Red One Theatre Collective http://www.theatromania.ca/taxonomy/term/103/all en Liver http://www.theatromania.ca/news/liver <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-header-images"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_header_images" width="2629" height="1753" alt="" src="http://www.theatromania.ca/sites/default/files/LIVER_50.jpg?1430587709" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-label">Subtitle:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Kat Sandler takes a slice out of the medical world in her latest dark comedy</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-headline"> <div class="field-label">Headline:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Review </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-credits"> <div class="field-label">Credits:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Presented by the Slab Collective<br />Supported by Theatre Brouhaha and Red One Theatre Collective<br />Written and directed by Kat Sandler&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>When you're given your life back, is it really yours? That is the overarching question posed by Toronto playwright Kat Sandler in her latest play <a href="http://thestorefronttheatre.com/liver/"><em><strong>LIVER</strong></em></a>, a morbidly funny meditation on life and death, now playing at The Storefront Theatre (955 Bloor Street West).</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Exclusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-float field-field-stars"> <div class="field-label">Stars:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 4 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-show-dates"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Show Dates:&nbsp;</div> <span class="date-display-start">Thu, 2015-04-30</span><span class="date-display-separator"> - </span><span class="date-display-end">Sun, 2015-05-10</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-theatre"> <div class="field-label">Theatre:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/theatres/storefront-theatre">The Storefront Theatre</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-related-news"> <div class="field-label">Related Posts:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/news/qa-liver">Q&amp;A: Liver</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://www.theatromania.ca/news/liver" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.theatromania.ca/news/liver#comments Canadian Plays Indie Red One Theatre Collective Reviews Theatre Brouhaha Sun, 03 May 2015 04:00:00 +0000 Lauren Gillett 964 at http://www.theatromania.ca Q&A: Liver http://www.theatromania.ca/news/qa-liver <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-header-images"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_header_images" width="729" height="576" alt="" src="http://www.theatromania.ca/sites/default/files/Claire%20Armstrong%20photo%20.jpg?1430354519" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-label">Subtitle:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Claire Armstrong on her role in Kat Sandler's latest show at The Storefront Theatre</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-headline"> <div class="field-label">Headline:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Interview </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-credits"> <div class="field-label">Credits:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Presented by The Slab Collective<br />Supported by Theatre Brouhaha &amp; Red One Theatre Collective<br />Written and directed by Kat Sandler</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>Dora Award-winning actress Claire Armstrong returns to the stage this spring in <em><strong>LIVER</strong></em>, a new dark comedy by prolific Toronto playwright Kat Sandler. A dark exploration of life, death and how we run from both, <em><strong>LIVER</strong></em> centres around the alcoholic Andrew, who wakes up on a gurney missing his liver, and the lives of everyone around him are thrown into choas as they decide how far they'll go to protect their discovery.</p> <p>Here, we chat with Armstrong about her role in the show and her experience working with Sandler.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Exclusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-show-dates"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Show Dates:&nbsp;</div> <span class="date-display-start">Thu, 2015-04-30</span><span class="date-display-separator"> - </span><span class="date-display-end">Sun, 2015-05-10</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-theatre"> <div class="field-label">Theatre:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/theatres/storefront-theatre">The Storefront Theatre</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://www.theatromania.ca/news/qa-liver" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.theatromania.ca/news/qa-liver#comments Canadian Plays Indie Interviews Red One Theatre Collective Theatre Brouhaha Thu, 30 Apr 2015 01:07:37 +0000 Lauren Gillett 960 at http://www.theatromania.ca After Miss Julie http://www.theatromania.ca/news/after-miss-julie <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-header-images"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_header_images" width="960" height="640" alt="" src="http://www.theatromania.ca/sites/default/files/Press-11.jpg?1385223382" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-label">Subtitle:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Red One Theatre Collective hits theatrical pay dirt with this thrilling three-hander</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-headline"> <div class="field-label">Headline:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Review </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-credits"> <div class="field-label">Credits:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Presented by Red One Theatre Collective<br />A version of Strindberg's Miss Julie by Patrick Marber<br />Directed by David Ferry</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>Red One Theatre Collective’s excellent production of Patrick Marber’s <em><strong>After Miss Julie</strong></em> is now playing at the Storefront Theatre. An adaptation of Swedish playwright August Strindberg’s <em>Miss Julie</em> (1888), <em><strong>After Miss Julie</strong></em> follows a series of sordid happenings at an English country estate on the evening of the British Labour Party’s landslide election victory in 1945.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Exclusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-float field-field-stars"> <div class="field-label">Stars:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 5 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-show-dates"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Show Dates:&nbsp;</div> <span class="date-display-start">Fri, 2013-11-15</span><span class="date-display-separator"> - </span><span class="date-display-end">Sat, 2013-11-30</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-theatre"> <div class="field-label">Theatre:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/theatres/storefront-theatre">The Storefront Theatre</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://www.theatromania.ca/news/after-miss-julie" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.theatromania.ca/news/after-miss-julie#comments Indie Red One Theatre Collective Reviews Fri, 22 Nov 2013 05:00:00 +0000 Annie Hodgins 661 at http://www.theatromania.ca Playwright Project 2013: Red One Theatre Collective http://www.theatromania.ca/news/playwright-project-2013-red-one-theatre-collective <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-header-images"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_header_images" width="1630" height="1222" alt="" src="http://www.theatromania.ca/sites/default/files/WP_000320.jpg?1367418802" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-label">Subtitle:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Red One founding members Benjamin Blais and Brenhan McKibben on staging Sam Shepard's Geography of a Horse Dreamer</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-headline"> <div class="field-label">Headline:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Interview </div> </div> </div> <p>"We're doing some exciting things with this production," says <a href="http://www.redonetheatre.com/">Red One Theatre Collective</a> founding member Benjamin Blais about the company's rock 'n' roll production of Sam Shepard's <em><strong>Geography of a Horse Dreamer</strong></em>. The show opens today as part of the 2013 <a href="http://playwrightproject.com/">Playwright Project</a>, an ambitious undertaking that brings together seven indie theatre companies in a collaborative effort to stage seven one-act plays by a featured playwright in seven different Toronto neighbourhoods. <br /></p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Exclusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-show-dates"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Show Dates:&nbsp;</div> <span class="date-display-start">Wed, 2013-05-01</span><span class="date-display-separator"> - </span><span class="date-display-end">Tue, 2013-05-07</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-related-news"> <div class="field-label">Related Posts:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/news/playwright-project-2013-sam-shepard">Playwright Project 2013: Sam Shepard</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://www.theatromania.ca/news/playwright-project-2013-red-one-theatre-collective" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.theatromania.ca/news/playwright-project-2013-red-one-theatre-collective#comments Indie Interviews Playwright Project Red One Theatre Collective Sam Shepard Wed, 01 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000 Lauren Gillett 456 at http://www.theatromania.ca