PGC News

  • Dec 20, 2011

    WORKSHOP ON HOW TO BE YOUR OWN PUBLICIST!  

    The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) is offering the Professional Development Workshop HOW TO BE YOUR OWN PUBLICIST in Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Vancouver, and Victoria, in February and March of 2012. The workshops take place from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. For those who can’t attend in one of the participating cities, a 3-hour webinar will be offered, distilling the highlights of the workshop....

  • Dec 7, 2011

    NEW! Scripted for Schools: a three-part workshop series for playwrights

    Renowned writer and storyteller Bob Barton, playwright David S. Craig and educator Jim Giles present three exciting sessions geared to help playwrights in the creation of script workshops for schools.
     
    Playwrights will learn classroom strategies (exercises, activities, games) that can be incorporated in classroom workshops, and gain...
  • Dec 6, 2011

    Playwriting Workshop led by Sky Gilbert (Ages 18 and over)
    Sunday, January 29, 2012
    10 am to 4 pm
    Limited enrolment $60.00 + HST

    Approaches to Playwriting for Adults – Sky Gilbert
    In his workshop Gilbert will share some of his expertise. “What beginning playwrights need to know,” says Gilbert,” is that there is no formula or one way to write a...

  • Dec 2, 2011

    On November 28, the City Manager presented the 2012 Operating Budget to the City's Budget Committee.  The proposed budget recommends a 10% cut to arts grants. If passed, city arts funding will be reduced by $1.94 million.

    Clearly, this would affect Toronto's cultural vitality and reduce or eliminate arts programming including performances, exhibitions, festivals, readings and events that are vital to Toronto residents and visitors.

    To help...

  • Nov 30, 2011

    November 2011 Issue of CanRevue, Playwrights Guild of Canada’s bi-monthly e-catalogue of unpublished Canadian plays, is now available for download.