Stratford Festival Antony and Cleopatra
The contentious story of a midlife affair that shook the foundations of the ancient world comes to life in the Stratford Festival's production of Antony and Cleopatra, starring Geraint Wyn Davies and Yanna McIntosh as the powerful rulers whose insatiable love leads to the greatest of tragedies. Director Gary Griffin paints an unforgettable landscape depicting the devastation wrought by the ...
- 2015
- 01:56:16
- 15-17
- Added on: 03/06/2017
Cross Country Checkup Art and reconciliation
The Secret Path is a powerful film about an Indigenous boy who dies escaping a residential school. Does art — films, books and music — offer the best path to heal historical wrongs? Guests include Joseph Boyden, award-winning author of Three Day Road, The Orenda and most recently the novella Wenjack; Susan Aglukark, Inuk singer and songwriter; Ry Moran, Director of the National Centre for ...
- 2016
- 01:53:03
- 13-14
- Added on: 11/10/2016
News in Review - December 1993 Artistic Judgment: What's Allowed in the '90s
The controversies over such productions as Show Boat and Miss Saigon bring into question the issue of racial stereotypes in artistic works, historical accuracy, and artistic freedom.
- 1993
- 00:16:34
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/15/1993
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CBC Drama Special As You Like It
This delightful romantic comedy, lavishly staged by the Stratford Festival, has been a favourite with audiences throughout the centuries. In this acclaimed production John Hirsch directs Roberta Maxwell and Rosemary Dunsmore as Rosalind and Celia, with Andrew Gillies as Orlando and Nicholas Pennell as Jaques. Pitting young love against the vanity of the court, the fairytale play tells the familiar ...
- 1983
- 02:39:00
- 15-17
- Added on: 06/14/2013
Feature Film Billy Bishop Goes to War
More than 30 years after first mounting their celebrated stage production of Billy Bishop Goes to War, Eric Peterson says he and musical accompanist John Gray have lost none of their ardour for the war hero's tale. Nearing the end of his life, an aged Bishop (Peterson) recounts the triumphs and horrors of The Great War, "the war to end all ...
- 2010
- 01:25:05
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
Stratford Festival Coriolanus New
The Stratford Festival's "riveting" and "exhilarating" (The New York Times) production of Shakespeare's Coriolanus, directed by genre-defying theatre artist Robert Lepage, explores the age-old tensions that still tear at the heart of democracy. Starring André Sills as Coriolanus.
- 2019
- 01:57:47
- 13-14
- Added on: 07/13/2020
Feature Film Dido and Aeneas (Rights no longer available)
This award-winning production is a dance-opera about the Queen of Carthage, Dido, who has fallen in love with Trojan prince Aeneas. As the union of the two lovers approaches, a coven of witches plots her downfall. Romance leads to heartbreak and tragedy. Conceived and choreographed by the celebrated Mark Morris, he takes a fresh and controversial approach in this adaptation ...
- 1995
- 00:55:35
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
Exhibitionists Exhibitionists, Season 1, Episode 10
This episode of Exhibitionists look at people who create and why they do it, with host Amanda Parris.
- 2015
- 00:21:54
- 13-14
- Added on: 04/26/2017
Exhibitionists Exhibitionists, Season 1, Episode 4
The theme for Episode 4 is wanderlust. David Trevelyan talks about his mask-making and sculpture in Bali; House of Venus founder Michael Venus discusses his films, culture and wearable-art headpieces. Gemini-nominated actress and producer Jennifer Podemski explains how she turns travelling for work into an opportunity for creative development. Also highlighted: Anick La Bissonniere, Owen Pallett and the students of ...
- 2015
- 00:21:50
- 13-14
- Added on: 11/14/2016
Exhibitionists Exhibitionists, Season 1, Episode 5
In this episode, Exhibitionists visits artists who are tackling what gives them shivers of fear. One artist addresses the fear of moving on, a choreographer watches terrified as her work in progress is shown for the first time to a live audience, an actor faces the fear of failure, and we see an existential video about scary caves. Other artists and their ...
- 2015
- 00:21:54
- 13-14
- Added on: 04/25/2017
