Monthly Archives: October 2011
Season Announcement 2011-12
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media refer: Lucy Eveleigh lucy@necessaryangel.com NECESSARY ANGEL ANNOUNCES 2011-2012 SEASON Toronto, October 3rd 2011 – Following one of the largest seasons in the company’s history, Necessary Angel will be spending more time in the studio developing new … Continue reading
When My Name Was Anna – 2009
This past November, artistic director Daniel Brooks and author Michael Ondaatje began work on When My Name Was Anna, a stage adaptation of Ondaatje’s violent and passionate novel Divisadero. For three weeks Brooks and Ondaatje explored the text with actors … Continue reading
Risk – 2010
We recently completed our second exploration of Risk, John Mighton’s new play currently in development. Joe Cobden, Brendan Gall, David Jansen, Diego Matamoros, Eric Peterson and Liisa Repo-Martell sat down with artistic director Daniel Brooks and Mighton. We would also … Continue reading
Tout Comme Elle Workshop
Fourteen Women. Eight Days. One Vision. For eight days in May, Montreal-based director and Necessary Angel associate artist, Brigitte Haentjens, travelled to Toronto to work with fourteen actresses on poet Erín Moure’s English translation of Louise Dupré’s Tout Comme Elle, … Continue reading
This Is What Happens Next – 2010
This Is What Happens in Charleston At the beginning of June, fresh on the heels of a successful run at Berkeley Street Theatre in Toronto, Daniel MacIvor’s and Daniel Brooks’ This Is What Happens Next toured to the prestigious Spoleto … Continue reading
Hamlet
Hamlet Nets Most Dora Nominations! Our production of Hamlet, directed by Glasgow-based director and Necessary Angel associate artist, Graham McLaren, captured the most Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations in the General Theatre Category, receiving six nominations – Outstanding Production, Outstanding … Continue reading
About Necessary Angel
Necessary Angel Theatre Company has been an influential and original presence on the national and international theatre scene for over 30 years. Having produced more than 50 productions, including 25 world premieres and 10 North American premieres, Necessary Angel is … Continue reading
Gala Event
With A Little Help From Our Friends On April 22nd Dr. Jim Stewart graciously welcomed Necessary Angel into his home, the architectural modern masterpiece, Integral House, where one hundred and fifty of our patrons helped us raise over $30,000. The … Continue reading
