WalkLeft, the Podcast

A Toronto-focussed performing arts program previewing projects & productions.

Brain Food

Bil Antoniou and Michael Stittle talk about being playwrights and directors of their two scripts, We Say Such Terrible Things and Fail Safe, respectively. Continue reading →

02-27
20:22

2014 Fringe Festival Digest

All in one place! And an encore presentation of last year's episode previewing Confessions of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl. Continue reading →

07-03
20:37

Fantastic Extravagance

Playwright Lara Stokes discusses developing the script and the characters of The Steady State Theatre Project's 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival production. Continue reading →

07-02
22:09

GUNSHOT

The co-founders of ReActive Dance Theatre present their latest creation as part of the 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival. Continue reading →

07-01
13:44

Valkyrie

Themes of revenge and power take centre stage in Rarely Pure Theatre's 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival production. Continue reading →

06-30
19:45

Tarrare: A Story of Hunger

Suspicious Moustache Theatre Company's 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival production tells the tale of a peculiar personage in Revolutionary France. Continue reading →

06-29
26:28

Memento Mori

Tracey Erin Smith returns to the podcast to explore the lively topics of mortality, death, and her 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival production. Continue reading →

06-28
19:43

Julius Caesar Project

The Spur of the Moment Shakespeare Collective is setting its 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival production in a women's prison. Continue reading →

06-27
20:04

Licking Knives

Drawing upon and embellishing her family history, Melanie Hrymak explores identity and self-determination in her one-woman play, which is part of the 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival. Continue reading →

06-26
24:05

An Evening in July

The Templeton Philharmonic discuss their origins, their process, and the influences behind their 2014 Toronto Fringe Festival show. Continue reading →

06-25
23:00

Queer Bathroom Stories

Sheila Cavanagh discusses her play about lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans- and queer experiences in Canada's public facilities. Continue reading →

05-26
30:22

SOULO Theatre Festival 2014

Tracey Erin Smith discusses the festival born out of years of work and instruction in the art of the one-person show. Continue reading →

05-17
27:20

Cold Comfort

The director and performer of Owen McCafferty's one-man play discuss Fly on the Wall Theatre's production. Continue reading →

04-21
20:08

The Playwright Project 2014: Caryl Churchill

The four directors of this year's edition talk about their plays and the playwright. Continue reading →

04-18
51:30

The Memo

Collaborators on Thought For Food's upcoming presentation of Vaclav Havel’s play discuss their production. Continue reading →

04-17
26:44

The LaBute Cycle

Julia Nish-Lapidus and James Wallis talk about preparing two contrasting Neil LaBute scripts. Continue reading →

04-02
25:51

Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)

Carly Chamberlain returns to the podcast to talk about directing the Hart House production of this favourite comedic Canadian feminist play. Continue reading →

02-21
28:21

Alice in Wonderland: A Tale with No Porpoise

The zany creative team behind No Porpoise Productions' Lewis Carroll adaptation discuss their collaborative process and the importance of levity. Continue reading →

02-04
32:55

Madeleine Robin Known As Roxane

Theatre Double Take's Artistic Director talks about her new play, which imagines how a famous heroine's story might continue. Continue reading →

01-28
27:46

The … Musician: An Étude

Art Babayants discusses the process involved in bringing a multi-tiered theatrical experience to life. Continue reading →

01-06
20:49

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