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Meet the Clockmakers: Miranda Hughes

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Name: Miranda Hughes

Role: Costume Designer Saskatoon photographer

What Miranda Says When People Ask Why They Should See The Clockmaker:

It’s a story about what it means to love someone. It’s a very interesting and sweet take on life, and time- with a whole bunch of interesting twists!

Bio:

Miranda Hughes is ecstatic to be doing her first costume design for a Live Five production and to be working again with Neverending Highway Productions! This summer she designed the costumes for Neverending Highway Productions’ Dr. Frightful Presents: Dead Air which toured across Canada at various Fringe Festivals. Currently she is finishing up her BFA at the University of Saskatchewan, where you can see her act in Greystone Theatre’s upcoming production Coram Boy.

Meet The Clockmakers: Johnna Wright

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Name: Johnna Wright

Role: Director

What Excites Johnna About The Clockmaker:Johnna Wright

I love the way the story is so multi-layered. You could go back and see this play again, once you know where the twists and turns are, and get even more out of it than you did the first time.

Johnna’s Bio:

Johnna is delighted to be directing for Live Five twice this season, having started in September with Reasons to be Pretty (Fire in the Hole/Live Five). Recent credits include The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan; SATAward, Achievement in Direction). Johnna is a two-time recipient of Vancouver’s Jessie Richardson Awards for Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Production (The Merry Wives of Windsor, Bard on the Beach 2013, and The Triumph of Love, Blackbird Theatre 2008). She is proud to have co-founded several Canadian theatre companies, including Vancouver’s Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival. Next, she will direct for Drayton Entertainment in Ontario.

Meet the Clockmakers: Chris Donlevy

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Name: Chris Donlevy

Role: Sound Designer Chris Donlevy(2)

What Excites Chris About The Clockmaker:

This show immediately puts us off balance, with its wonderful blend of intrigue, humour, and tension, and never lets up. It’s a piece of writing that really drives, and I believe Saskatoon audiences will be talking about this story long after they leave the theatre.

Bio:

Chris is thrilled to have worked on The Clockmaker, his second Live Five show and first as a sound designer! Chris is a BFA-Acting graduate from the University of Saskatchewan. He has designed and composed for various productions in the past. Sound credits: Saskatchewan Outdoors (Embrace Theatre/Saskatchewan Provincial Parks); Dr. Frightful Presents: DEAD AIR (Neverending Highway Productions); Bottome’s Dreame (Embrace Theatre). Performing credits: It’s A Wonderful Life (Persephone Theatre); Candide; Carmen (Opera Nuova); Stop Kiss (Embrace Theatre/Live Five); The Composer is Dead (Saskatoon Symphony); Into The Woods (Greystone Theatre). Upcoming: Two Corpses Go Dancing (Two Unruly Gentlemen/Live Five), and 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Persephone Theatre).

Meet The Clockmakers: Jenna Maren

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Name: Jenna Maren

Role: Set Designer Jenna Maren(1)

What Jenna Says When People Ask Why They Should See The Clockmaker:

You should see The Clockmaker for the cast! They were fantastic at the first reading and will be fantastic on show day.
What Excites Jenna most About The Clockmaker:
The characters in The Clockmaker offer the most excitement for me. They are subtle, but very rich.
Bio:

Jenna has had a wonderful time working with such a talented group of artists. Recent credits: Set design for Stop Kiss (Embrace Theatre/Live Five), 2014 SaskTel Youth Tour (Persphone Theatre), La Chambre Blanche (La Troupe du Jour), and A Man A Fish (Persephone’s Deep End Series) for which she won a Saskatoon and Area Theatre Award. Upcoming : Set design for La Raccourcie (La Troupe du Jour). Special thanks to Grahame Kent and Charlie Peters for creating opportunities for Saskatoon artists.

Catan Fundraiser A Success!

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Thanks so much for supporting our fundraiser for our production of The Clockmaker! 1471330_472109096262209_6706354594573768990_nWe’re thrilled with the results of the day, and glad that we could give you guys such great prizes (over $1000 from these great sponsors:

Ness Creek Cultural and Recreation Society, Dragon’s Den, Unreal City, 8th Street Books and Comics, Amazing Stories, O’Sheas Irish Pub, Scarlett at the Saskatoon Sheraton, Nutana Cafe, The Yard and Flagon, Manos, Museo, Collective Coffee, Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan, and The Broadway Theatre.

Congratulations to Clay (3rd place), Rowan (2nd place) and Michael (Grand Prize) on your amazing games yesterday! Hope you’re all enjoying those prize packs today!

Winners (Clay, Rowan, Michael)

Thanks so much to everyone who came out to support us – and to see who would rule Catan!

Settlers of Catan Tournament

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Lots of Prizes!

Video Games on the Big Screen!

A full day of Catan!

charlie fundraiser poster - N64 colours 8.5x14 FINALJoin Embrace Theatre for a Settlers of Catan Tournament of epic proportions, and help us raise funds for our upcoming production of The Clockmaker by Stephen Massicotte!

The Tournament runs Saturday November 8th from 11:00 am – 7:00 pm at Louis Pub on campus.

All the info can be found right here.

Tickets are available here.

Want to see backstage?

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20140406_222759Ever wanted to know what goes into making theatre?

How exactly does the play you see on opening night come to be?

We want to show you!                                                   

Neverending Highway and Embrace Theatre are seeking a member of our audience to come behind the scenes and learn about our theatre-making process, and then document it in a series of videos to be posted online. We are giving one audience member unparalleled access to our entire rehearsal process for our upcoming production of The Clockmaker at Live Five.

What you provide:

  1. a sense of curiosity

    Stop Kiss 2014

    Stop Kiss 2014

  2. an investment of time to witness the production as it progresses, to ask questions, and to document your process of discovery
  3. time in the editing suite to create the short videos

What we provide:

  1. Access to each step of our production
  2. A professional consultant to support the video-creation
  3. A camera (or you can use your own)

Timeline and Commitment:

Pre–production work is already underway, but only a few hours in October and November will be needed. We enter rehearsals in December, and then a few hours every week or so will be required (we are taking time off for Christmas, of course!). In January we reach the height of our rehearsal process with tech week January 11-14th, preview January 15th, and opening night January 16th.

To Apply:

Submit a 1-2 minute video of yourself explaining why you should be the one to come backstage. Send it to us by October 20th. We’ll choose our collaborator by November.

For more info, contact us on Facebook or email embracetheatreyxe@gmail.com

2014 SATAward Nominations for Embrace Theatre

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SATAwards HeaderThe nominees for the Saskatoon and Area Theatre Awards were announced today and we are pleased as punch to have been honoured with so many nominations!

Jenna-Lee Hyde has been nominated twice for Achievement in Performance, including for Stop Kiss!

Gilles Zolty has been nominated thrice for Achievement in Sound Design, including Stop Kiss!

Jenna Maren has been nominated twice for Achievement in Set design, including Stop Kiss!

Our Artistic Director Charlie Peters has been nominated for Achievement in Direction for Stop Kiss!

Curtis Peeteetuce (Stop Kiss Ensemble) has been nominated for Achievement in Sound Design!

Dakota Hebert (Saskatchewan Outdoors Ensemble) has been nominated for Achievement in Performance and Outstanding Emerging Artist!

Shelby Lyn Lowe (Saskatchewan Outdoors Ensemble) was an assistant costume designer for Leading Ladies, which has received a nomination for Achievement in Costume Design!

Angela Kemp and Jenna Maren (Stop Kiss Ensemble/Designer) have both also been nominated for Outstanding Emerging Artist!

What a gift it is to have worked with such a long list of nominees and such a terrific group of people. Congratulations! A full list of this years nominees can be found by clicking here.

Fringe Performances Continue

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The audience gathers before the show.

The audience gathers before the show.

Performances continue in Saskatoon at the PotashCorp Fringe Festival – we’re hoping for no rain so our show can perform!

We’ll be in the park behind Victoria School at 2pm and 7pm if the weather permits!

Click here for full tour info – including our performances at Douglass Provincial Park and Pike Lake this weekend.

Meet the Saskatchewan Outdoors Team: Emma Thorpe

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Emma Thorpe - Co-Creator/Performer

Emma Thorpe – Co-Creator/Performer

Emma Thorpe has trained as a performer at both the Randolph Academy in Toronto and the Drama Department of the University of Saskatchewan. In addition to acting, she has trained as a singer and dancer, has achieved certification as a stage combatant, and has earned Grade 8 RCM certification as a violinist – skills that will be put to use in this production. She has theatre devising experience from work with Ground Cover Theatre’s Displaced and Embrace Theatre’s adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Bottome’s Dreame. She has also taught drama to children at the University of Saskatchewan’s summer drama camps and with Family Service Saskatoon.