Majdi Bou-Matar is the Artistic Director and founder of MT Space (The Multicultural Theatre Space) as well as the  Artistic Director of the IMPACT, an international biennial theatre festival, hosted by the MT Space. A theatre director and performer, Bou-Matar immigrated to Canada from Lebanon in 2003 and focuses on Canadian intercultural theatre. An active
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Sometimes Y November 27 & 28, 2009 Setting: Downtown Toronto Sometimes Y is about two men in love, continually orbiting the same relationship, but rarely finding alignment. This story is a collection of memories that creates the universe in which the characters exist, how it was formed and how it unravels. What aspects of the
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Dominik Loncar is the Artistic Director of the InspiraTO Festival, Toronto’s annual ten-minute play festival held in June (now in its 5th year). He has produced 45 ten-minute plays to date, as well as, directed and written numerous ten-minute plays. This past season he directed Michael Kimball’s Say No More (2nd prize People’s Choice Award). 
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Strange Mary Strange November, 2009 The Button Factory Setting: Inside an airplane cabin. The piece explores a woman’s struggle to shake the ghosts and voices of her past as she struggles to move forward and allow herself a chance at happiness. What aspects of the play were you looking to explore during the workshop? I
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Next Pat the Dog Table Session: Monday, May 31, 2010. These informal get-togethers are an opportunity to discuss your work, have sample scenes read and, if requested do some writing exercises to push through any pesky playwriting problem.  Want something else?  Just ask. Sessions run bimonthly from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM in the Board
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Pop the cork and pass the glasses! Pat the Dog is celebrating our spiffy new website. It’s got categories and slideshows and a handy downloadable membership form. With the latest news right on the front page, you’ll always be up to date on what’s happening. And if you miss something? Poke about the archives. Between
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Pat the Dog now has an e-Bulletin. Subscription is free. All you have to do is sign up. We’ll deliver news about local and national theatres, contests, calls for submissions, workshops, professional development opportunities, special events and more. And we promise never to sell, rent, lend, share or give away your email address. The primate
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Waterloo, we have a winner! Allowed only a page of notes, a computer and their imaginations, playwrights from across Ontario spent 24 non-stop hours drinking coffee and pounding out an original play. Some wrote from the comfort of their homes, while others brought their laptops to Kitchener City Hall and wrote in the rotunda. After
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Part of the IMPACT Festival Your mission, should you choose to accept it:  Write a play in 24 hours with only one page of notes and no sleep. WHO: First 30 playwrights to enter. WHEN: 4:00 PM, Friday, September 25, 2009 until 4:00 PM Saturday, September 26th. WHERE: Kitchener City Hall or your home. It’s
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Trevor Copp’s adaptation of Herman Hesse’s novella, Journey to the East, was workshopped at the MT Space rehearsal hall. Using stone, sand, water and chalk with distilled movement, this physical theatre creator was able to push his strong images, thereby freeing up the text captured within. The result?  Renewed focus and an energized clearer draft.
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