Theotre of the Mind

Youssef & Emmet share big news & big questions this month. Tune in for Wattsian wisdom, what Emmet said when they saw a copy of Youssef's thesis at their old job, & the cautionary tale of a man, his mother, & a 638 page manifesto on internuclear matrixes. *** COMMUNITY CORKBOARD Twelfth Night (Bard Under Glass): At Crystal Palace in Perth on July 29, 30 & 31. More info at: https://www.barndoorprod...

Youssef & Emmet share their communist red flags. Who did hammer & sickle graffiti in their rebellious youth? Whose grandfather lost his academic job in the Red Scare? Who's quietly cringing when you call your buddies "comrades"? We talk Karl Marx, the impact of trauma on praxis, HUAC, & reading between the lines to find our own leftist dreamboats in Fiddler on the Roof. C...

Are we getting in a rut or planting ourselves firmly with room to grow? Emmet & Youssef talk Thornton Wilder, Thorstein Veblen, theatre seating, nostalgia, conspicuous consumption, mortality, presence, the unbearable speed of existence, haunted houses, & more! *** Community Corkboard: Blood Brothers tickets: https://studio-theatre-perth.ticketsplease.ca/ Inaugural Perkolator resident artis...

Youssef & Emmet are back for season 2 with an exploration of queer space, bolsheviks, suffragettes, Thatcherites, Caryl Churchill, & the mysterious meanings of character doubling on the stage & in our imaginations. Community Corkboard: Hadestown tickets: https://mudds.ticketsplease.ca/hadestown-teen-edition/ 24 Hour PlaysParticipate: https://forms.gle/MGPDvuZmJo5aF9yN6 Audience: https:...

Dearest otters, Youssef & Emmet are taking December off for some Unicorn/Hanukkah/thespian/snow/life adventures, & we'll be back in January for SEASON 2!!!

With a topic like time, we just couldn't rush it! *** Emmet’s new website: http://emmet.ca/   Lion in Winter: https://studio-theatre-perth.ticketsplease.ca/the-lion-in-winter/ Songs mentioned in this episode: Clock of the Heart by Culture Club:  https://youtu.be/8tI1_KlO6xI?si=BLua_MYVyCDkP5NP   Time Trades by Jeffrey Lewis: https://youtu.be/yBdka6rahH8?si=AoWNNq5FTHqica4S Unicorn Tolerance by...

Youssef & Emmet discuss anarchy, Lanarky, playwriting, princesses, & taking your praxis to your local fairgrounds. You Can’t Take It With You tickets: https://studio-theatre-perth.ticketsplease.ca/you-cant-take-it-with-you/ (King Philip is probably cast by the time this is going up.) Watch this space for Elf updates (performances in November):: http://www.perthcommunitychoir.com/ A Paradis...

Emmet & Youssef demonstrate our famous co-ordinated lateness, bringing you our August episode in September! Speaking of September, we're talking about one of the most popular Septembery shows in contemporary theatre, & digging into some classical philosophy concerning the nature of truth -- & even applying it to our beloved Hadestown. Community Corkboard: Hadestown teen edition aud...

What's not exactly real & not exactly fake & lonely in an endless indoor love parade? This episode! *** Upcoming Local Community Theatre: Love’s Labors Lost at the Crystal Palace in Perth (July 24, 25, 26): https://bardunderglass.com/   The Giant’s Garden at Station Theatre in Smiths Falls (August 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24): https://smithsfallstheatre.com/online-tickets-plays/ Emmet’s...

Colonization is so last century...or many centuries. But we're still not over it. Emmet brings the play Serving Elizabeth by Marcia Johnson & Youssef offers ideas from Frantz Fanon, Edward Said, & more to help us shake off the mess the monarchy made. *** Barn Door Productions website, check back for updates about Love's Labour's Lost: https://www.barndoorproductions.ca https://bardunderglass.com/...

Youssef & Emmet discuss the impossibility of collaborating under capitalism, the impossibility of not collaborating in theatre, & question the avoidability of collaboration with corporations. Show Notes: A short history of neoliberalism, a speech by Susan George (Transnational Institute, TNI): ⁠ https://www.tni.org/en/article/a-short-history-of-neoliberalism ⁠ Neoliberalism: The idea that...

This week we're joined for green room office hours by special guest poet (& Youssef's eldest) Naimah Celeste to discuss revolution (& revolución). We're throwing sand in the sea or walking into it with love...but is it all just academic? Spoiler alert: Emmet retells the entire plot of Hadestown between 26:45 & 50:00. You'll find the link to the OBC up top of the show notes if you wanna catch up qu...

In our 0th episode (the preamble, or the AT RISE stage directions, if you will), Emmet & Youssef write new bios for each other, reveal how they got into theory & theatre respectively, & draw the topic for the next episode out of the zipper pouch. Episode 0 Show Notes: CBC Ideas Podcast: Say Yes: Improvisation in Art & Life https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/say-yes-the-improvisation-of...