World Theatre Day 2013

"Today, actors and theatre companies have difficulties finding public theatres, stages, and spectators..."

Well, with crisis comes opportunity; what better time than now to make all of our voices heard, to make all of our hearts speak loud and true?

"...how far more penetrating to the soul is what the eyes can see and the ears can hear, than the words they read in a book."

(Extracts from Dario Fo's World Theatre Day Message 2013)

Click here to view the full message in English as read by Julian Sands.

Meanwhile, in Canada, here's what's gracing Toronto stages this week:

WorkHouse theatre's brand new play Gwen Powers by the supremely talented Michael Goldlist;
This, by Melissa James Gibson is on at Canadian Stage's Berkeley Street Theatre;
Theatre Smith-Gilmour brings Faulkner's As I Lay Dying to life at the Passe Muraille;
Lauren Yee's Ching Chong Chinaman is FuGen theatre's latest production at the Aki Studio Theatre.

Hope to see you all there, a happy and fortuitous World Theatre Day to you all,

– The Empty Room 

In Like A Lion...

It is a busy time for us here at The Empty Room; lots of planning is under way for our soon-to-be announced project scheduled for November. Want to hear more? Here's a clue: we're teaming up with the Royal Canadian Legion for this one...

Haven't figured it out? Follow us on Twitter ( @TheEmptyRoom ) and keep an eye out for more hints. Guess correctly before the official announcement and there could be a pair of free tickets in it for you!

Meanwhile in Toronto, here's what's whetting our creative whistles in this week:

Michel Nadeau's And Slowly Beauty... (Belfry / NAC)
Bahia Watson & Liz Paul's Pomme is French for Apple (Yonge Centre)
Martin Sherman's Bent (Hart House)
Ashlin Halfnight's Laws of Motion

Do you have a show you're working on in Toronto? Let us know and we'll put up a link.

Until next time, 

The Empty Room.