Sunday Quickies

Ok so a huge listing of provocative links for you this Sunday.

So The Guardian wants to know if Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize win for Drama went against the awards criteria.

The Mission Paradox blog started a great thread that provoked a number of responses about how companies start and why they crash and burn.
Start you exploration here and then go here and here.
There are some tangent links which are fully worth the ride as well.

In somewhat the same vein we have Don Hall with an interesting post as well.

On some other thoughts......

Does theatre still shock?

Do we really and truly want patrons boozing in the house?

Some people seem to think so.

The Olfactory Theatre. I must confess to trying this with Toronto the Good but it never came off exactly like I envisioned it. I wanted the smell of popcorn to be making peoples stomach rumble but it just didn't quite work.

Nottage Alert

Ah most excellent news as Lynn Nottage wins the Pulitzer Prize for Ruined


I saw this play about 6 weeks ago and man o man it is truly great.

I wrote about Jack Medhurst here.

I just found out that there will be a Memorial Service for him.

The Memorial Service for Jack will be held on Thursday, April 9 between 2-4 at the Tony Stacey Centre for Veterans Care, 59 Lawson Road, Scarborough, M1C 2J1. It is south of Kingston Road between Morningside and Port Union Road.
RSVP to kphiggins@sympatico.ca. The number there is 416-284-9235. The notice suggests in lieu of flowers, to please make a donation to the Centre.

Sorry for the late notice but please make it out if you can.

Connections

We all want to connect with our audiences. So many times we puzzle over new strategies, ideas, and concepts to create that very elusive ephemeral union with our paying public.

Has it all gone hugely wrong?

Say it ain't so?