There is a question I have been struggling with for a while now. It is the question of rigour vs. gut. I am a very instinctual and intuitive person. I do what feels right to me. Ever since I was very young I have made plays. When I was a child if you were at […]
We’re home now. We got home on Monday. But I haven’t yet told you about the best part of the tour so here it is …..drum roll please……. NELSON! So it turns out that Nelson is A) Really super far from Tofino and that making that trip in one day makes for a long day […]
And the tour continues. Since I last posted we went to Nanaimo and we are now in Tofino. To be honest Nanaimo just wasn’t great. We were pretty unsure about performing in Nanaimo – the word was that there wasn’t much of an audience for theatre. One of our board members lives just outside of […]
We’re nearing the end of our time in Victoria. It’s been a great few days. The show has really grown and we’ve had an awesome time in our home away from home. Here’s a bit of a photo diary of what we’ve been up to in Victoria (photos taken by Stage Manager Extraordinaire Shawn Sorensen): […]
Today we hit the road! We’re off on a two tour. First stop, Victoria, then Nanaimo, then Tofino and we finish off with Nelson. On the road, in our big shit kickin’ truck, we have Shawn Sorensen, who’s stage managing, me, Chelsea Haberlin, and the three actors, Sebastien Archibald, Cam Anderson and Chris Wilson. This is […]
This afternoon we are going to go LIVE with a twitter interview about our new show, Chairs: A Parable. A twinterview? What’s that you ask? Twitter + interview = twinterview! Join us on twitter as Amanda Farrell-Low, arts editor for @MondayMag interviews us (@thezoocrew) about our newest play, the absurdist comedy, Chairs: A Parable, that will be […]
Today ITSAZOO turns 5. Wow, they do grow up quickly! That means that 5 years ago today ITSAZOO was officially incorporated as a non-profit society. We’re going to be celebrating with a little fete especially for this very special company but I thought it would be nice to celebrate blog-style with a bit of a […]
Last week was a big week for ITSAZOO. We got news we had been waiting for for many years. After 8 applications over 4 years we finally got our first Canada Council Project grant. Wow! The grant was for our spring tour of Chairs. This grant means that we all get paid to do the […]
Last week we had the photoshoot for our annual Christmas Card. The wonderful Chris Kattner took the photos. Here’s a sneak peak.Some of you lucky folks may be receiving one of these cards this holiday season. Keep your eyes glued to your mail box…
Our winter project is compiling a portfolio of past work. This will include media clippings, interesting bits of archives, reviews and photos. Tonight Seb and I sat down to go through the photos and pick the top 5 for each show. It has caused some major flashbacks! The photos from Alice in Wonderland were the […]