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HELL IS OTHER PEOPLE, N’EST-CE PAS? THE DANCE OF DEATH, TWO MUST-SEE FILMS, HOW MY POEM HAPPENED, AND THE ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT ONE FOR THE POT AT THE SHAW FESTIVAL…. JAMES STRECKER REVIEWS THE ARTS
When Sartre famously observed in his play Huis Clos that “Hell is other people” (I love the French, “L’enfer, c’est les autres), he nailed one essence of human existence that we, each one, live inescapably among other humans. More often … Continue reading
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MY BOOK ON CREATIVITY IS FINALLY DONE AND NOW WE”RE OFF TO THE SHAW FESTIVAL…JAMES STRECKER REVIEWS THE ARTS
I’ve just finished writing my new book, CREATIVITY EXPLAINED BY CREATORS: MY CONVERSATIONS WITH 311 MASTERS IN THE ARTS, so please excuse the erratic nature of this long overdue blog entry from my pooped but exhilarated brain. This life-consuming book … Continue reading
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ANOTHER ‘ACCIDENT’ AT FEARMANS SLAUGHTERHOUSE
There was no death this time, no human death. Nevertheless, this same week, like weeks before and weeks to come, 45,000 pigs would still die, deprived of water, in the cruelest of conditions at a slaughterhouse in Burlington. And we … Continue reading
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MARTIN CARTHY, EWAN MACCOLL, PEER GYNT (OR WAS THAT GNIT?), BAREND SCHIPPER, MOZART, AND MY BOOK ON CREATIVITY IS FINALLY WRITTEN….JAMES STRECKER REVIEWS THE ARTS
Early in my career at Sheridan College, which began with a room full of 200 nurses for two years, I was asked if I was next willing to take on another satellite campus, this one dubbed The School of Crafts … Continue reading
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TRIPPING A THIRD TIME ON GNIT AT THE SHAW FESTIVAL ………JAMES STRECKER REVIEWS THE ARTS
This happened to me at least twice in London, the need to see the same production of a play three times. The first play was The Best of Friends, in 1988 at the Apollo Theatre, and it featured John Gielgud, … Continue reading
GNIT AT THE SHAW FESTIVAL: THE ELEMENTS SO MIXED IN IT THAT WE MIGHT SAY TO ALL THE WORLD “THIS IS BRILLIANT THEATRE” ….JAMES STRECKER REVIEWS THE ARTS
It is typical of playwright Will Eno’s writing in Gnit, now at the Shaw Festival, that in but a few words he can evoke the pulsations of each character’s state of being. He is also most able in capturing concisely … Continue reading
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PINTER AT SOULPEPPER AND SHAW (WITH MRS PAT) AT THE SHAW FESTIVAL, JAMES STRECKER REVIEWS THE ARTS
OLD TIMES BY HAROLDPINTER Before the current run of Old Times at Toronto’s Soulpepper, the last time I saw a performance of a Pinter play was in 2018 at the former Comedy Theatre now renamed the Harold Pinter Theatre near … Continue reading
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MERRILY OVER THE SPEED LIMIT IN “TONS OF MONEY” AT THE SHAW FESTIVAL
“Tons of Money” Shaw Festival 2025 I usually return from performances at the Shaw Festival – with its invigorating standards in acting, direction, design and production – as a somewhat changed individual. I have been inwardly moved, delighted, and eased … Continue reading
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BIRTHDAY BLOG APRIL 15…..JAMES STRECKER REVIEWS THE ARTS
Today is my birthday and, since I don’t feel up to two hours at the seniors’ gym at McMaster University, I shall listen instead to favorite recordings and try to conquer a steadily growing list of things I must – … Continue reading
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