Artistic Director, Dennis Garnhum and Executive Director, Evan Klassen have announced the Grand Theatre’s 2023/24 playbill - a “Season of Pure Imagination,” on stage from September 2023 through May 2024.
The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center has announced that applications are now open for the 2023 National Puppetry Conference. Submissions will be accepted until Tuesday, January 31, 2023, at 11:59pm PST.
Ronnie Burkett's LITTLE DICKENS, a partially-improvised puppet homage to A Christmas Carol set in the bawdy and naughty world of show business, is a metatheatrical, in-joke-filled wonderland that pulls all the right strings.
Toronto theatre audiences are getting a delightfully unexpected holiday present this year, as Canadian Stage welcomes internationally acclaimed and multi-award-winning puppeteer Ronnie Burkett and The Daisy Theatre gang to the Berkeley Street Theatre, for LITTLE DICKENS.
Canadian Stage will lift the curtain today on an unabashedly ambitious 15-show season for 22.23, presenting exceptional performance from Canada and around the world, celebrating large-scale, theatrical spectacle alongside intimate and provocative social commentary.
At an online media announcement - pre-taped in front of Meridian Hall with physically distanced protocols in place - streamed June 8 on the Dora Awards YouTube channel, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced 243 nominations for the 41st annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards.
The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center announced today the 2020 summer season which will be held entirely online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ronnie Burkett, the acclaimed Canadian puppet master brings his impassioned work FORGET ME NOT to the Sydney Festival 2020.
The upcoming holiday season is about getting together with friends and family so get out the good china and scoot over to make room at the dinner table for The Daisy Theatre gang, who are back in town from November 19th to December 15th, with a brand new show: Little Dickens. They've put their signature 'outrageous irreverence' stamp on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, with puppet mastermind, Ronnie Burkett, pulling all the strings.
Single tickets for Centaur Theatre's five-play Essential Series are now on sale. Also on sale are tickets for two of Centaur's Presenting Series, the return engagement of the Argentinian physical theatre hit, Un Poyo Rojo, and the Canadian-born smash, Century Song. Tickets can be purchased online at CentaurTheatre.com or by calling Centaur's box office, open weekdays from noon until 5pm, at 514-288-3161.
The Board of Directors of The Theatre Centre is pleased to announce the appointment of Aislinn Rose as General and Artistic Director following an extensive search which attracted a number of talented candidates from a variety of backgrounds. Rose will assume the role on May 27, 2019.
Artistic and Executive Director, Eda Holmes, announces a striking line-up for Centaur Theatre's 51st season with carefully selected plays and events that cater to every taste. As the theatre steps into a new era under the aegis of Ms. Holmes, the spectrum of entertainment, informative initiatives, and ancillary events continues to expand, offering unparalleled, engaging theatre that reflects today's world and the people shaping it. With a new season come thrilling new opportunities. The main stage ESSENTIAL SERIES is condensed to five productions, leaving room to add new, exciting events to the CENTAUR PRESENTS SERIES and the enriching CONVERSATIONS SERIES.
Alberta Theatre Projects announced yesterday that The New Canadian Curling Club has officially become the highest-grossing play in single ticket sales for a non-holiday production in the company's 48-year history, eclipsing a mark previously set by the 2010 production of Ronnie Burkett's Billy Twinkle: Requiem for a Golden Boy.
Whimsical puppets, sculptures invade Blyth Gallery BLYTH - Visitors to the Blyth Festival Art Gallery will be treated to a show of whimsical marionette puppets and sculptures created by artist Gemma James Smith that caricature both imagined local characters and real historical figures. We've Been Here for So Long - the Huron County Show runs Aug. 25 to Sept. 25.
The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center announced today the 2018 summer season of plays, musicals, and other works in development at the National Puppetry Conference, National Music Theater Conference, National Playwrights Conference, and Cabaret & Performance Conference.
The Quebec premiere of Ronnie Burkett's The Daisy Theatre has been gaining critical acclaim since its opening show on February 22nd at Montreal's Centaur Theatre Company. Burkett has been a legend in the marionette world and continues to push the envelope with his topical shows. He is a craftsman, writer, puppet master, performer, vocal artist and provocateur extraordinaire. He has been creating his own marionettes for decades and is the sole-performer, other than his cheeky and charming characters for which Burkett provides all voices, in all of his shows.
Puppets galore descend upon Centaur Theatre as world renowned puppeteer provocateur, Ronnie Burkett, makes his Centaur debut with over 40 hand-crafted marionettes for the Quebec premiere of The Daisy Theatre, playing February 20 to March 24, 2018. Montreal's Festival de Casteliers will include The Daisy Theatre as part of its programming along with a post-show talkback following the March 8th performance.
At the 2016/17 Annual General Meeting held yesterday, Deb Harvey, Executive Director, announced an operating surplus of $58,264 for the 2016/17 season, marking the theatre's 18th consecutive year with a surplus. The season was also the first for Dennis Garnhum as Artistic Director.
The annual cultural celebration Sydney Festival returns to transform the city from 6-28 January 2018, delivering the highest quality art and big ideas.
Following a sold-out run last season, the Grand Theatre will present the return of award-winning, internationally-acclaimed puppeteer, Ronnie Burkett, with THE DAISY THEATRE for a limited engagement on the McManus Stage starting October 23.
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