 George Brown Theatre School Kicks off f2008-09 Production Season with South of China - George Brown College’s James Simon to direct the Raymond Storey epic. The George Brown College Theatre School opens its 2008-09 season with the Toronto premiere of Raymond Storey’s sweeping epic South of China. This Canadian work centres on two men, one British and one Canadian, who leave the comforts of home to seek their fortunes and tackle the exotic world of Malaysia in the 1930s. South of China won Edmonton’s Sterling Award for Best New Play after it first appeared at the Citadel Theatre in 1997. [More...]
Robert Joy, a regular on the TV series CSI New York, stopped by George Brown Theatre School on Monday, September 8th to chat with the students. Robert was a founding member of Newfoundland’s CODCO comedy troupe and later came to prominence when he landed a role in director Louis Malle’s film Atlantic City with Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon.
He followed that up with lead roles in Ticket to Heaven with Nick Mancuso and Desperately Seeking Susan with Madonna.
He has worked steadily in film and television ever since appearing in Fallen with Denzel Washington, The Hills Have Eyes, Land of the Dead, Superhero, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem and the television show Everybody Loves Raymond. Robert’s sister Debora is the Voice Professor at George Brown Theatre School.
Robert Joy, with his sister Debora and Theatre School Artistic Director, James Simon
George Brown College hosts PEN Canada writer-in-exile for an intimate reading prior to performance of Blood
Wedding by Federico García Lorca
Saturday, April 19, 2008
On Saturday, April 19th, the George Brown Theatre program hosted poet and PEN Canada writer-in-exile, Emma Beltrán
for a pre-performance reading. This special event was co-hosted by Maurizio Dodaro, George Brown Professor of Humanities, and
Todd Hammond, Head of Acting, George Brown Theatre and Director, Blood Wedding. Caitlin Smith from PEN Canada was on hand to
provide the audience with a brief synopsis of the important work PEN Canada does and to introduce Emma. Nearly 60 people attended
this presentation which was followed by the final George Brown theatre performance of Blood Wedding, written by Federico García
Lorca.
Federico García Lorca is possibly the most important Spanish poet and dramatist of the twentieth century. In 1936,
Lorca was led into a field by Franco’s army and shot. His body has never been found. He was 38. “Lorca was envied
for his talent, he had money and he was successful. When the military took power, his execution was only a matter of time.
A successful, liberal homosexual could not be tolerated in Franco’s Spain,” says Ian Gibson, Lorca’s biographer
and an expert on modern Spanish history.
Emma Beltrán is a poet from Mexico. She has been involved in the struggle of indigenous peoples facilitating poetry
and popular theatre workshops for women and children. She is the founding member of the first community radio station in Mexico.
In 2001, Emma Beltrán was kidnapped in Mexico City by the Mexican National Army and tortured for 7 days. She was 22.
Caitlin Smith (PEN Canada),
Emma Beltran (guest speaker) and
Wendy Bray (George Brown foundation office)
Dean Maureen Loweth chats with poet and writer Emma Beltran.
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