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Martin' mcdonagh's play "The Pillowman" runs in Ottawa, Ontario from Sept 24 to Oct 3, 2009, at Arts Court Theatre. For more information, see www.visiontheatre.ca For tickets, call 613-564-7240 Directed and designed by Ken Godmere. Featuring Kris Joseph, Geoff Mcbride, David Whiteley, Bradley Cunningham Long, Alison Almeida, Mélodie Courval, and Zach Counsil. Stage management by Megan Cowie. ---- "The Pillowman" focuses on a writer in an unnamed totalitarian state being interrogated about ...

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This is footage from John Barton's "Playing Shakespeare" video series, which is not otherwise available. In this clip, Dame Judi Dench showcases an approach to a speech from Twelfth Night, where she carefully allows for the shifts in thought by playing the text as though she needs the words to work through a problem.

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This is footage from John Barton's "Playing Shakespeare" video series, which is not otherwise available. In this clip, John Barton gives Patrick Stewart a crack at a speech from Act 3 Scene 1 of Titus Andronicus, with a view to having him balance the extreme emotion of the piece with the "overly articulate" language and metaphor in the text.

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The 2nd Annual "Les Prix Rideau Awards" celebrates the achievements of the professional theatre community in Ottawa, Ontario. This video gives a slideshow overview of the 31 productions that were juried (29 in English, 2 in French). Awards night is April 5, 2009!

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"Doubt" opened at The Gladstone Theatre in Ottawa on Feb 25, 2009 ... and despite the fact that it's a drama, we experienced a little unintended comedy. Oh, and we run until March 14 ... so come and see it, and pray the set behaves.

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Zucchini Grotto presents "Centre Stage Cabaret: Silver Screen" at the nac's 4th Stage in Ottawa, February 13 and 14, 2009. Under the direction of Jason Watt, Centre Stage Cabaret: Silver Screen is the sixth in a series of highly-successful cabarets presented by Ottawa's only professional English-language musical theatre company, Zucchini Grotto. This time we will showcase the talents of four of Ottawa's most exceptional musical theatre performers: Kodi Cannon, Nicole Milne, Sarah Strange and ...

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This is a chunk of archival gold from British television, circa 1979. As part of an "in-studio master class" on speaking Shakespeare, Patrick Stewart and Trevor Nunn talk about how the same role (Enobarbus in Antony & Cleopatra) was interpreted differently by Mr Stewart five years after his first crack at it.

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This is a chunk of archival gold from British television, circa 1979. As part of an "in-studio master class" on speaking Shakespeare, Trevor Nunn takes actor David Suchet through building a performance out of Sonnet 138

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Zucchini Grotto's next cabaret appears at the National Arts Centre's Fourth Stage on March 14 & 15, 2008, with showtimes at 8 PM. Get your tickets now! In person at the NAC box office, by phone at 613-755-1111 (ticketmaster), or see www.nac.ca The "Rat Pack" cabaret celebrates the music and time of the infamous crew made up of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and others. This intimate evening features music of the era as performed by four exceptional men, backed by piano, bass ...

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This is a video prologue for a new play that is touring the Canadian Fringe Festival circuit this summer. For more info, see www.rubato.ca ABOUT THE PLAY: A Canadian journalist is tipped off by an airport ground crew member; secret flights are landing near the Polar Bear Jail in Churchill, Manitoba. These flights are coming from Afghanistan, landing in the middle of the night... and are carrying live cargo. Could Canada be building its own secret prison? An Armed Forces insider has agreed to ...

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