AUDITION NOTICE - Now You See Her

Quote Unquote Collective is launching into the first phase of development for our new play Now You See Her - an all-female rock opera.  Six performer/musicians, working through music, movement and physical storytelling, will reveal the stories of three Canadian women, each at a different stage in her life. The show will premiere in the fall/winter of 2017.

Workshop auditions will be held in Toronto over the weekend of September 12-13th. Exact location TBD.

We are looking for a diverse cast of talented, dedicated, motivated women who are interested in embarking on a devising process spread over two years.

-       Applicants should ideally have some background in physical/devised theatre

-       Applicants must have some singing ability

-       And/or highly skilled on an instrument

-       Multi-instrumentalists are ideal

Note: This is not musical-theatre. You need not be a musical theatre actress or an opera singer,  but a talented woman who understands music and is willing to take risks. 

Specific roles we are casting for include (but are not limited to):

-       Woman over the age of forty

-       French Canadian (or bilingual) woman of colour (in her 30s) 

-       Woman of First Nations/Metis/Inuit heritage (in her 20s)

If you are interested in auditioning please submit a CV and attach a link to a sound or video clip of your musical skill (can be vocal or instrumental) to:  info@quoteunquotecollective.com

with the subject heading “Now You See Her” and your name no later than September 4th.

*This is a non-union production

Stone Boat Artist Retreat - WILDLIFE

A Guest Blog by Liz Peterson (eventsinrealtime.org) on creating work at SBAR for WILDLIFE, a new performance at the SummerWorks Live Art Series 2015

Inspired by one woman's search for meaning through well-being techniques, Wildlife is a collaborative performance about spirituality and identity. Centred around a talk-show set in an alternate world, two salespeople pitching a new spiritual practice, and re-enactments from nature documentaries, the show combines personal narratives with some impossible propositions. 

Our process for making Wildlife began in April 2015, with meetings and dinners culminating in a series of interviews that we shot in Toronto.  After a few weeks of hiatus we came back to work in July when we stayed at the Stone Boat Artist Retreat for three nights to figure out how to tie together all the research we had done up to that point.  With Norah Sadava of Quote Unquote Collective as our host we were told that anything is possible and everything is at our disposal.  We shot a promo video, Norah taught us yoga classes, we worked on an amoeba dance, examined our interview footage, read, wrote, argued, barbecued, jumped into the lake nearby, watched movies, and then got up and did the same thing all over again.       

The Nostbakken family who own and operate SBAR left us clean sheets and fruit with the only caveat that we had to write in the guest book.  The farmhouse is a beautiful old home with wallpapered rooms and a big farmhouse kitchen.  We rehearsed and did yoga in the parlour, which is an amazing time capsule of paintings and furniture and crockery.  What a gift to be there. My only regret is that we weren't there longer to fully explore the acres of land around the farmhouse.  If you have the chance to attend SBAR at any point, take it!

Wildlife runs August 12-16th, 2015, as a part of the SummerWorks Live Art Series in Toronto, Ontario. Find more information HERE.

For more information on SBAR and to inquire about your own retreat, contact us at info@quoteunquotecollective.com

Two Dora Awards for Mouthpiece!

Mouthpiece has been awarded the Dora Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble and Outstanding Sound Design/Composition in the Independent Theatre Division. Thank you so much for your support and our incredible team of collaborators!

See the full list of Dora Award recipients here: http://tapa.ca/blog/announcement-and-the-dora-goes-to-toronto-alliance-for-the-performing-arts/

SIX DORA NOMINATIONS FOR MOUTHPIECE

We are thrilled to announce that Mouthpiece has been nominated for six Dora Mavor Moore Awards including: Outstanding Production, Outstanding New Play, Outstanding Direction, Outstanding Performance -Ensemble, Outstanding Lighting Design and Outstanding Sound Design/Composition.

See all the nominations here: http://bit.ly/1MkHOI8

Between Two Worlds

Lacey Creighton and Laura Nanni have created an ongoing photographic series in the Theatre Centre in association with Quote Unquote Collective.  Check it out until May 31st.

Find more information HERE.

An Interview with Evi-Dance CIUT 89.5FM

Saturday April 25, 2015 Interview with Ted Fox of Evi-Dance on CIUT 89.5FM about Mouthpiece with Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava. Listen UP! Starts at 4:00 minutes.

http://www.evidanceradio.com/home/podcasts/2015/saturday-april-25-2015-0

An Interview for GUTS Magazine

Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava ask each other about friendship, feminism and the making of their upcoming project Mouthpiece, premiering this weekend at The Theatre Centre in Toronto.

http://gutsmagazine.ca/blog/where-is-my-voice-and-what-does-it-sound-like