Ken Cameron steps down after three years at helm of Magnetic North Theatre Festival
Artistic Director, Ken Cameron, has decided to return to his first love – writing – after three years at the helm of the Magnetic North Theatre Festival.
“We are sorry to be losing Ken but respect his desire to return to the creation, rather than curation, of art.” says Dale Turri, chair of the board of directors. “The board and staff recently completed an extensive strategic planning process that has strengthened our mandate and we remain absolutely committed to the presentation of the best in Canadian theatre to communities from coast to coast to coast. Ken has been a key player in this process and has left a legacy for which he can be very proud.”
Calgary revealed as 2012 host city for the Magnetic North Theatre Festival
Calgary Arts Development
CALGARY – Calgary will host the 10th edition of the Magnetic North Theatre Festival, Canada’s National Festival of Contemporary Canadian Theatre in English, in June 2012.
Canada’s National Festival of Contemporary Canadian Theatre in English, the Magnetic North Theatre Festival, moves around the country like the magnetic north pole itself, treating Canadians to excellence in English theatre from across Canada. Produced by the Canadian Theatre Festival Society and co-presented by the National Arts Centre English Theatre, the festival moves its operations to a new host city every other year.
Read more: Calgary revealed as 2012 host city for the Magnetic North Theatre Festival
Launch of the 2010 Magentic North Theatre Festival in KW
SNAP Kitchener-Waterloo
Theatre from across Canada is coming to Kitchener-Waterloo! On March 24th guests were invited to the Waterloo Entertainment Centre to be the first to hear about the upcoming Magnetic North Theatre Festival.
Read more: http://www.snapkw.com/index.php?option=com_sngevents&id%5B%5D=158460
Magnetic North Theatre Festival Pitch Sessions – Call for Submissions
Call for Submissions: Pitch Sessions, Magnetic North
March 8, 2010 — TAPA
Magnetic North Industry Series 2010
Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
Magnetic North Theatre Festival – June 9 – 19, 2010
The Magnetic North Theatre Festival is the premiere festival of contemporary Canadian theatre in English. Moving between Ottawa and another Canadian city in alternating years, we will celebrate our 8th festival in Kitchener-Waterloo. We will host 9 professional productions from across the country, a student show from Toronto, and myriad ancillary events to enrich your experience. The productions range tremendously in scale and address an array of subjects, in many different styles. What they share is the ability and desire to tour, a notion that is at the very core of Magnetic North.
Pitch Session - Wednesday, June 16, 1pm – 3pm
The Pitch Session is an ideal opportunity for artists to take their project to the next level, find new collaborators and extend touring opportunities, by presenting their shows, or their ideas in development, to producers, artistic directors, festival curators, presenters and other cultural industry representatives. The pitches take place in a theatrical setting, this year at the Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts. We encourage theatricality in your presentation, though it is not mandatory. The rehearsal the day before the actual event will allow for feedback and revisions if you so require.
For a list of Pitch Selection Criteria and Submission Guidelines, see Call for Submissions: Pitch Sessions.
The deadline to submit your completed application is March 29, 2010.
Successful applicants will be notified by April 5, 2010.
For more information, contact Naomi at 416 703 5491 or naomic@interlog.com.
Magnetic North Theatre Festival’s Ken Cameron to speak with Women’s Canadian Club
Ken Cameron, playwright and artistic director of the national Magnetic North Theatre Festival, and a Dutton native, is to speak Feb. 11 in London, Ont., at the monthly meeting of the Women’s Canadian Club.
The Calgary resident who is author of 15 plays including award-winning Harvest staged last summer by Port Stanley Festival Theatre, is to speak on Pumping Cultural Oxygen into the Canadan Bloodstream.
Founded 100 years ago in 1910, the Women’s Canadian Club, London is the largest Canadian Club in Canada, celebrating Canadian people and culture.
Cameron’s talk is 2 p.m. at Centennial Hall with a reception to follow. Non-members are welcome. Tickets at the door.
[Originally posted in St. Thomas Times-Journal on Feb. 3/10]
Powerful characters propel clever literary detective story
Kate Taylor | Globe and Mail
Eternal Hydra: Crow’s Theatre production is a Stoppard-like display of intellectual drama
They said the author was dead, so Anton Piatigorsky decided to investigate. The results are Eternal Hydra , a provocative literary detective story that began life as a one-act play commissioned by the Stratford Festival and unveiled in 2002. Since then Piatigorksy and director Chris Abraham have worked the play up to two acts, a version they first workshopped in 2007. This spring, Crow’s Theatre is finally offering a full production of the piece, first at Buddies in Bad Times in Toronto and then at the Magnetic North Theatre Festival in Ottawa. The mills of Canadian theatre grind slowly but, in the case of this clever play, they do grind exceedingly fine.
Full review in the Arts section of the Globe and Mail: Powerful characters propel clever literary detective story
