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Did you know? – Winter 2014
It’s another beautiful winter, and the theatrical world is bursting at the seems, whether in our rehearsal hall, where Strawberries in January is taking shape, or in cyberspace, via Vancouver and the Yukon.
 John Innes, Simon Webb and Julie McIsaac in Measure for Measure © Emily Cooper |
Julie McIsaac is leading a double life these days… During the day, she’s the effervescent Léa in Des fraises en janvier; at night, she’s a morally-tormented nun in Measure for Measure at Pacific Theatre. Don’t dawdle if you want to see her – this classic Shakespearean tale closes February 8. |
 Grease au Studio 58 © Emily Cooper |
Studio 58 graduate Lauren Jackson will play Sandy (leather jacket and all) in Grease from January 30 to February 23. Once that’s done, she starts rehearsals for Extra-Céleste, a play for young audiences created through Seizième’s dramaturgical development program. At her side will be Dominic Duchesne, another graduate of the prestigious Studio 58. |
 Emilie Leclerc |
From January 22 to 25, artists Emilie Leclerc (L’Enfant-Problème, Le Portrait Gooble), Christine Quintana and Mishelle Cuttler (Statu Quo, Des fraises en janvier) participated in the third edition of Pull Festival, the PuSh Festival’s illegitimate sibling. A showcase for the next wave of theatre practitioners, it presents blocks of short plays , each lasting no longer than 10 minutes. |
 Christine Quintana © Tristan Casey |
Christine Quintana, our newest Playwright-in-Residence, just wrote a superb article on the realities of emerging artists for #Cdncult Times, a web magazine focussing on the performing arts during the Internet age. Equally available on this young and dynamic platform is an article on linguistic duality by Jon Lachlan Stewart, the playwright behind Le Portrait Gooble. |
 Itai Erdal dans How to disappear completely © Emily Cooper |
Anita Rochon, who will direct Extra-Céleste for us this season, has pursued her travels with How to disappear completely, a show produced by her company The Chop Theatre. This touching story about mourning was recently presented at the Yukon Arts Centre in Whitehorse. Seizième will also be at the Yukon Arts Centre in the spring during Statu Quo’s cross-country tour. |
