PHOTO CREDIT: James MacLean

JUNE 9

WORK-IN-PROGRESS THEATRE

Q&A

JOE COBDEN

Following the performance of a play there is often a Q&A, usually an awkward and revealing ritual.
This Q&A follows a play the audience HASN'T seen. The Q&A IS the play.

The real audience is invited to ask questions and play their part, while the answers from the cast and moderator reveal a dysfunctional backstage and a bankrupt theatre company slipping into obsolescence. It's increasingly absurd and ridiculous, a selfie for theatre, a send up of the self-importance, the masks of listening, the out-of-control egos, and the desperate attempt to stay current (and funded).

Sunday, June 9 @ 8:00pm

LOCATION: Alderney Landing Theatre

RUNTIME: 50 minutes

AUDIENCE NOTE: Possible mature content

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PHOTO CREDIT: James MacLean

JOE COBDEN

Nova Scotia / Mi'kma'ki

Joe Cobden makes gently disruptive entertainments. Recent work includes “Brick and Mortar” at Luminato Festival, @the_hundos series on Instagram, @tourismnovascotia, @toothpix, and award-winning short films with premieres at TIFF, SXSW, Palm Springs, and Clermont-Ferrand. Joe Cobden has made music videos for Plants and Animals, Sin and Swoon, Katie Moore, and Barr Brothers.

WEBSITE

CREDITS

Cast

Mary Fay Coady, Paul Rainville, Ella MacDonald, Andrew Shaver

Moderator

Joe Cobden

ARTISTS

A woman sits centre on a wooden stool, slightly hunched over. She is in front of a textured, cream and blue-ish backdrop. She has blondish hair & blue eyes, and is wearing a white t-shirt and black jeans with a brown belt. She expresses a knowing look.

Mary Fay Coady

Mary Fay (she/her) is an award-winning actor & theatre creator. She wants to give thanks to her buddy Joe Cobden for calling her up one day and saying "I got an idea - wanna do it?" and now here we are.

Ella MacDonald

Ella MacDonald (she/her) is an Actor, Collaborator, and Intimacy Director/Coordinator based in Mi'kma'ki. She is a graduate of Dalhousie University with a B.A. Hons. in Acting and Certificate in Dance & Movement. Ella is currently a mentee of Principal Intimacy Professionals. Ella’s original Co-Creation, THE SKELETON DANCE, a show for young audiences about Death (Yay!), toured the Maritimes in 2022 with support from the Canada Council for the Arts and is preparing for residency this summer. Fun Fact: Ella is also a Celtic Musician!

Head and shoulders photo of actor in his late 60s. Grey striped shirt.

Paul Rainville

50 years acting all across the country. Shylock and Lear at SBTS. Morgan in THE DRAWER BOY at Watermark Theatre, PEI. August 14 to September 1st at Ship's Company playing Frank in Melissa Mullen's STILL DANCING. June 8, 7pm Paul is performing original tunes, tales , and covers at Open Book Coffee, 3660 Strawberry Hill Street, Halifax, 902-943-4932

Andrew Shaver

Andrew can’t really pick a lane. He’s acted on stages across Canada and in a bunch of TV shows and films. He was the Artistic Co Director of the NYC/Montréal based ensemble SaBooge, and later the Artistic Director of the Montreal/Toronto based company SideMart Theatrical Grocery. He ran a storefront theatre space in Toronto’s East End for 3 years. He’s directed small scale immersive theatre, large scale touring shows. He is a graduate of the Langham Directors Conservatory at the Stratford Festival, where he acted a little and produced a concert series for 5 years. He’s also graduate of Ecole Jacques Lecoq, in Paris. He hosts a weekly new music radio show and interview podcast called When We Wake with Andrew Shaver. He was Realization and Cinematics Director on Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed NexusVR game. He released his second album as Clever Hopes in May 2024. He’s voiced hundreds of commercials and is currently the voice of Rona.

https://theandrewshaver.com

https://cleverhopes.com

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Kat and the Eastern Front team, Hannah Moscovitch, and Louisa Adamson.

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