Writing with purpose
Daniel MacIvor returns with philosophical plays and a rock 'n' roll film
By Martin Morrow, CBC News
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- Ian McEwan's Atonement to be opera
- British author Ian McEwan's bestselling novel Atonement will be made into an opera set to premier in 2013.
- Daniel Libeskind theatre opens in Dublin
- The curtain has risen on celebrity architect Daniel Libeskind's Grand Canal Theatre Dublin with a performance of Swan Lake by the Russian State Ballet with stars from the Bolshoi Ballet.
- Shaw reaches deal with union
- The Shaw Festival, which locked out its maintenance workers last week, says it has a tentative agreement with their union.
- Legally Blonde, Grease to hit Alberta stages
- Grease, Legally Blonde the Musical and Mamma Mia! are hitting the stage in Calgary and Edmonton for 2010 and 2011.
- Toronto baritone wins Met competition
- Toronto-born baritone Elliot Madore is still on a high after being selected as one of five winners at Sunday's Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
- New Mouawad, Haché plays set for Ottawa
- The French theatre at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa will premiere a new play by artistic director Wajdi Mouawad and another by associate author Emma Haché called Wolfe in the 2010-11 season.
- Shakespeare credited with new play
- Nearly 400 years after the death of William Shakespeare, scholars are ready to add a new play to his canon.
- Canadian Stage adopts global outlook
- Canadian Stage Company has added a spotlight series to the Toronto theatre season that will focus in the first year on theatre and dance from Italy.
- Blazing Saddles musical in works
- Comedy legend Mel Brooks is working on a musical adaptation of his 1974 hit film Blazing Saddles.
