Hamletmachine concluded a successful sold-out run on November 15. Congratulations to the cast and crew of on a job well done! If you didn't get a chance to see the show, we can offer you the next best thing: View performance photos, the development of the production, and a fun time-lapse sequence of the strike.
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Find out “Who is Ashley?” in the Ashley Plays on Sunday, October 26th
The Ashley Plays are an annual series of short monodramas written and performed by students in the Playwriting & New Play Dramaturgy 4290 class. Each playwright is required to write a monodrama inspired by their assigned site and several given circumstances. The short plays are then developed with class dramaturgs. These site-specific performances will take place in nine locations in the Centre for Film & Theatre. The audience will be led through the plays in two groups by guides from the Playwriting & New Play Dramaturgy 3290 class. The Ashley Plays contributor and publicity crew member Andrew Murdoch fills us in on this annual site specific theatrical event at York…
Hamletmachine Mines Shakespeare to Explore Anarchy, Freedom, and Violence
Hamletmachine, directed by Paul Lampert, is Theatre @ York’s first mounted show of the 2014/15 season. Written in 1977, Heiner Muller's postmodern drama is loosely based on Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Theatre@York's adaptation of the text explores revolutions and rebellions from the 1960s to the 2000s. Are there points in our lives when we are Hamlet, raging against the machine that we are a part of? What prompts these rebellions? How do we find identity through rebelling?
Hamletmachine Build Begins!
The backstage crew of Hamletmachine takes its first week of production seriously. Immense work has started in the carp shop as it houses the carpentry, paint, and props crew.
The Gathering Project Launches the 2014/2015 Theatre Season @ York
On Tuesday, September 15th, the Acting Conservatory, Devised Theatre, and MFA Theatre students came together in the Joseph G. Green Studio Theatre to perform the 27th annual Gathering Project. Rehearsals for this performance take place during the first week of classes, and the show only runs for one night. What is the Gathering Project?
Critically Kinaesthetic: Performing Bodied of Political Engagement
Critically Kinaesthetic: Performing Bodies of Political Engagement is the third annual York University Theatre & Performance Studies Graduate Student Symposium, in collaboration with the Graduate Programs in Dance and Dance Studies. This interdisciplinary symposium, running April 15–16, 2014, examines the body as both expressive, and generative, of political meaning. The symposium is presented in collaboration with the Performance Studies (Canada) Speaker Series, through which we welcome Erin Manning as keynote speaker with her talk on “Choreographing the Political”.
This Week: Scenes by Design 2014
Scenes by Design is showing this week in the Joseph G. Green Theatre in the Centre for Film and Theatre, with its opening on Weds. April 2nd at 11:30 a.m., and running as a gallery from April 2 – 5. See the work of Production and Design students from this year’s Theatre@York Season, and work from their classes in costuming, scene painting, life drawing, set, lighting and costume design.
Now Playing: “ROAD”
ROAD, by Jim Cartright and directed by Mark Wilson, features the BFA Acting class and the work of designers and production students from all levels of the Production and Design program. The show runs Tuesday Mar 25 – Sat Mar 29. For More info on the show, see the event listing.
Slideshow: ROAD
A gallery of photos from “ROAD” by Jim Cartwright, directed by faculty member Mark Wilson, featuring the graduating Acting ensemble, and students from all levels of Production and Design. Photos by Jeremy Mimnaugh.
2nd Year Devised Theatre Trailer
Students from the 2nd year Devised Theatre class have created a video of highlights from their Community Theatre Project.