Calling all directors!

This year’s Directors Lab North Application is up on the website: www.directorslabnorth.com

As Artistic Associate of this year’s lab, I urge you to apply.

Best,

Andrea

Thanks to all who made our Atomic Weight of Happiness production at Theatre Direct such a success… We’ll be back in the spring (on the west coast)!

The Atomic Weight of Happiness

For the second time, I’ve been nominated for the John Hirsch Directing Award through the Ontario Arts Council! I think that earns me a glass of wine tonight…

Going back to Ottawa next week for another intense workshop of the SPiLL project – fusing ASL, LSQ and English into a fully multi-lingual Deaf/hearing performance!

Thursday, July 28th, 8.00 pm

At a time of great change in America the 40 year-old Dion McGregor worked as a lyricist who, with his creative partner Michael Barr, wrote songs that were recorded by Barbra Streisand, Blossom Dearie and Anita O’Day. By day his life was unremarkable, but when he fell asleep McGregor became quite remarkable. He talked in his sleep. McGregor’s dreams, often narrated to unseen companions, are full of bizarre imagery, strange logic and weird plot lines – all of which were the antitheses of his daily life. McGregor was a somniloquist and as such he verbalized fully realized miniature dramas of the unconscious.

Sleeptalker is his story.

Please join us at the workshop reading of Sleeptalker on Thursday July 28th at 8.00pm at The Theatre Centre. Admission is free. Audience members are invited to a reception and a Q&A with the cast and creators and encouraged to give their critical feedback. Sleeptalker is written by Jill Battson, directed by Andrea Donaldson and performed by an award-winning team of Toronto’s theatre artists.

http://thedreamworldofdionmcgregor.blogspot.com/

Specially selected by the Fringe, October Theatre’s Tyumen, Then will have seven performances with the aim of raising $2000 for the Toronto Fringe Festival AND featured in NOW Magazine’s Top 5 Artists to Watch at the Fringe…

Tyumen, Then

By: Adam Underwood

Directed by: Andrea Donaldson

Starring: Adam Lazarus, Kevin MacDonald & Lyon Smith

Set & Costume Design by: Jung-Hye Kim

Sound & Lighting Design by: Verne Good

July 4^th, 1941: Trapped in the boxcar of a motionless train, somewhere between Moscow and Siberia, two confined soldiers guard the rousing corpse of Vladimir Lenin. Join these award-winning Toronto theatre artists for a ruthless, seriously unhinged satire about ideology, war, and the quest for survival.

Show Dates & Times:

Friday July 8^th @ 11pm

Monday July 11^th @ 8:45pm

Tuesday July 12^th @ 4:30pm

Wednesday July 13^th @ 12:15

Thursday July 14^th @ 7pm

Friday July 15^th @ 6:15pm

Saturday July 16^th @ 1:45pm

Robert Gill Theatre

214 College Street, 3rd floor (@ St. George)

(Air-Conditioned Theatre)

Ticket Information:

Tickets can be purchased for $11 at www.fringetoronto.com

& over the phone at 416.966.1062

& in person at the door one-hour prior to performance for $10

See you at the show, comrades!

NOW MAGAZINE

5 ARTISTS TO WATCH AT THE FRINGE

WHO: Andrea Donaldson

WHAT: Director of Tyumen, Then, a satire set on a 1941 train about war and survival.

WHY: Donaldson’s name on a program (Montparnasse, The Unfortunate Misadventures Of Masha Galinski, The Atomic Weight Of Happiness) always promises suggestive staging that teases the imagination. Can’t wait to see what she does with Adam Underwood’s play, in which the corpse of Vladimir Lenin plays a part.

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“With a strong cast and sound director, this quirky satire has all the makings for Fringe.” BlogTO

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“With a strong all-male trio of Toronto performers and Andrea Donaldson directing (Montparnasse, The Atomic Weight of Happiness), it’s one of the year’s must-sees. Besides, the show was invited by the Fringe to help raise $2,000 for the festival, so to not go would just be mean.” The Torontoist (Carly Maga)

Both The Atomic Weight of Happiness and Montparnasse have been nominated for mulitple awards. Yay teams!

The Atomic Weight of Happiness
a new solo show by Meagan O’Shea
created with and directed by Andrea Donaldson

Fri – Sun, April 22 – May 29, at hub14, $10 – $25

For tickets & info: 416.504.6429 ext 18

www.standupdance.com

anna chatterton and i have been creating a piece called SWITCHED on and off since last october.

we presented its second scene, directed by allyson mcmackon,  performing alongside frank cox-o’connell and viv moore. delicious.

Everything you need to know can be found here:

http://passemuraille.on.ca/shows/buzz/