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Shakespeare: Collaborator & Influencer
By Brandon Christopher There’s an image near the end of the last issue of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman comic book series that features Shakespeare, alone in his study in Stratford, toiling away with his quill as he struggles to write The Tempest. It’s a familiar image: the author-as-genius struggling in isolation to capture his elusive muse, allowing it to speak through him as he writes. In this vision of authorship, the work emerges fully formed from the author’s pen, a perfect gem he (and it is almost always he) bestows upon the world. It’s a familiar image, for
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“We are born to do benefits…” (William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens) We hope you are keeping well, and that you’re surrounded by love! It’s been a tricky couple of years, but live theatre is back! And seeing you this last season was a truly restorative experience. Shakespeare in the Ruins, like many Arts organizations, is going through a delicate moment right now. This challenging crisis continues to force theatres around the globe to cancel performances periodically. Our fight right now is to remain sustainable in a very unstable sector; a sector that is going through transformative changes. Our deepest wish
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Pandora, a new solo play
January 25 – February 12, 2023 Pandora opened a box and unleashed the weasels. She’s really sorry. A co-production with Prairie Theatre Exchange, written by and starring Stratford’s leading lady JESSICA B. HILL She opened the box and now everything is a mess. Pandora is so sorry. Like, really sorry. Like, deep existential dread sorry. She’s come to try and shed some light in the darkness as best she can. This making sense of living thing is hard, no matter who you are. Pandora is a solo storytelling piece about the nature of uncertainty and interconnection as we wrestle with our place in the
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SIR 2022 ANNUAL REPORT
Our 2022 Report is now available! Click 2022 SIR Annual Report to download the document, and enjoy walking down memory lane. It was a pretty EPIC year, indeed. Thank you for your brilliant support!
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2023 AUDITIONS
SIR AUDITION NOTICE 2023 SPRING SEASON & GENERALS Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare & The Dark Lady, by Jessica B. Hill Shakespeare in the Ruins is holding Generals and auditions for our 2023 Mainstage productions of Twelfth Night and The Dark Lady, to be performed in repertory, outdoors at the St Norbert Ruins Twelfth Night: directed by Christopher Brauer The Dark Lady: directed by Rodrigo Beilfuss Twelfth Night: Rehearsals begin: April 24th, 2023 Production dates: June 01st – July 01st, 2023 The Dark Lady (a co-production with Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan): Rehearsals begin: May 22nd, 2023
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Launching SIR’s 30 For 30 Campaign
Dear friend!This coming season we are celebrating 30 years of CONTEMPORARY Classical Theatre, and we need your help to create for another 30 years. We aim to raise 30,000 into 2023! Please give the gift of theatre, of Shakespeare, of JOY. We have launched our *30 For 30* Campaign! Please WATCH OUR SPECIAL VIDEO (CLICK HERE) with testimonials from some of your favourite local actors, directors and theatre fans! 2023 is a pivotal year in our history; and we continue to journey through much uncertainty and instability in the Arts. Please stick by us during this transformative time, and help us celebrate
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