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MilkMilkLemonade press photos are out!

On 6 August 2010, in Blog, by Jax
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…as well as the formal season announcement for Impact Theatre‘s 15th season.  There’s a whole lot of awesome on the way!  I can’t wait for the design run-through next week. Have a look at the press photos here.

Questions under consideration

On 30 July 2010, in Blog, by Jax
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Rehearsals began a couple of weeks ago for the first show of Impact‘s season, Joshua Conkel‘s MilkMilkLemonade.  A few topics that have come up in meetings and rehearsals: The reality of make-believe The  landscape of childhood, of dreams Pop-up books Gender and destiny Chain stores, reality television, mall culture Arachnophobia Nudity, as a garment that [...]

Befores & afters

On 18 May 2010, in Blog, by Jax
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Recently I attended a concert by The New Spectrum Ensemble, a chamber music group whose mission statement includes the following paragraph: …we desire to engage audiences in a way that opens their ears to new sounds and deeper understanding.  As a departure from conventional program notes and pre-performance lectures, every concert integrates in-depth explorations of [...]

Narrowing the riverbanks

On 18 May 2010, in Blog, by Jax
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Like most theatrical lighting designers educated in universities and trained in big proscenium spaces, I like to imagine the practical aspects of a lighting design with traditional lighting equipment in mind.  Ellipsoidal reflector spotlights, fresnels, and so on, with “standard” positioning such as onstage electrics, front-of-house pipes, side booms, and groundrows–that’s how I sort out [...]

Twelfth Night, first read-through

On 31 March 2010, in Blog, by Jax
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Last night we sat down for the first read-through for Impact’s upcoming production of Twelfth Night.  The script is a fresh edit (asking an audience to sit through a full-length Shakespeare play, no matter how beautiful or funny, is asking a lot) and it was a delight to hear such a talented group of performers [...]