Wednesday, March 4, 2020
As the artistic director of a live performance venue, I’m often asked how we handle content warnings, and ensure a safe space
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PMThursday, May 29, 2014
Text: two kinds of hell by Charles Bukowski I sat in the same bar for 7 years, from 5 a.m. (the day bartender let me in 2 hours early) to 2 a.m. sometimes I didn’t even remember g…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 12:31PMWednesday, September 18, 2013
by Aislinn Rose We’ve just arrived in Vancouver from Whitehorse, after an incredible week touring our #G20Romp, You Should Have Stayed Home, to The Yukon. I have to admit we were all …
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 12:34PMFriday, July 5, 2013
by Aislinn Rose Today I will be hosting a Tent Talk for the Toronto Fringe Festival called “Please don’t start a theatre company“, inspired by issues and ideas raised in t…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:06AMThursday, March 28, 2013
by Aislinn Rose Last year, after the firing of Ken Gass from Factory Theatre, David Ferry and I exchanged open letters on this site. David’s letter, addressed to the younger generation of …
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 12:07PMThursday, February 28, 2013
by Aislinn Rose Last week we blogged about an upcoming event at Harbourfront Centre’s World Stage Festival: The Dachshund UN. Well, tonight’s the big night for little doggies, an…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 04:44PMTuesday, February 26, 2013
by Aislinn Rose In 2007, the Indie Caucus was announced by the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts as a forum for companies to work together through the many challenges that face indie …
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 11:42AMThursday, December 27, 2012
Chief Theresa Spence in Ottawa by Aislinn Rose On December 10th, over 5000 people rallied across the country against controversial omnibus Bill C-45. This legislation makes sweeping changes …
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:34AMTuesday, November 6, 2012
Dan Daley sends Praxis a letter from Palestine where he was touring with Arthur Milner’s Facts: Palestine: how much do you know about it? In the little town of Bethlehem on the closing…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 03:09PMThursday, November 1, 2012
by Aislinn Rose Voting in the CAEA Council elections ended last night and the results are in. Huge congratulations to five of our seven endorsed candidates in Ontario who ran as a slate prom…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 12:34PMWednesday, October 31, 2012
by Aislinn Rose I recently had a conversation with four of the seven Ontario candidates we are endorsing in the current CAEA elections. Voting continues today until 5pm PT. In attendance: Hu…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 12:43PMFriday, October 19, 2012
by Aislinn Rose This is a continuation from Tuesday’s post about what the new Indie Policy should look like, and how that policy would reflect the will of Equity members. Today I’…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 11:27AMTuesday, October 16, 2012
by Aislinn Rose Last week I wrote about the CAEA elections and introduced you to the seven Ontario candidates running as a slate with three main areas of concern: A new Indie Agreement that …
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:58AMMonday, October 8, 2012
by Aislinn Rose Last Monday, CAEA Ontario held an all-candidates night to introduce the 20 local candidates running to fill 7 Ontario seats. Each candidate was given an opportunity to read t…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:42AMWednesday, October 3, 2012
by Aislinn Rose Last Friday I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael Healey, whose play Proud is currently onstage at The Berkeley Street Theatre. On beer, small people, confessions, and p…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:00AMMonday, September 10, 2012
by Aislinn Rose My name is Aislinn Rose, and I used to be a political staffer to a cabinet minister within the Mike Harris Government. I began in 2000 as the Correspondence Assistant to the …
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:44AMFriday, July 20, 2012
A response to “An open letter to the newer generations of Toronto theatre artists from one of the old farts” Dear Old Farts, You are absolutely right: “The issue is far larger than the…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:13AMMonday, June 25, 2012
by Aislinn Rose Tonight is the 33rd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards, which are being held at the St.Lawrence Centre for the Arts in the Bluma Appel Theatre. I will be there tweeting live for …
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:57AMTuesday, June 5, 2012
INDEPENDENT THEATRE PRODUCTION DIVISION OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION A Fool’s Life – Ahuri Theatre in association with Why Not Theatre The Story – Theatre Columbus The Ugly One &…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 12:02PMSaturday, March 24, 2012
by Aislinn Rose Free Fall ’12 starts Saturday March 24… have you uploaded your memories yet? Last month I sat on a Social Media Week panel to talk about the online component I had create…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 12:16PMSaturday, March 10, 2012
A snapshot of The Brain - click the image to go straight to the WebBrain version of the project by Aislinn Rose Out The Window opens one week from today. I started working on Liza BalkanR…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:51AMMonday, December 12, 2011
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT6g8KafoFg Lupe interviews former Mayor David Miller by Aislinn Rose Former Mayor David Miller faced some tough interviews during his two terms as Mayor of Toronto, …
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:18AMWednesday, November 23, 2011
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Pqc7u1anM by Aislinn Rose Has anyone handed you a paintbrush dipped in red paint recently? We got one. Canadian Stage has upped its marketing game recently, with so…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 02:35PMFriday, November 18, 2011
Margaret Evans (l) Plays Jim Watts, Aviva Armour-Ostroff (r) plays Dorothy Livesay in Jesus Chrysler ~ Photo by Will O’Hare JESUS CHRYSLER Written by: Tara Beagan & Directed by: Mi…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:46AMTuesday, November 1, 2011
LIKE THE FIRST TIME Cast l-r: Cathy Murphy, Dov Mickelson, Elva Mai Hoover, Jessica Salgueiro, Andrew Moodie ~ Photo by Yuri Dojc by Adam Seelig O.P.P. (Other People’s Plays) Last spri…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:38AMThursday, October 27, 2011
Praxis puts Section 98 on the internet in 2010 – Photo of Melissa Hood by Hugh Probyn by Aislinn Rose Later today, I will be joining NOW Magazine‘s Glenn Sumi, The Globe & Ma…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:37AMMonday, October 24, 2011
Margaret Evans (r) Plays Jim Watts, Aviva Armour-Ostroff (l) plays Dorothy Livesay in Jesus Chrysler. Photo by Will O’Hare On Friday November 4th, Praxis Theatre is throwing a 1930s-th…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 04:17PMTuesday, October 11, 2011
by Aislinn Rose I recently started working as the Community Manager for a project called The Conversation About Love. This interactive experiment revolves around an online art gallery based …
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 01:26PMFriday, September 9, 2011
Toronto Stop the Cuts Network’s flyer for tomorrow’s meeting in Dufferin Grove Park by Aislinn Rose Earlier today, a communiqué was released because The City of Toronto appeared…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 05:13PMTuesday, August 9, 2011
by Shira Leuchter It’s SummerWorks! I can’t think of a better time to see some of the most innovative performance work around. And I’m so thankful that Philip McKee, Jeremy James and R…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 11:58AMSaturday, August 6, 2011
by Aislinn Rose Earlier this year I had a conversation on twitter about social media, the arts, and audience development. One of the questions that came up was whether or not tweeting belong…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:25AM 
