damned.

British Columbia native, Ayva Rossouw-Holland is a 2011 graduate from George Brown's Dance Program which is a partnership between George Brown College and Canada's Ballet Jörgen.

This year, The Theatre Centre is embarking on what may be the most ambitious year of creation in its history. They will be supporting an unprecedented 16 projects led by 20 artists; creating two new development streams and more.

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra has announced the shift to virtual programming with BPOOnDemand.

Five Indigenous filmmakers have been chosen to participate in the 2020 Sundance Institute Native Filmmakers Lab, reimagined and expressed digitally this year on Sundance Co//ab. The Lab is at the core of the Institute's commitment to supporting Indigenous storytellers since its founding.

575 artists from 10 Canadian provinces and 2 territories have applied for the Art Apart project. This initiative by the National Theatre School of Canada (NTS) will provide $60,000 in support to emerging artists (as 80 grants of $750), who are facing increased financial precariousness due to the COVID-19 crisis.

Allen MacInnis has announced that he will step down as Artistic Director of Toronto's Young People's Theatre (YPT) at the end of the 2020.21 season, after 19 outstanding years. He is the longest-serving Artistic Director in the theatre's 54-year history as North America's oldest a?" and Canada's largest a?" professional producer and presenter of theatre for young audiences.

'Working with CBJ really opened my eyes to the possibilities of my creative process. All of the dancers (with or without experience in contemporary dance) offered many surprising results from their own qualities and expertise, and I was able to discover new ways to express my movement. Dancers from CBJ are some of the most open and talented dancers I have ever worked with' - Hanna Kiel

Eight distinguished Canadian theatre artists have arrived in Stratford for the Festival's 12th annual Playwrights Retreat. Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino and Bob White, the Director of the Foerster Bernstein New Play Development Program, are delighted to welcome: Katherine Cullen, Sina Gilani, Falen Johnson, Sarena Parmar, Christine Quintana, Phoebe Tsang, Norman Yeung and Marcus Youssef.