Rex Deverell chats with Playwrights Guild of Canada about PGC’s 40th anniversary, the intimate connections between hope, redemption and theatre, how a script is only a blueprint, and the miraculous and agonizing process of...
PGC News
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Feb 16, 2012
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Feb 14, 2012
PGC recently polled our membership for comments concerning two recent issues swirling around the theatre world – that of Michael Healey's recent departure from the Tarragon Theatre; and, Anne-France Goldwater’s comments during the CBC’s Canada Reads debate that member Carmen Aguirre is a “bloody terrorist”.
Both of these incidents have critics warning of a general chill to freedom of expression in Canada today. Below are some of the...
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Feb 3, 2012
Playwrights Guild of Canada chats with PGC member, Michele Riml, who talks about taking off the masque, why theatre will never die, what it’s like to trust in your writing, and why showing up for writing is 95% of the battle.
1. You’ve created multiple plays that have debuted at Fringe Festivals and have then been picked up and...
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Jan 31, 2012
January 2011 Issue of CanRevue, Playwrights Guild of Canada’s bi-monthly e-catalogue of unpublished Canadian plays, is now available for download.
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Jan 30, 2012
Playwrights Guild of Canada chats with PGC member, John Lazarus who shares details about his upcoming play, The Grandkid, some thoughts on the nature of creativity and inspiration, and lays down “The First Law of Lazarus” in playwriting.
1. You’ve worn many distinguished hats over your career—...
